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The New Radeon Pro Duo Runs Dual 5K or Single 8K Displays

by Bob Raikes

AMD has announced a dual GPU graphics card that is claimed to have double the performance of the ‘closest competing professional graphics card’. The card can drive four UltraHD monitors at 60Hz, and 8K …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

OLEDs Shown at CITE 2017

by Bob Raikes

OLEDNet published a report from the CITE 2017 show in China that highlighted that Changhong, Konka and Skyworth all showed TVs based on OLED products, while panel makers CSOT and LG Display (LGD) both …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 16

New HP Mobile Workstations Claimed as Most Secure

by Bob Raikes

As well as new monitors (HP Adds Two Colour-controlled Monitors), HP has added four new ZBook mobile workstations for content creators, said to be ‘the most secure ever’ and the fourth generation of the …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 16| Workstations

HP Adds Two Colour-controlled Monitors

by Bob Raikes

HP has announced a new addition to its DreamColor range of monitors with the Z31X Studio and HP DreamColor Z24x G2. The Z31X Studio is a true 4K (4096 x 2160) display based on …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

TianMa Starts up G6 LTPS Fab

by Bob Raikes

Tianma’s Flex display at MWC. Image:MekoTaiwanese sources have reported that Tianma is starting to produce AMOLEDs from its G6 LTPS fab, the first to get to this stage in China. The sources also said …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Tianma| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Net Insight introduces Sye 360˚

by Bob Raikes

Net Insight has introduced Sye 360º which is an OTT streaming solution that includes synchronisation so that content can be tied between live and OTT content. It is claimed to have low latency and …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 16

FreeCast to offer OTA TV via its ATSC 3.0 STB

by Bob Raikes

FreeCast in the USA has a new One STB that supports a combination of OTA content via ATSC 3.0 and OTT content using internet. The boxes will sell for $100 and there will be …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Leyard’s Planar Shows Seamless LED Touch Wall

by Bob Raikes

At NAB Planar (Leyard) showed a new LED video wall at IBC that has 1.2mm pitch and can be built into video walls up to 196@ diagonal. A unique feature is the new patent-pending …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Leyard| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Touch| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Vizio Updates P- and M-Series for 2017

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has announced its 2017 SmartCast P-Series and M-Series UltraHD HDR Pro Displays which have full array local dimming and support Dolby Vision and HDR10. The P-Series starts at $1,299 for a 55″ size, …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 16

IRT Provides Streams for CMAF

by Bob Raikes

IRT, based in Munich and which supports AV technology for public broadcasters in DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) said that it has demonstrated a new video format, the Common Media Application Format (CMAF). CMAF …

Tags:Apple| Germany| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MPEG| Streaming Video| Vol 24 - Issue 16

New 55 “Multitouch All in One from Samsung

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Germany has released the 55″ FullHD edge-lit PM55F-BC touch monitor for commercial applications and with 400 cd/m² of output and 4,000:1 native contrast. The display supports 10 point PCap touch and includes a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 16

Oppo’s New UDP-205 UHD Blu-ray Player Highlights Audio

by Bob Raikes

Oppo has released the UDP-205, a new UltraHD Blu-ray player that has improved facilities over the previous UDP-203 model with an emphasis on better audio. The new player has 7.1 analogue outputs and has …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16