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Foxconn Remains Top TV OEM

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell reported in Augusts that shipments of TVs by global TV OEMs increased by 6.1% on an annual basis and up 8.1% on the July result. The increase in demand was largely because of …

Tags:BOE| Forecasts| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| ODMs & OEMs| TV Set Market| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Optoma Projector is for Installation

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has a new 8,000 lumens (7,500 Ansi) projector with 1920 x 1200 WUXGA resolution and intended for simulation, live events, museums, visitor centres and other complex installations. The ZU750 projector is based on …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Optoma| Projectors| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Chassis Plans Has Bi-Fold LCD Displays for Racks

by Bob Raikes

Chassis Plans of San Diego, Ca, USA, has introduced a new double 24″, side-by-side rugged display that can fold into a 2U 19″ rack. The company said that the displays are being used by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Rugged Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 37

IBC Still Beats IFA for Interesting Displays

by Bob Raikes

So, the end of another IBC. It’s always an interesting show and, even for display technology, it is often more interesting than IFA which takes place just before it. This year, there was a …

Tags:Android| Broadcast Monitors| DVB| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 36

UltraHD Forum is Positive on Progress

by Bob Raikes

The UltraHD Forum was at the event to talk about the developments in UltraHD and the development of the Phase B recommendations. We spoke to Ian Nock of Fairmile West, which works with the …

Tags:Codecs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Tivo Looking for Metadata to Feed AI Engines

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Tivo and had a wide ranging chat about the impact of IP technologies. However, we also got an update on Tivo’s developments which continue to revolve around ‘amplifying value’ and …

Tags:Big Data/AI| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 36

8K, HDR and LED Drones in Future Zones

by Bob Raikes

We kept our visit to the Future Zone until the end of one of our last days at the show as a reward for slogging around the rest of the show! Of course, NHK …

Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| NHK| OTT Video| Streaming Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Telechips Android TV SoC is Low Power

by Bob Raikes

We’ve mentioned Telechips a few times over recent years, but IBC was the first time that we had met with the company. The firm, which is a fabless chip company based in Korea, had …

Tags:Android| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SOCs| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Synaptics Exploits Marvell SoCs at the Edge

by Bob Raikes

Meeting only several times a year, it can be hard to keep up with Synaptics which started out with touch pads and then bought the display driver business from Renesas. That meant more display …

Tags:Big Data/AI| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Synaptics| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 36

HHI Explains 360 degree Video Capture

by Bob Raikes

Planning to meet someone, we dropped into a second session at the IBC conference, after the Immersive Media session (Immersive Media at IBC). It turned out to be quite an interesting session that followed …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 36

OLED Prospects Look Positive – LGD Boosting Output

by Bob Raikes

The OLED Association attended the recent OLED Summit and made an interesting comparison between the OLED revenue forecasts from IHS and from DSCC. OLED Revenues – data source: IHS/DSCC Image: OLED-A The Association has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Skyworth| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Ruwido Extends TicTacTile Approach

by Bob Raikes

Ruwido of Salzburg was at the show in its usual immaculate booth and with the very established team that the company has had for a number of years. We spoke first to Regina Berghaupt …

Tags:IBC 2018| Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Remote Controls| Vol 25 - Issue 36