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Vizio Predicts “Tenfold” Increase in 4k Content

by Tom Allen

Matt McRae, CTO of Vizio, has predicted that 2016 will be a bigger year for UltraHD content than any previous one. There has been a “tenfold” increase in the amount of programming available in …

Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept

by Tom Allen

Unusually, Samsung had less to show in the way of displays than normal this year. The company is increasingly saving its big mobile news for MWC in February, so CES is limited to TVs, …

Samsung Wins CES Award for Accessibility Features

by Tom Allen

Samsung said that its had won a CES 2016 Best of Innovation Award in the Accessible Tech category for one of its new Smart TVs. Features that contributed to the award included: Voice Guidance: …

10,000 UK Viewers Still Watch Black and White TV

by Tom Allen

Statistics from TV Licensing show that 10,000 people in the UK are still viewing black and white TV, not colour. Londoners represent the majority of black and white licensees (2,222), trailed by Birmingham (429) …

Samsung Brings IoT to Smart TV

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced that its entire lineup of 2016 SUHD TVs will be ‘IoT-ready’, and connected with its SmartThings platform. SmartThings, acquired by Samsung in 2014, is an open platform for connection and control …

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Falling Asleep at the TV No Problem With Netflix

by Tom Allen

The Christmas period is a time when many of us relax in front of the TV. Too much relaxation, of course, means that we’ll fall asleep and miss half the show. Netflix has an …

CGV First with Christie’s RGB Laser

by Tom Allen

CGV, the South Korean cinema chain, is the first exhibitor worldwide to install Christie’s RGB laser projection system. The system consists of Christie’s CP42LH 3DLP laser projector, and has been installed by local partner …

Visionox Shares AMOLED Design Wins

by Tom Allen

Visionox has begun to produce a 1.45″ AMOLED display for wearable applications. The new display has 340 x 272 resolution and a 1.5mm frame. It features both MIPI and SPI interfaces. Visionox has said …

HTC Pursuing VR for Vehicles

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese media reports that HTC is working with car makers, and will use its HTC Vive VR headset as a new car demonstrator in 2016. HTC is currently working with Ford to showcase its …

Better Pixels and Cheaper Tech Coming to Vegas

by Tom Allen

CES is almost here again – in fact, it will only be a couple of days away by the time you read this piece. Cue a week of meeting and greeting, some (hopefully) fascinating …

UltraHD IPTV in the Middle East

by Tom Allen

Middle East telco Etisalat is launching a new UltraHD IPTV service in the UAE and select other MEA markets in Q1’16, in partnership with Huawei. The new 4k Linea Channel and VoD service will …

Scale-1 Does VR Without a Headset

by Tom Allen

French company Scale-1 Portal will introduce a VR projection solution at CES in January, which brings owners right into the action. ‘SCALee’ is a Windows 10 PC, UST projector and camera, housed in a …