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Skyworth to Buy Metz TV Business

German premium TV company Metz has agreed a deal with China’s Skyworth, which will take over the ailing company at the ...

Rise of Beyond-4K Resolution and HDR Displays, Growth of AR/VR Driving Adoption of DisplayPort and Related VESA Standards

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced it has reached a new milestone with membership growth to more than 260 companies ...

PS4 Reaches UK Milestone

GfK Chart-Track data shows that 2 million units of Sony’s Playstation console have been sold in the UK to-date. The console ...

Tech Data Distributes Aiptek

Tech Data is now distributing Aiptek’s pico projectors and dashcams in Germany.

Amazon Streams UltraHD in Germany

Amazon Instant Video can now be used to stream UltraHD content in Germany, although currently there is only English language content. The ...

Barco Reaches 18,000 Solid-State Lumens

Building on its previously-announced work (Barco is Ready for Lamp-Free Projection), Barco has shared news of two new solid-state DLP projectors, ...

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Semiconductor Industry Sees Best Second Quarter Since 2014

by Alan Spencer

According to IHS Markit, despite there being a slight downward trend in the first quarter of 2017, the semiconductor industry achieved near record growth in the second quarter, with a 6.1% growth compared to …

Tags:Intel| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Pay-TV Innovation Forum Final 2017 Findings Released

by Damir Lokas

NAGRA, a Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) company and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, in partnership with MTM, a leading international research and strategy consultancy, published the final conclusions …

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Pay-TV Industry Suffering Slowing Growth

by Alan Spencer

The Global Pay TV Innovation Landscape Industry 2017 Research Nagra, in partnership with the research consultancy MTM, have published the final conclusions of the 2017 Pay-TV Innovation Forum. The global research programme examined the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Pay TV| Vol 24 - Issue 34

HDR/WCG TV Messaging is Going to be a Mess

by Chris Chinnock

I had a feeling that the education and selling of consumers on the idea of HDR/WCG TVs was going to be problematic. After seeing what the major TV brands are saying about their TV …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 34| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Asus Highlights Mixed Reality & Convertibles

by Bob Raikes

Asus had its press event away from the Messe, as usual and called it ‘The Edge of Beyond’. It was introduced by corporate VP, Eric Chen. The company was an innovator in 2in1 systems, …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Showstoppers Busy with Headsets & Smartwatches

by Bob Raikes

The Showstoppers event took place on the evening before the show. There was a small number of exhibitors that were of interest to our readers, although many of the exhibitors were showing gadgets and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IFA Opening Press Event

by Bob Raikes

The IFA organisers and the GFU trade association always holds a pre-IFA press event when they talk about the ‘big picture’ developments in the market and highlight changes in the show organisation. Hans-Joachim Kamp …

Tags:GfK| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 33

IHS Updates on UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit held an event on UltraHD at the IFA Summit+ location. Initially, it looked as though there were only around three display analysts, as the other streams were running late, but the session …

Tags:IFA 2017| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Philips| Satellite| Sky| Technicolor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Acer Looks to Gaming

by Bob Raikes

Acer got in early with its IFA press event and it started several hours before the ‘official’ opening Press event. We’ve seen that Acer has not had a good time in business in the …

Tags:Acer| All-in-ones (AIOs)| Game Playing| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Changhong Shows TV Range and Projector at IFA 2017

by Chris Chinnock

Changhong showed its range of TVs for 2017 at IFA along with some concept TVs and projection solutions. Like many TV brands at IFA, Changhong mostly showcased Oled sets as its high end models. …

Tags:Changhong| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Quo Vadis IGZO?

by Bob Raikes

This week I thought we would have two small issues, but Matt contributed an interesting report on the Laser Display and Lighting Conference (which was nearly all displays) and a report on an HDR …

Tags:Editorial| IGZO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Polysilicon LCD| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Red’s Hydrogen One Phone uses Lightfield Display From Leia Inc.

by Norbert Hildebrand

Some time ago we reported on a smartphone to be released by Red, the camera company. The surprising fact about this announcement was that the Android phone would feature a “holographic” display. Now Red …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 34