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Sky Q Adds Mobile App

by Bob Raikes

Sky has expanded its Q Mobile App to allow access to content stored on a home box while the viewer is away from the home. Content can also be downloaded from boxes to smart …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Sky| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Samsung Gear 360 Now Available

by Bob Raikes

Image:MekoSamsung has announced that the Samsung Gear 360 is now available in retail at $349. The unit has dual lenses and records UltraHD video at 30 fps in MP4 (H.265) format. Storage is via …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

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Barco Sales Result 19/10/2016

by Bob Raikes

Barco said that its sales in Q3 were 13.7% up on last year at €261.8 million, but slightly down on the €274.1 million last quarter. New orders were ahead of Q2 at €266.7 million …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

UBI Thinks WOLED Will Take Premium TV Market

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research forecast that OLED TV will become the dominant technology in the premium TV market by 2020, when it believes that the technology will take 68.1% (note the accuracy! Man. Ed.) of the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Eutelsat and Telespazio Promote HD & UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

Eutelsat and Telespazio, a Leonardo-Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, have a new agreement to develop HD and UltraHD transmission on Eutelsat’s Hotbird ‘video neighbourhood’ which is centred on Italy and provides coverage …

Tags:4k| Europe| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 41

EIZO Expands Portfolio of CuratOR Surgical Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Eizo has released new new standard models within its portfolio of CuratOR Surgical Panels. The existing selection of models is now expanded to include additional monitor sizes, touchscreen models, and a large screen with …

Tags:Eizo| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Intertrust, Samsung deliver Secure HbbTV 2.0 for Italy

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has a partnership with Intertrust Technologies to include DRM software in its HbbTV 2.0-enabled Smart TVs for users in Italy. The solution will be available in early 2017 to video service providers in …

Tags:Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Security| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Acer H6502BD Shipping Now

by Bob Raikes

Acer has released a new DLP projector for home cinema use. The H6502BD is a 3,400 lumen unit with 1920 x 1200 unit and 20,000:1 contrast and a 1.4 to 1.64 throw ratio, giving …

Tags:Acer| DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Dolby Vision Updates on Adoption Status

by Bob Raikes

The Hilander Blog recently attended a briefing in Korea by Dolby that summarised the progress on HDR with Dolby Vision. The text of the article is in Korean, but the slides are in English. …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Apple

MacBook Pro to Adopt USB-C?

by Bob Raikes

Japanese blog site, Macotakara suggests that the expected new MacBook Pro range will drop conventional USB ports, but will have three USB type C connectors and Thunderbolt 2. The site also repeats the rumour …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 41

HDR for UltraHD Clarified

by Bob Raikes

Last week, we covered a release from IHS that suggested that HDR is mainly a benefit with UltraHD content (HDR Compatible Set Sales Bigger than HDR says IHS Markit). We’re happy to have got …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41

Apple

Bloomberg Says Apple Scaling Down Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Bloomberg reports that Apple has scaled back its work on its automotive interests, with the company focussing on software for automotive applications. Large numbers of individuals in Apple are reported to have been given …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 41