Vol 24 – Issue 05 – Page 5

Lenovo Unveil Budget A12 Yoga Book

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has a new, cheaper, version of its Yoga Book which has a 360º hinge for use as a tablet or noteboo. The display is a 12.2″ IPS unit with just 1280 x 800 …

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V-Nova Buys Faroudja Patents

by Bob Raikes

V-Nova, based in London and developer of the Perseus codec, has bought the ‘full global patent portfolio’ of Faroudja Enterprises Inc, founded by Yves Faroudja. The key patents for V-Nova are those that can …

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Visual Processing Market Poised to Take Off

by Bob Raikes

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) launched its quarterly report on the Visual Processing Unit (VPU) market. Capturing, and quickly processing tens of megapixels of 10 to 12-bit data at 60 to 120 frames a second, …

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New PS4 Update Offers Playback of 3D Blu-ray Movies in VR

by Alan Spencer

Sony is to release an update for the PlayStation 4 that will will enable playback of 3D Blu-ray movies in PlayStation VR headsets, plus support for external HDDs. These updates will feature in software …

Sony Europe Shows 2017 TV Range

by Bob Raikes

Sony has held some meetings in Europe to give more details of their new TVs. We were unable to attend the UK event, but reports from elsewhere have clarified that the company will have …

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Samsung’s QLED TVs Priced from $2,500

by Bob Raikes

Samsung US has released list pricing for its 2017 ‘QLED’ LCD TVs. Flat Series – Q7F 55″ $2,499.99 65″ $3,499.99 75″ $5,999.99 Curved Q8 series – Q8C 55″ $3,499.99 65″ $4,499.99

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TV Panel Prices Still Rising

by Bob Raikes

Witsview has reported that 65″ LCD TV panels are increasing again by between $5 and $10 while 49″ and 50″ units have gone up by $2 or $3. The boost in 65″ is a …

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Sharp Result 08/02/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Sharp announced FY16 Q3 results with net sales of ¥571.5bn ($5.1 mn) and net profit of ¥4.2bn ($37 mn), resulting in a net profit margin of 0.7%. The quarterly sales were lower by 13.8% …

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Sharp on the Mend – Posting First Profits Since 2014

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it the storied yet beleaguered LCD pioneer, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan) was finally in the black, with net income of $37.5M for fiscal Q3 (Oct – Dec 2016). This is …

TV Sets Sold in France for 2016 Reach 6.5 Million

by Alan Spencer

According to GfK figures, reported by Advanced Television, TV set sales in France for 2016 reached 6.5 million boosted by the Euro 2016 football tournament. Sales reportedly jumped by 1.4 million compared to 2015 …

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Copa del Rey Semi-Finals Streamed on Facebook

by Alan Spencer

Spain’s Mediapro and La Liga agreed a deal to stream the semi-finals of La Copa Del Rey (King’s Cup) to 40 countries on Facebook. Some of the countries included in the live streaming were …

Vodafone Halts Plans for UK pay-TV Service

by Alan Spencer

Vodafone has halted plans to launch a UK pay-TV service. Vittorio Colao, Vodafone’s chief executive, told The Telegraph that the service was ready and could be launched within weeks but that Vodafone now has …

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