Vol 23 - Issue 51

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Jaunt Makes it to PS4

by Bob Raikes

Jaunt, which is specialising in VR content, has released a new app for the PlayStation 4 that supports the PlayStation VR. The company said that 150 VR ‘experiences’ including travel, sports, music, film and …

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Retail Displays to Hit $11 Billion

by Bob Raikes

A research report from Technavio has said that the firm expects the global retail display market to grow by 16% annually in the period to 2021. It believes that this is because retail displays …

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Crystalplex: A Different Approach to Quantum Dots

by Ken Werner

Crystalplex Corp., a very small 12-year-old company with headquarters in Pittsburgh, was recently awarded a patent for an important piece of IP for making “air-stable” quantum dots. And last Friday, I had an exclusive …

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Freeview Goes HD Only for New Sets

by Bob Raikes

Freeview in the UK has said that it will withdraw the Freeview logo from STBs and TVs from new devices from new devices that cannot support HD. The group said that Freeview is watched …

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IHSMarkit

IHS Warns on UHD Danger

by Bob Raikes

A report from IHS Markit on UltraHD content and quoted by Advanced Television has suggested that UltraHD may follow from S3D because too few titles have been mastered in higher resolutions. Although the report …

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LCD TV Panels Down 0.9% Monthly in November

by Milos Pavlovic

WitsView, part of TrendForce of Taiwan, reported sales of LCD panels for TV as reaching 22.79 million in November, only 0.9% down on October, as brands looked to keep inventories solid for the Chinese …

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Sony 100″ TV Now Available – at a price!

by Bob Raikes

Sony’s Z9D top of the range TVs were announced back in July, but the 100″ was not available, nor was pricing available. However, the set is now being advertised as becoming available, initially in …

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Axiomtek Supports UltraHD with OPS

by Bob Raikes

Axiomtek of Taiwan has developed the OPS500-501 and OPS500-501-H OPS modules which use Intel’s 6th Gen (Skylake) Core i3/i5/i7 processors and up to 16GB of memory. The systems support UltraHD at 60Hz both through …

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Apple Re-Aligning MacBook Panel Supply

by Bob Raikes

IHS said in its blog that Apple will maintain sales of the existing ‘legacy’ MacBook Pro for those that cannot afford to upgrade to the new version, which has a touch OLED bar and …

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HTC Releases Mystery Invitation

by Bob Raikes

HTC has sent invitations out for an event on January 12th at which it has been speculated to reveal new smartphones including a top of the line 6.1″ device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835CPU. …

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DirecTV Widens UltraHD Access

by Bob Raikes

DirecTV has extended its offer of UltraHD content access to subscribers to its “Select” Plan, which includes some UltraHD sports including select live MLB and NBA sports events as well as Notre Dame football …

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More than 50 Sign for Opera TV Certification

by Bob Raikes

Opera TV, which has just agreed to be acquired by a private equity firm (Opera Sells Smart TV Business), said that it has signed fifty companies to its certification programme. The aim of the …

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