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Infinitus Tests Outdoor Screens in Scandinavia

by Tom Allen

Infinitus has shared images of new DOOH screens that it has developed and is testing with an unnamed customer in Scandinavia. They are outdoor screens in a portrait orientation: one 47″, in the G6 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Nordics| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Asus Lowers Notebook Forecast on Fluctuating Exchange Rates

by Tom Allen

Asus has lowered its notebook shipment target for Q3, says the Taipei Times. The company is apparently aiming to ‘lower sales exposure’ in some emerging markets to prevent losses due to currency exchange rates. …

Tags:Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Rumour: SDC to Unveil ‘New UltraHD Technology’

by Tom Allen

According to Korea’s Digital Daily, Samsung Display has developed a new UltraHD panel technology, based on an RGBW sub-pixel architecture. Known as ‘Green 2’, the technology will enter mass-production in 2016. It will be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| RGBW| Samsung| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 36

STMicro Addresses Entry-Level HEVC

by Tom Allen

STMicroelectronics has a new family of chipsets for entry-level set-top boxes (STBs) with HEVC support. The HD HEVC Liege3 family comprises satellite (STiH337/STiH332), cable (STiH3372) and IPTV variants (STiH307/STiH3302). All chipsets in the new …

Tags:Chips| HEVC (H.265)| IBC 2015| Large Display Monitor| Semiconductors| STMicroelectronics| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Maverick Takes On Optoma

by Tom Allen

Maverick, part of the Tech Data group, has signed a new partnership with Optoma. Optoma’s entire range of projectors will be made available to Maverick’s education, IT and Pro AV client base.

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Optoma| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 36

IHS Predicts 50% Market Share for Foldable Displays

by Tom Allen

More than half (51%) of total display shipments will be foldable units in 2020, says IHS. Global shipments of these devices are expected to rise at a 58% CAGR between 2016 and 2020, ending …

Tags:Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36| Worldwide

Shell Uses Brightsign Across Turkey

by Tom Allen

Brightsign media players are being used to deliver content to 390 screens at Shell garage forecourts throughout Turkey. According to the company, this is the first part of a 1,000-location rollout across the country. …

Tags:Brightsign| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Philips TVs Win Design Awards

by Tom Allen

Several of the new Philips TVs unveiled at IFA have already won design awards. The 8600 series took both iF and Red Dot awards, while the curved 8700 TVs were a Red Dot winner. …

Tags:Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 22 - Issue 36

LGD Moves Forward With OLED Alliance

by Tom Allen

LG Display CEO Han Sang-beomBack in March, we reported that LG Display was building an ‘OLED alliance’, with companies from Japan, China and the USA (LG Display Plans OLED Alliance). Now, new reports from …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 36

Flagship HTC Models Will be Launched in Japan

by Tom Allen

We have heard that HTC has plans for two new flagship smartphones, to be launched in Japan at the end of the month. They will be updated versions of the One M9+ (with laser …

Tags:HTC| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 36

V-Nova Signs New Codec Partners

by Tom Allen

Alcatel-Lucent plans to integrate V-Nova’s Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) with its Cloud DVR platform, and Oregan Networks’ Multiscreen Cloud Video Client. Alcatel-Lucent hopes to gain ‘significant’ improvements in its …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36

DTV Labs and Testronics Combine as Eurofins

by Tom Allen

Digital TV Labs (UK and Hong Kong) and Testronic (Belgium) have merged into Eurofins Digital Testing (EDT). As part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, the new body will provide QA services and end-to-end testing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 22 - Issue 36