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ZTE and Turksat Jointly Release HD Hybrid STB

by Bob Raikes

ZTE Corp and Turksat, the biggest cable service operator in Turkey, announced that they have jointly released a new HD Hybrid STB. The companies have been working together for over two years and the …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 38| ZTE

Will Microsoft Drop out of Surface by 2019?

by Bob Raikes

Steve Brazier of analyst firm, Canalys, said at his firm’s Channels Forum Event in Venice, that Microsoft will drop out of the Surface business by 2019, according to Channelweb. Brazier bases this on two …

DSCC Optimistic on OLED Growth

by Bob Raikes

DSCC released its latest Quarterly OLED Supply/Demand and Capital Spending Report last week which included significant upgrades to its forecasts for OLED markets. Fig 1. OLED Revenue Forecast Revenues and Demand DSCC now sees …

Loewe’s Entry Level is Not Cheap

by Bob Raikes

At IFA, Loewe said that it would move all its sets at 55″ and above would move to OLED and it has now updated its Bild 3 range with new 43″ and 49″ LCD …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 38

BOE Starts Flexible OLED Shipments to Huawei

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews of Korea reports that BOE is starting to ship flexible OLEDs to Huawei, making it the first Chinese company to enter the market. The first shipment is due to be delivered at …

Tags:BOE| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 38

55M Chromecast Devices Now Shipped

by Bob Raikes

More than 55 million Chromecast units have now shipped, Google said, since it launched the first one a little over four years ago. One year ago, the figure stood at 30 million and now …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Berne Museum Uses a Lot of Interactivity

by Bob Raikes

The Museum of Communication in Bern has been completely updated, with designs from Kossmann.dejong of the Netherlands (and which is a prize-winning design company. The museum has a wide range of interesting display uses …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Museums & Exhibitions| Switzerland| Vol 24 - Issue 38

A 55″ UHD Roku Set for $398?

by Bob Raikes

We could fill the pages of LDM with articles about special offers for TVs, so we don’t. However, occasionally we see something that is worth remarking on. This week, it was a 55″ UltraHD …

HFR On the Back Burner – for Now

by Bob Raikes

In my preview of IFA a couple of months ago, I said that I expected to see quite a lot of high refresh rate (HFR) technology. However there was little to see at IFA, …

Tags:Ericsson| HFR - High Frame Rate| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Visionect 32″ Sign Lasts for Months on Battery

by Bob Raikes

Visionect has announced a new 32″ E Ink based display that is supplied as a complete solution with a mount, display and software player. It has a battery that can last for months for …

Tags:Digital Signage| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Tablet App Processors Grow in Value

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has said that the value of the market for tablet Application Processors has returned to growth and was up 5% in the first half of 2017, after two years of decline. The …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Ericsson Report Highlights VR Trends and Content Crisis

by Bob Raikes

Every year for the last eight, Ericsson has conducted a big user survey on TV viewing and published the result and this year is no exception. The survey included online interviews were conducted with …