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Samsung shows off a 5.5 inch, 4K display for VR

4K displays might be overkill for smartphones if you just want to use them as phones… but now that many phones can double as virtual reality displays, a growing number of companies are producing small screens with more pixels than you’ll find on most 32 inch TVs. Case in point: UploadVR notes that this week […]

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Toshiba’s 12 inch convertible with optional 4K display launches for $1000 and up

The Toshiba Satellite Radius 12 is a convertible notebook with a 12.5 inch display, an Intel Skylake processor, and a case that measures just 0.6 inches thick and which weighs about 2.9 pounds. Toshiba introduced the Satellite Radius 12 in September, and now the company has announced that it’ll be available for purchase starting October […]

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Japan Display unveils 17.3 inch, 7680 x 4320 pixel display

The pixel density wars march on. Japan Display has unveiled a new 17.3 inch display with 510 pixels per inch, which the company describes as an 8K4K display, although there’s a little rounding involved: the actual resolution is 7,680 x 4,320. The screen could pave the way for super-high-resolution laptops, tablets, or other other devices. […]

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Leaked Roku 4 spec sheet confirms support for 4K video

Roku’s next media streaming device will almost certainly support 4K video. We were already pretty certain of that, but now information that was posted to the Roku website (and then removed) confirms the specs for the upcoming Roku 4. Here’s what we can expect from the next-gen Roku box. The media streamer has a quad-core […]

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Pixel overkill? Samsung Galaxy Note 5 could have 700+ PPI display

A few years ago a leaked Samsung roadmap suggesting the company was working on 3840 x 2160 pixel smartphone displays which could launch in 2015. Now there are reports that the crazy high-res screen is real and it could show up in the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 smartphone which will probably launch this fall. The […]

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Freebox mini 4K Android TV box launches in France

French internet and TV provider Free has launched a new set-top-box with Android TV software and support for 4K Ultra HD video. It’s called the Freebox mini 4K and it features a 1.5 GHz Broadcom BCM7252 ARM Cortex-A15 dual-core processor and support for terrestrial, streaming, on-demand, and recorded video content. The Freebox mini 4K is […]