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CEA Study says Viewers want 4K UHD, Smart TVs

While the television remains viewers’ primary means of accessing video content, the number of consumers watching video content via streaming (63 ...

Kyocera BLU Life Reaches 100K Hours

UK distributor, Ginsbury, has said that Kyocera is extending the backlight lifetime specification on 26 of its LCD modules to 100,000 ...

Synopsys Adds DSC to MIPI for High Resolution

Synopsys has put VESA’s Display Stream Compression (DSC) encoder into its DesignWare DSI Host Controller, which can support displays of QuadHD ...

Are LED Backlights Dangerous?

Recently, I got an email, as I’m registered to attend the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, to advise me that ...

Focus Display Takes on Allied Electronics

Allied Electronics is now distributing products from Focus Display Solutions, in the USA. These include multi-interface colour TFT-LCD modules; low-power LCD ...

GTK launches O-Film technology for TFT Displays

GTK announced the availability of O-Film technology, which, when used in conjunction with standard TFT displays, dramatically improves the achievable viewing ...

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DeX Brings Mobile to the Desktop

by Bob Raikes

This week saw the delayed release of the Samsung S8. It’s, no question, a slick device that does a lot, but it’s hard to see many S7 owners thinking it would be worth an …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Shells| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 12

iiyama Launches New LFD Range for Multiple Usage

by Isaac Oburu

iiyama, one of the leading providers of high quality professional displays, has introduced a new range of stand-alone large format landscape displays. The 40-series includes 32, 43, 48 and 55” models, all with different …

Tags:Iiyama| LFD - Large Format Display

Zecotek Says Interest in HUDs

by Bob Raikes

Zecotek Photonics Inc. of Singapore, a developer of said that that another major European automobile manufacturer has expressed interest in integrating Zecotek’s 3D technology into a brand specific 3D head-up display (HUD) and entertainment …

Tags:Automotive| Autostereo 3D| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13| Volumetric Displays

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Barco Sells High-End Systems to ETC

by Alan Spencer

Barco announced today that it has finalized an agreement. Barco has finally agreed terms with US-based lighting company, ETC to sell its lighting activity, high-end systems, that are based in Austin, Texas. This followed …

Tags:Barco| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Wisechip Highlights PMOLED Advantages

by Bob Raikes

Embedded TV News conducted an interview with Wisechip of Taiwan, the passive AMOLED maker, at the recent Embedded World show. Staff highlighted the -40ºC to +80ºC operating range and wide viewing angle Products shown …

Tags:Electronic Displays & Embedded World 2017| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Embed Signage Becomes Google Chrome OS Partner

by Alan Spencer

Embed Signage from the UK is now a certified partner that can offer digital signage software under the Google Cloud Chrome OS. Embed Signage’s software, not only supports the Chrome OS, but also iOS, …

Tags:Cloud Computing| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Schiffbauer Heads Up LG Germany’s Home Entertainment

by Alan Spencer

Daniel Schiffbauer has been appointed the new head of the home entertainment business for LG in Germany. The appointment is with effect from this month. Daniel Schiffbauer, is aged 46, is now responsible for …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 13

8K Display Used for Cancer Treatment Research

by Bob Raikes

We didn’t spot it at the time, but it looked as though readers might still be interested in a project being undertaken by the National Cancer Center Hospital in Japan to use 8K displays …

Tags:4k| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Medical| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 14

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AU Optronics To Expand 65″ TV Panel Production

by Alan Spencer

According to industry sources, AU Optronics is expecting to see significant growth in worldwide demand for 65” LCD TV panels, and is expecting to ship two million 65” LCD TV panels this year. The …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Vol 24 - Issue 13

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BBC World News Available OTT with Hulu Japan

by Alan Spencer

BBC World News, the 24-hour international news channel, has launched a live stream of its news on SVoD service Hulu Japan. This is the first time the BBC has made the linear channel available …

Tags:BBC| Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13

Portugal Ends 2016 with 3.67m pay-TV Subscribers

by Alan Spencer

Pay-TV subscriptions in Portugal reached 3.67 million at the end 2016, representing a rise of 4.1% to 145,000, compared to the end of 2015. Portugal’s National Communications Authority, Anacom, stated that the penetration rate …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Portugal| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 13

VT iDirect Tests DVB-S2X with SES

by Milos Pavlovic

VT iDirect Inc of Herndon, Virginia, USA, said that it has succeeded with tests of DVB-2SX using a signal from the SES-4 satellite. “This test with SES represents our first DVB-S2X forward channel testing …

Tags:DVB-S & S2| EBU| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 13