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Infocomm ‘Heads Up’

by Bob Raikes

The news for Infocomm has started and Socionext said that it plans to demonstrate a new chip, the SC2M50 or “M50” that will encode video using the HEVC codec in UltraHD with 60 fps …

Tags:Absen| HEVC (H.265)| Infocomm 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Ultravision Wins Paris Project

by Bob Raikes

Ultravision International said that it has completed installing an outdoor LED display at the Châtelet-Les Halles commuter rail station in central Paris and it is expected to be seen by 37 million visitors as …

Tags:Advertising| France| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Synopsys Adds DSC to MIPI for High Resolution

by Bob Raikes

Synopsys has put VESA’s Display Stream Compression (DSC) encoder into its DesignWare DSI Host Controller, which can support displays of QuadHD or up to UltraHD in mobile and automotive applications, using the MIPI hardware …

Tags:Mipi| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Samsung Notebook 9 Pro is Just FullHD

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has a new Notebook 9 Pro, a laptop that is available with 13.3″ or 15.6″ displays and supporting the Samsung S pen. Both displays are FullHD with touch and the specifications are detailed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Esterline Dome is Used with Mobile Display for Helicopter Simulation

by Bob Raikes

Esterline showed its latest helicopter demonstrator at the Cansec show in Ottowa, Canada. The display showed the company’s avionics along with a Tridelity dome visualisation system (which can be transported in a standard container). …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Simulation| Vol 24 - Issue 22

LG Drops Some OLED TV Prices

by Bob Raikes

LG has dropped the pricing on a number of its OLED TVs in the US. We couldn’t find a statement from LG at press time, but Amazon has the 65″ G7 (2017 model) at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Loewe Adds OLEDs at the Bottom and Top

by Bob Raikes

Last week we reported on the Loewe Bild 5 OLED TV (Loewe Adds Third OLED TV Design) and now the company has announced the Bild 4 OLED TV which has an integrated speaker bar …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

New 75 “Ultra HD Screen from ViewSonic

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has released the CDE7500, a 75″ UltraHD monitor with an integrated Mali A53 quad core Cortex processor with 2GB of memory and 16GB of storage and 450 cd/m² of output. Contrast is 1,200:1 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 21

UHD Blu-ray to Grow Slowly in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Futuresource Consulting has said in a report published by 4K.com that 8.4 million UltraHD Blu-ray disks will be sold in 2017, representing just 4% of all disc sales during the year and a very …

Tags:4k| Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Irdeto, Verimatrix join SAT>IP Alliance

by Bob Raikes

At Anga.com in Germany, the SAT>IP Alliance announced that Irdeto and Verimatrix have joined the organisation. Both companies work on DRM and content protection. “With the integration of CAS-to-DRM solutions into the SAT>IP standard …

Tags:DRM & Content Protection| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| SAT>IP| Vol 24 - Issue 21

18% of TV Homes Use FTA DTH Satellite

by Bob Raikes

Dataxis has said that 314 million TV households are getting TV signals via Free-to-Air (FTA) DTH satellite, representing 18% of all TV households globally and the company believes this will grow to 20%. While …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 21