Vol 24 – Issue 25 – Page 5

Goldman of SMPTE Updates on HDR & IP for Broadcast

by Bob Raikes

We spotted an article that includes an extensive interview with Mathew Goldman, current president of SMPTE and from Ericsson. (We did a video interview with Goldman at IBC in 2015 – Ericsson Prefers HDR …

Azpen Tablet Projector is Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

Azpen Innovation of Plano, Texas, is a subsidiary of Mingtel Inc of Shenzen and has released the A848 8″ tablet which includes a projector. We spotted a review on Techware Labs and tried to …

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Scottish Leisure Centre Gets LG AV System

by Alan Spencer

North Ayrshire Council has opened The Portal, a $26 million sports and leisure centre in the Scottish village of Irvine. The Council enlisted SSUK, in partnership with LG, to deliver an AV system including …

Nanoco Wins First Order for CFQDs for Displays

by Bob Raikes

Nanoco reported that it has received its first commercial order from Wah Hong Industrial Corporation (“Wah Hong”), said to be one of the world’s largest manufacturers of optical films and sheets for the display …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Nokia 6 Now in the US

by Isaac Oburu

HMD Global, which licenses the Nokia brand for smartphones, has launched the Nokia 6 phone in the US market. (New Nokia 6 To Arrive in China) The phone, unusually for the US, has a …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 25

The LCD Farmers Go Round the Cycle Again

by Bob Raikes

So we have a position where, as Norbert outlined recently, the hot new application, virtual, mixed or augmented reality is not really going to drive the display business, which tends to be driven by …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 25

City Social Launches an AR Cocktail Menu

by Alan Spencer

Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred restaurant and bar, City Social, is set to radically change the way we consume cocktails with Mirage, which is claimed to be the world’s first AR cocktail menu. It has taken …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Amino Enable Deployed by Chile’s GTD

by Alan Spencer

Amino has announced that GTD, one of Chile’s telecommunications companies, has deployed Amino Enable, the virtual STB software platform. GTD is now able to upgrade its STBs and provide a unified user interface across …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 25

BBC iPlayer App Being Removed on Many Sony TVs

by Alan Spencer

Both Sony and BBC have confirmed that BBC iPlayer will be removed on 2011 Sony TVs from 16th August 2017. The only reason given was due to “performance issues”. The BBC advised that iPlayer …

Tags:BBC| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Meizu Phone Has Dual Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

Chinese smartphone maker, Meizu, has said that its new Meizu Pro 7 smartphone, due in July would use a MediaTek X30 chipset and will also have an unusual secondary display on the back of …

LG Display Supply Less Affected than Expected

by Bob Raikes

We reported last week that LG Display was losing some production because of an accident. Early reports said that authorities might stop production for as long as a month, but Sigmaintell of China reported …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 25

Uldage Begins Satellite UHD TV Patent Pool Licensing

by Bob Raikes

Uldage Inc, said that the start of patent licensing activities under the system of a patent pool that collectively, and under fair and reasonable conditions, bundles and licenses the patents that are essential to …