Vol 25 - Issue 18

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Ofcom: Average UK Broadband Speeds Up by 28% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Ofcom has published its latest Home Broadband Performance report, revealing that average broadband download speeds in the UK increased by 28%, up to 46.2Mbps in 2017, while upload speeds increased by 32%, up to …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Netflix Reveals Its Recommended Smart TVs for 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Netflix has begun announcing its recommended smart TVs for use with the service in 2018, based on specific criteria including the speed and ease of switching between apps, speed and convenience of accessing Netflix …

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Roku Result 09/05/2018

by Vijaya

Roku Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2018 with total revenue of $136.6 million, an increase of 35.8%, compared to $100.1 million in Q1 2107. Net loss for Q1 2018 …

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Google ARCore 1.2 Brings Several New Features

by Andrew Fenn

the I/O 2018 conference earlier this week, Google introduced ARCore 1.2, which will bring with it three new significant features. Sceneform, a new Java-centric scene creation SDK and Augmented Images, which enables developers to …

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Samsung Developing Wireless Standalone VR/AR Headset

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung is expected to reveal a new wireless VR/AR headset at this year’s IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany, which takes place in September. The device is believed to be a standalone headset which …

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ZTE Suspends Smartphone Sales in China After US Tech Export Ban

by Andrew Fenn

ZTE has been forced to suspend its smartphone sales in China and suspended sales of its shares. The US administration recently cut off its supply of key components and technology from US firms after …

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INT Will Show High PPI and Flexible OLED

by Bob Raikes

INT Tech Co., Ltd, a start up, has said that it will show an AMOLED display with 2,228 ppi for VR and AR applications at the forthcoming SID Display Week event. The display is …

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Should HDR Displays Follow the PQ Curve?

by Chris Chinnock

This topic of discussion started as an email thread in the HDR work group of the International Committee of Display Metrology (ICDM) and then sparked a long discussion in the recent face-to-face meeting in …

Tags:Colour Grading| Colour Management & Processing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| ICDM| Measurement| Vol 25 - Issue 18

Liberty Global Announces Sale of Some European Businesses to Vodafone

by Andrew Fenn

US-based international telco, Liberty Global, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone Group for a total enterprise …

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LianTronics Signs Reseller Agreement with Pensar LED

by Andrew Fenn

US-based Pensar LED has entered into a reseller agreement to provide sales and warranty services to commercial AV integrators for LianTronics fine-pitch LED product lines. Pensar LED provides nationwide pre-sales design, demo services and …

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Intel SSDs Crashing On New Version of Windows 10

by Andrew Fenn

Windows 10 users with Intel SSDs are being advised not to update to the latest version 1803, which began rolling out on April 30th. Those who have received the update already have been subject …

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Comcast Preparing to Outbid Disney in Sky Acquisition Battle

by Andrew Fenn

Subject to the approval of AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, Comcast is apparently prepared to pay $60 billion in cash to acquire most of 21st Century Fox’s assets, including a 100% share of Sky, …

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