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Apple Watch May Struggle with LTE

by Bob Raikes

A blog post by IHS has pointed out that the new Apple Watch with integrated LTE connectivity, while clever in including the needed antenna within a slim form factor, may struggle in some areas …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Amazon Updates Fire TV, Tablet and Echo Range

by Bob Raikes

Amazon had a busy time announcing a new Fire TV product as well as a new Fire tablet and revisions to the Echo voice and audio products. The new Fire TV streamer upgrades the …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

FVP-5000T Freeview Play Recorder Supports 2TB

by Bob Raikes

Humax has released a new Freeview Play Recorder, the FVP-5000T for the UK market. Features in the new FullHD box include: Integrated Wi-Fi connectivity Three digital tuners: record up to four programmes at once …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 36

CTA Completes Recommendations for Audio on ATSC 3.0 TVs

by Bob Raikes

At the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) Technology & Standards Fall Forum, the CTA issued new guidelines for TV sets and audio devices. The first recommendations (CTA-CEB32.5, Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Audio) …

Tags:ATSC| audio| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Flanders Scientific Have OLED & 2K HDR LCD Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Flanders Scientific is a specialist supplier of broadcast monitors that has a special relationship with Zunzheng Digital Video Co Ltd in China as a sales agent and also supporting manufacturing. One new monitor was …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Tivo Sees Big Interest in its Voice Technology

by Bob Raikes

After the takeover of Tivo by Rovi and the change of name to Tivo, the company remains a supplier of ‘entertainment discovery solutions’. In the past, Rovi impressed us with the quality of its …

Tags:IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tivo| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 35

ADB Getting More Nimble

by Bob Raikes

ADB is always an interesting company. Being based in Switzerland, it has to be very flexible and over the years we have seen the company move in a number of different directions. We heard …

Tags:ADB (Advanced Digital Broadcasting)| Hospitality TVs| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Calman Making Life Easier for Calibrators

by Bob Raikes

Portrait Displays and its Calman group were at the show and we took the chance to get an update since PDL took over Spectracal, which created Calman software. The big news, of course, was …

Tags:Display Calibration| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Portrait Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Ikegami Looking to HDR for New Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Ikegami is a specialist supplier of cameras and monitors for broadcast as well as medical applications. There were a number of new monitors as well as what it claims is the world’s first 2/3 …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Canon Adds More HDR Support

by Bob Raikes

Canon was showing a number of different displays including HDR reference monitors and an LCOS projector with HDR support. Products shown included the existing DP-V2420 which was introduced last year at IBC. The company …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Canon| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

BBC Updates on HLG Status

by Bob Raikes

Andrew Cotton from the BBC’s R&D department is one of the developers of the HLG EOTF and gave an update on the development of support for the technology as one of SES’s excellent technical …

Tags:BBC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Vivitek Projector Produces 12,000 Ansi Lumens

by Bob Raikes

Vivitek has a new laser projector high brightness projector, the DU8193Z which produces 12,000 Ansi lumens of output with 10,000:1 contrast and 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA) resolution. The unit uses a single 0.67″ DLP …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Installation Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 24 - Issue 36