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UK TV Viewing Continues to Fall

A report from Ofcom shows that linear TV viewing continued to fall in the UK last year. There was a 1-minute ...

Electronica 2014 Roundup

An Internet-of-Things gateway with Intel’s Quark technology was on show by Aaeon. The AIOT-X1000 was announced at Computex earlier this year. ...

More on Quantum Dots and QD Replacements

Quantum dots and related approaches for tailoring and improving the quality of light for specific applications provide a remarkable bang for ...

Vodafone Germany to Show US TV Series in Ultra HD

Customers in Germany that have signed up for the Vodafone HD premium package for the recently launched GigaTV 4K platform, are ...

TPV Turns to IBM Cloud to Help Create, Distribute New Smart TV Services

IBM announced that TPV Technology Ltd., the manufacturer of Philips-branded televisions, has adopted IBM Cloud and IoT services to more quickly ...

Another Nine Pay TV Operators Sign Up to SES UHD Trials

The number of Pay TV content providers that are delivering Ultra HD content via SES in the US has now reached ...

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AUO Insists Antitrust Compliance is in Place

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) appeared in a US court this week to deny charges that it had failed to implement an effective compliance programme, after the company was found guilty in 2008 of conspiring to …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Price Fixing| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Samsung Holds Off on Flexible Tablets

by Tom Allen

A Korean website, Inews24, says that concerns over profitability will keep Samsung from launching 7″+ flexible tablet products this year. The company will instead look to apply the technology to smartphones.

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 16

In-Car Infotainment Shifts to APAC

by Tom Allen

The Volvo XC90 has its own infotainment system, complemented with third-party productsThanks to a rapid expansion of connected navigation systems and in-car Wi-Fi, ABI Research predicts that Connected Automotive Infotainment Systems (CAIS) will grow …

Tags:Automotive| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent Sign MOU

by Helen Vince

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent say they have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will offer to buy all of Alcatel-Lucent’s equity shares through a public exchange offer in France and the US. …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Hisense Shares TV Release, Keeps Specs Secret

by Tom Allen

Hisense announced the 55TX810 last December, but we missed the announcement at the time – our apologies. Release details have now been shared, so we are revisiting the model. The 55″ TV is a …

Tags:Curved Displays| Europe| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Vol 22 - Issue 16

FAA Chooses Eizo For ERIDS

by Tom Allen

Eizo’s Flexscan T23 81W touch screen monitor has been chosen by the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for use in En Route Information Display Systems (ERIDS). ERIDS are used to map flights and manage …

Tags:Aviation| Back Panel| Eizo| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Only 7.5% Say Linear TV Will Remain Important

by Tom Allen

The Connected100 survey, by the Connected100 research group, has shown that the key TV innovation drivers in coming years will be OTT (87.5% of respondents) UltraHD (77.5%) and TV Everywhere (70%). Linear broadcast (7.5%) …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TV Viewing| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 16| Worldwide

VixS Adds ‘Better Pixels’ Support to Decode Line

by Tom Allen

ViXS has launched the XCode Pro 370 decoder, which integrates new features such as high dynamic range (HDR) and 12-bit colour. The chip has been launched to support the use of UltraHD in production …

Tags:Chips| Colour (Color)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Video Encoders & Decoders| ViXS| Vol 22 - Issue 16

E-Lead Claims Projection Film Cuts HUD Cost by 90%

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s E-Lead Electronics has developed a low-cost automotive HUD, showing it at the Taipei AMPA & AutoTronics show earlier this month. In-car HUDs usually take the form of a dedicated transparent display (‘combiner type’) …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Projection| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 16

TV Viewing Falls, Makes Way for Mobiles

by Tom Allen

Market researcher Accenture has bad news for the TV market. In a new research report titled ‘Digital Video and the Connected Consumer’, TV was the only product category to experience double-digit usage declines across …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| PCs| Second Screens| Smart TV| Smartphones| Streaming Video| tablets| TV Viewing| Vol 22 - Issue 16

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Vizio to Bring Dolby Vision to Home Theater

by Matthew Brennesholtz

On April 13th, Vizio issued a pair of press releases on its Reference Series LCD displays and its partnership with Dolby. The partnership with Dolby will allow Vizio to incorporate Dolby Vision high dynamic …

Tags:Dolby| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vizio| Vol 22 - Issue 16

Content Creators Respond as Demand for UHD TV Takes Off

by Jeff Yurek

I’ve often written on the Nanosys blog about the chicken and egg problem that exists between content creators, broadcasters and display makers. When it comes to next generation UHD video features like 4k resolution, …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Nanosys| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 16