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Philips IPS Monitors Have Presence Sensor

by Bob Raikes

MMD has released two new 24″ Philips monitors that have ambient sensors to reduce power consumption when nobody is near the display. It also has a Low Blue mode, a feature that Philips has …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Blackberry DTEK60 Ships

by Bob Raikes

Blackberry is now shipping the DTEK60 smartphone, an Android-based device with a 5.5″ OLED display made by TCL. (BlackBerry DTEK60 Launched)

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Google Now Has UltraHD Movies

by Bob Raikes

Google has now added support for UltraHD content to its ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ for customers in the US and Canada at the moment, with other countries to follow shortly. Initially 125 titles …

Tags:4k| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Samsung Updates For YouTube HDR

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has provided an update for its 2016 SUHD and UHD TVs to support HDR content streamed from YouTube. The update needs support for VP9 Profile 2, and cannot be supported by the hardware …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48| YouTube

Nvidia May Update Shield at CES

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia is rumoured to be planning to show a new version of its Shield game system that substitutes bluetooth for Wi-Fi to communicate between new thinner controllers and the main system unit. The Wi-Fi …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Eyevis Releases More Info on TRP Cubes

by Bob Raikes

Eyevis is expected to show new projection cubes at ISE that we reported on from IBC and which are based on the TI TRP DLP chip. Model numbers of EC-50-LHD-WVF-TRP and EC-60-LHD-WVF-TRP have been …

Tags:Control Rooms| Eyevis| Large Display Monitor| Projection Cubes| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Video to Account for 60% of Mobile Data in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research said that cellular data will reach 129,000 Petabytes in 2018 equivalent to approximately 14 billion hours of 4K video streaming and that increased viewing of UltraHD will cause this to ‘almost triple’ …

Tags:3G & 4G| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

U.S. Starts Triple Cord Cutting

by Bob Raikes

Ovum has released its Q3 data on subscriber shifts in fixed voice, fixed broadband, and pay TV for the US. It said that there are declines in all three services as cord cutting continues …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Inview Uses Access NetFront Browser

by Bob Raikes

Inview will use the Access NetFront HTML5 browser in its middleware for cost-effective STBs. Inview believes that this will enhance its ability to rapidly implement custom interactive services and smart applications to its customers. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

STB Market to be Worth $29.78 Billion in 2024

by Bob Raikes

Grand View Research of the US has said that the global STB market will reach a value of $29.78 billion by 2024 as the market has grown as a result of mandatory migration from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Piccadilly Circus to Go Dark

by Bob Raikes

London’s Picadilly Circus is to be dark for the first time for the longest time since 1949 as the main billboards are to be replaced with a new LED display that is being supplied …

Tags:Daktronics| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 48