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KIDS Looking for Display Experts

by Bob Raikes

The Korean Information Display Society (KIDS) is compiling a “Display Expert Database” as part of its Expert Mapping Project (EMP). To register contact Ms Jung-ran Shin at [email protected] (the url the group sent didn’t …

Tags:Back Panel| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 39

FNAC Makes Offer for Darty

by Bob Raikes

Fnac, the French electronics and music retailer, has made a bid for UK-listed rival Darty. The French company made a bid of £1.01 per share – valuing the company at £533 million ($807.7 million). …

Tags:Europe| Fnac| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Microsoft Pleases DisplayMate with Ambient Performance

by Bob Raikes

Display Daily’s friend, Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, has been busy, with a review of Samsung’s SUHD (Samsung Flagship LCD TV Stumbles on Viewing Angle) and LG’s OLED TVs last week, and a review of …

Tags:Colour (Color)| DisplayMate| Microsoft| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 39

STARZ PLAY Now Available on Samsung Smart TVs

by Bob Raikes

Starz announced today that STARZ PLAY, the authenticated online TV Everywhere service for STARZ premium subscribers, has launched on Samsung Smart TVs. STARZ subscribers may now watch exclusive STARZ Original series including “Blunt Talk,” …

Tags:Samsung

HP Updates its Workstations

by Bob Raikes

HP held a webinar to introduce two new Z240 workstations, a small form factor (SFF) system and a tower for maximum expansion. HP claims to be the number one brand in the global workstation …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| PCs| Vol 22 - Issue 39| Workstations

VW & Technology Cheating

by Bob Raikes

I’ve been back in the office this week as I needed to cover for some staff with vacation this week. So I have been “head down” with news. One of the big stories this …

Tags:Automotive| Display Industry| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Industry| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Facebook to roll out 360-Degree Videos

by Bob Raikes

Facebook, in a blog post, said that it would support 360º videos in its News Feed. There are a number of publishers sharing new 360 videos on Facebook already, including Star Wars, Discovery, GoPro, …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| | Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Freeview confirms HD product future

by Bob Raikes

UK DTT platform Freeview has confirmed that the Freeview Trade Mark Licence will only be granted for HD products from the end of 2016 with the brand no longer appearing on new SD products. …

Tags:HDTV| Terrestrial (DTT)| UK (United Kingdom)

Freeview Boxes to be HD Only

by Bob Raikes

UK DTT platform Freeview has confirmed that the Freeview Trade Mark Licence will only be granted for HD products from the end of 2016 with the brand no longer appearing on new SD products. …

Tags:Broadcast| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 38

HEVC Advance Gains MediaTek

by Bob Raikes

The HEVC Advance patent pool has added MediatTek as a member.

Tags:Back Panel| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| SOCs| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Japanese Cable Cos Plan for UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei Asian Review reports that 39 companies in the cable business in Japan are teaming up to deliver UltraHD content. The hope is to eventually get to 370 companies and 110 have so …

Tags:4k| Cable| Japan| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 38