Michael Heiss

1 month ago | restechtoday.com | Michael Heiss

When the Chinese electronics giant TCL entered the North American TV market a little over 10 years ago, the reaction from many might have been “TC-Who?” Some might have also put them in the category of bargain brands in comparison to the legacy brands. Perhaps, but remember that it wasn’t all that long ago that the likes of Samsung and LG, once known as “Lucky Goldstar” were viewed the same way in comparison to the Japanese and US-based legacy brands. My, how things have changed.

2 months ago | twice.com | Michael Heiss

After more than 14 years since it began operations in the United States, Oppo Digital has announced that it is ending the production of its Ultra HD Blu-ray players and other hardware products. Given the high visibility of these products in the custom installation market, it is important to note that Oppo will continue to provide system updates (as required), support, and service after the final production runs are completed and inventory is sold through.

Mar 4, 2025 | restechtoday.com | Michael Heiss

I’m well known as a “hardware guy,” so when I got the link from Amazon for some announcements on Feb. 25th, I hoped there would be some new Alexa devices. Spoiler alert: There weren’t any. If not devices, then what? As widely rumored, the focus of the announcements was the introduction of wide-ranging uses for AI-driven applications that will greatly expand the capabilities of queries to Amazon Alexa devices and the scope and nature of the responses.

Dec 4, 2024 | pubs.rsc.org | Sayani Biswas |Michael Heiss |Qing Wang |Lars Gerchow

Unlocking the probing-depth dilemma in spectroscopic analyses of batteries with muon-induced X-ray emission (MIXE) Battery research often encounters the challenge of determining chemical information, such as composition and elemental oxidation state, of a layer buried within a cell stack in a non-destructive manner. Spectroscopic techniques based on X-ray emission or absorption are well-suited and commonly employed to reveal this information.

Sep 26, 2024 | restechtoday.com | Michael Heiss

With all the attention for consumer access seeming to shift to smart TVs, or as they are called in the media world “Connected TVs” (CTV) it might be easy to forget that external streaming devices not only started the connected TV revolution, but they started it as the streaming expression of the once ubiquitous set top box. New streaming devices don’t seem appear as frequently as they mused to but recently there is a bumper crop.