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Panasonic’s AX800 TVs are now able to stream UltraHD content from Netflix. The firmware update has been rolled out to the USA already and will be available in Europe this month.
Tags:4k| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| USA| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 44
by Raverstead
Barnfind has installed a new fibre optic transport system to connect the Norwegian Nationals Soccer Stadium in Ullevål. The connection sends uncompressed video directly to TV Norge. As well as sending video back to …
Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Norway| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 21 - Issue 47
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A calibration tool for UltraHD and DCI-4k displays has been developed by Joe Kane Productions, in the USA. Digital Video Essentials UHD v0.9 provides tools to assess content creation and home theatre products. Available …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 44
by Raverstead
Google will not fix a framerate issue with its Chromecast device, it has said. In Europe, most video content is delivered at 25fps or 50fps, but Chromecast is hard-wired to send video at 60fps. …
Tags:Large Display Monitor
by Raverstead
Apparently, cruise ship passengers having an interior room can sometimes find their in-cabin experience a bit claustrophobic. Not surprisingly, one reason for this is the lack of an outside view. Royal Caribbean is addressing …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Opinion
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Wildstone, in the UK, has been granted planning consent for two new double-sided towers with LED displays. The towers will be constructed at Greenford Roundabout on the A40 (West London), with a tender in …
Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| LED| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 21 - Issue 45
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Ceske Radiokomunikace (CRA), in the Czech Republic, says that it is the first Central European company to successfully test DVB-T2 with HEVC. The trials began in July (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 28) and …
Tags:Czech Republic| DVB-T & T2| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48
by Raverstead
Direct TV is launching Direct TV 14 the latest satellite in its line-up and the one to bring 4K/UHD broadcast to subscribers. The satellite will be launching on December 4th from French Guiana with …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor
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Director Reed Morano has begun a petition on Change.org (http://tinyurl.com/ntvnw97) to get TV manufacturers to get rid of motion interpolation (or at least to offer TVs with the option off by default). Interpolation is …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| Visual Quality| Vol 21 - Issue 45
by Raverstead
A DirecTV satellite has been launched that will deliver UltraHD programming across the USA. DirecTV 14 will begin operation in Q2’15, using the Reverse Band Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) spectrum.
Tags:4k| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 49
by Raverstead
An UltraHD VoD service has been launched by DirecTV in the USA. The service includes new film releases and documentaries, including Forrest Gump, Star Trek (2009) and Amistad. Customers require a DirecTV Genie HD …
Tags:4k| DirecTV| Large Display Monitor| USA| VOD in UltraHD & 4K| Vol 21 - Issue 48
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Dish Network of the US said its pay-TV subscribers fell by about 12,000 in Q3. The company reported a rise in churn rate, to 1.67% (versus 1.66% last year) and ended the period with …
Tags:Dish Network| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Reception| USA| Vol 21 - Issue 44
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