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Fraunhofer Shows Gladiator Results

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP has announceed that it will show OLEDs on graphene at the Plastic Electronics show, taking place on the 6th – 8th October in Dresden. The OLEDs to be shown are the interim …

Metrological Enhances Liberty and Comcast

by Tom Allen

Liberty Global and Comcast will use open-sourced browser enhancements from Metrological, the company has announced. These enhancements mean that the companies will be able to to improve their ability to support IP browser-based services …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Liberty Global| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 37

MStar Chooses Inside Secure for UltraHD Protection

by Tom Allen

MStar Semiconductor has chosen to use a cryptography engine from Inside Secure in its new UltraHD platform for TV chips. The engine will prevent content from being illegally copied and cloned.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Security| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 37

SES Sees Ultra HD Steadily Gain Momentum

by Tom Allen

SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) sees important steps and a continuous strong drive towards an accelerated uptake of Ultra HD – also known as 4K – by consumers, broadcasters …

Tags:SES| UltraHD & 4K

Weak Economy Sees TV Sets Plummet

by Tom Allen

Global TV set shipments experienced their steepest decline in five years in Q2’15, says IHS, declining 8% YoY to 48 million units. The result follows a year of annual growth in 2014, and was …

Tags:IHS DisplaySearch| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| Vol 22 - Issue 36| Worldwide

SES Presents Liquid VOD

by Tom Allen

SES Platform Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is presenting a live showcase of LIQUID VOD, a new solution for video-on-demand services (VoD) via satellite, …

Tags:IBC 2015| SES| VOD

And Finally… – Vol 22 No 36

by Tom Allen

While browsing Twitter last night during the Apple iPad Pro launch event, I came across a comic by Joel Watson, from 2012, which nailed the tablet’s launch date – and included some excellent commentary …

SmallHD Raises Sunlight Readability

by Tom Allen

SmallHD is a US-based company that produces small, high-resolution monitors for field work. The latest offering is the SmallHD 702 Bright: a 7″ sunlight readable model with 1,000 cd/m² of brightness. In addition to …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Mobile Display Monitor| Sunlight Readable Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 36

ASRock Chooses Display Solutions

by Tom Allen

Display Solutions is now distributing ASRock’s NUC Box 3000: a fanless, dual-core embedded PC, intended as a DOOH media player. The box can support three displays, including one UltraHD unit.

MMD Has Philips’ First 5k Monitor

by Tom Allen

Just a few days after IFA, MMD showed off a new monitor that is the first Philips-branded 5k model. The 27″ 275P4VYKEB houses a screen with 5120 x 2880 resolution, using a PLS panel …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 22 - Issue 36

EDO Claims Chinese First With Flexible AMOLED

by Tom Allen

Everdisplay Optronics (EDO) has shown a 5.6″ flexible AMOLED display, with 2560 x 1440 resolution (525 ppi), in China. The company says that it is ‘committed to leading-edge display technology’.

Happy Birthday to the Playstation Nation!

by Tom Allen

Sony is celebrating 20 years since the US launch of its original Playstation console – on 9th September, 1994 – by inviting fans to vote on the greatest game for the system of all …