Vol 23 - Issue 49

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Coretronic Sees Mixed Fortunes

by Yvette Raikes

Coretronic recorded November sales of NTD5.0 billion ($157.6 million), down 9% YoY, bringing year-to-date turnover to NTD51.96 billion ($1.6 billion), a drop of 17%. The company shipped 4.89 million energy-saving devices during November, which …

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HDMI 2.0b Can Support HLG HDR

by Bob Raikes

HDMI has modified HDMI 2.0b again, to add support for the HLG HDR format. The HDMI Forum said “Previously, HDMI Specification Version 2.0b (HDMI 2.0b) only supported HDR (High Dynamic Range) video transport in …

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Iiyama Changes 84″ Plan to 86″

by Bob Raikes

At the Technology Exposed show, Iiyama told us that it was planning a new 84″ multitouch display, but this seems to have been modified to be an 86″, the TH8667MIS-B1AG which has UltraHD resolution …

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Samsung Bricks Remaining Note 7s

by Bob Raikes

To avoid potential legal issues, Samsung is to issue a software update that will stop Note 7 devices from charging so that the devices will become useless. Initially, Verizon said that it was not …

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Asustek Optimistic About Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes in Taiwan spoke to Vincent Chiou, associate president of Asustek Computer’s Monitor Business Unit, who told the site that it expects the monitor market to grow by 5% to 10% in 2017. He …

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Introducing an iPhone Based Bridge Mixed Reality Headset

by Arthur Berman

The original charter of Occipital Inc. (Boulder, CO and San Francisco, CA) was to develop state-of-the-art mobile computer vision applications. About three years ago, the company released a hardware product, a depth-sensing device called …

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Imec Develops Flexible OLEDs

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center, better known as Imec, is a research institution headquartered in Leuven, Belgium that has a lot of interests in OLED and display technologies and with worldwide reach. This reach includes …

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Will 2017 See VR Content Tipping Point?

by Steve Sechrist

As 2016 winds down, we enter the season of prophecy for next year’s digital future, and Virtual Reality (VR) content is being predicted as perhaps hitting a tipping point with “Mass Expansion of VR …

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Smart LED Supplies Missguided in Westfield

by Bob Raikes

Smart LED has supplied two 3.9mm pitch LED displays to the flagship store of the ‘Missguided’ flagship store in Westfield Stratford, in London, UK. Shopfitters Goodman Hitchens developed a custom frame that gives the …

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Hulu Adds Profiles

by Bob Raikes

Hulu in the US said that it is introducing a profile for users to allow more personalisation of content. Each individual profile will have its own name, personal info, viewing history, recommendations and Watchlist, …

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Userful Adds Low Cost Controller

by Bob Raikes

Userful, which has a network-based video wall software solution, is making its latest software available for $565 for the controller software. Separate client software licences are needed for each display as well as a …

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Leyard Appoints VP in EMEA

by Yvette Raikes

Leyard has appointed Leonie Rotermundt as VP of business development for EMEA. She was previously MD of Benelux system integrator Sight and has also worked in 3D graphics and screen control. In addition, she …

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