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Plex Now on iOS and Android

by Bob Raikes

There is a new app for Apple TV and Android platforms called Plex Live TV which adds PVR functions to unencrypted TV signals that are derived from SiliconDust, Hauppauge, AVerMedia and DVBLogic. The details …

Tags:Europe| FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Terrestrial (DTT)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Vizio Adds Smarts to Chromecast TVs

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has said that it will update its Vizio P and M series TVs to add a SmartTV interface to the sets, which previously worked with mobile devices using Chromecast. The sets will support …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

LG Promotes Nanocell on YouTube

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics has made a celebrity video that is published on YouTube (with 3.5 million views, when we looked) that shows footballers Steven Gerrard and Adam Lallana kicking footballs at two different video walls …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 24 - Issue 28| YouTube

Samsung Reduces its TV Set Targets

by Bob Raikes

According to reports from Taiwan, confirmed to LDM by industry sources, say that Samsung has reduced its business plan for TVs this year from around 48/49 million at the end of 2017 to around …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 28

TI Makes Pico DLP Accessible

by Bob Raikes

TI has made available the DLP LightCrafter Display 2000 evaluation module (EVM) that includes a 0.2″ DLP chipset and costs just $99. The EVM’s dual connector is set up to support any flexible GPIO-driven …

Tags:DLP| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pico Projectors| TI (Texas Instruments)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Maverick Supports Surface Hub with Services

by Bob Raikes

Maverick, the AV division of Tech Data in Europe, said that it has now sold 6,000 Microsoft Surface Hub sets in Europe and is now launching a range of bespoke physical and virtual services …

Tags:Collaboration| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| TechData| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Sharp Adds Three Professional LCD Display Products

by Bob Raikes

Sharp in the US has launched the PN-LE 601/701/801 commercial LCD displays which have 60.1″, 69.5″ and 80″ diagonals, respectively. The 90″ PN-LE901 is already available. The new models have FullHD resolution and also …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Vol 24 - Issue 28

HbbTV and DTG Update Tests

by Bob Raikes

The HbbTV Association said that version 9.2 of its test suite has now been released. The aim of this release of the Test Suite is to support the certification of devices coming to market …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Artistic Intent and Aspect Ratios

by Bob Raikes

There was a time when the number of aspect ratios on electronic displays was quite limited, but that has changed dramatically, now. In the cinema, for many years (from 1932 to 1953 according to …

Tags:Aspect Ratios| Vol 24 - Issue 28

LG Display to Supply OLED to Apple

by Bob Raikes

Many sources, including the ET News in Korea, are saying that Apple has chosen LG Display as its secondary supplier of OLEDs for its upcoming phones. The company is expected to provide financial support …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Korean Reports of Google Investment in OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Business Korea has reported that a rumoured investment by Google into LG Display may be to secure the delivery of OLED displays for VR applications. Previously, there have been rumours that Google would make …

Tags:AMOLED| Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Can LED Help the Drop in 3D Cinema?

by Bob Raikes

After the false dawn of 3D on TV, cinema was the remaining key market for 3D display and content, but now Imax Entertainment CEO, Greg Foster, has said that the technology would no longer …

Tags:3D Cinema| Cinema IMAX| IMAX| LED Cinema| Vol 24 - Issue 30