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Are we at a Codec Inflection Point?

The topic of codecs keeps coming up in the video industry. Not only are new formats like UltraHD and VR demanding ...

Christie Lights Up CGV’s Starium

CGV, a cinema multiplex chain in South Korea, has installed Christie’s CP42LH laser projector in the CGV Starium, which houses a ...

Central Glass Uses Diamond in Projection Glass

Central Glass, a Japanese firm, has developed a way to deliver sharp projected images on windows. The company creates glass that ...

Quested Provides Perspective on ITU-2100 HDR Spec

The chairman of the ITU-R subcommittee responsible for the recent release of IUT-2100 is Andy Quested, who is also an employee ...

Eutelsat now carrying more than 1000 HD channels

High Definition TV continues to gain ground across the broadcast satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications with the 240 HD channels launched ...

Prestigio’s Phones Differ in Size, Price

The Prestigio Multiphones 5453 and 5504 Duo are new smartphones that are similar in all aspects, aside from size and price. ...

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NEC Prepares for Solutions Showcase

by Tom Allen

Registration for the 2016 NEC Display Solutions Showcase is now open. Now in its eighth year, the Showcase will highlight end-to-end solutions created by partners using NEC’s products. The event will take place in …

Tags:Back Panel| Events| Large Display Monitor| NEC| NEC Showcase 2016| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Display Growth in Pockets

by Bob Raikes

Our front page this week includes the data from IHS on the weak growth in the value of the LCD market. With sluggish or negative revenue growth in the big display-using businesses of TVs, …

Tags:Editorial| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 23 - Issue 09

V Nova

Perseus SDK Now Available

by Tom Allen

V-Nova has launched its Perseus compression technology (V-Nova’s Perseus Lowers UltraHD Bandwidth Requirements) as an SDK. With this move, Perseus can be built into third-party encoders and video players. Perseus can be deployed on …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Software| V-Nova| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Will Gaming Outsell Pornography for VR?

by Tom Allen

It is a maxim that ‘porn drives technology’ – one that we have referenced ourselves a number of times. Demand for pornography helped to driver consumer adoption of the internet, and the genre was …

Tags:Game Playing| Video Editing & Production| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 12

LDM Product Roundup Vol 23 No 10

by Tom Allen

Wee have received the prices for AOC‘s 75 Series of desktop monitors (AOC Has a Monitor for Everyone). The monitors will cost £335 ($430) (Q2775PQU); £210 ($270) (I2775PQU); £180 ($230) (E2775SJ); £155 ($200) (I2475PXQU); …

Tags:21:9| Best Buy| Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| MMD (AOC Philips)| North America| OLED TVs| Pricing| Quantum Dots| Roku| Vol 23 - Issue 10

LG Asks Samsung to Join OLED Effort

by Tom Allen

LG Display has officially reached out to Samsung Display, asking its rival to join the race to efficiently develop large-size OLED panels, in order to beat rising competition from China. At a meeting of …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Production| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Dolby Vision Coming to Amazon Video

by Tom Allen

Amazon has said that it will begin to stream Dolby Vision content ‘soon’, in addition to the HDR10 content is began to offer last summer. LG’s new Super UHD (2016) TVs will be the …

Tags:Amazon| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Streaming Video| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Prestigio Furthers Reach with Smithie

by Tom Allen

Smithie UK has taken on Prestigio’s range of smartphones, tablets, dash-cams and interactive multiboards.

Tags:Distribution| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Sequential Rise Expected at TSMC

by Tom Allen

TSMC’s consolidated revenues in February reached NT$59.6 billion ($1.6 billion): a 16% QoQ and 4.9% YoY fall. Year-to-date revenues were NT$130.4 billion ($3.6 billion), down 12.9% YoY. The firm previously adjusted its Q1 revenue …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Rai Working With Eutelsat on UltraHD

by Tom Allen

Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to trial UltraHD broadcasts. Although Rai has not shared any more details, it has purchased the TV rights to (eventually) air 23 of the games from …

Tags:4k| Broadcast| Italy| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

US IPTV Suffers First Decline

by Tom Allen

Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the top 13 US pay-TV providers (with around a 95% combined market share) lost around 385,000 net subscribers in 2015, compared to 150,000 in 2014 and 100,000 …

Tags:Cable| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Satellite| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 10

A New Lightfield 3D Camera Technology is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

Researchers in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) are developing a new 3D camera based on the use of graphene as the light detector. …

Tags:3D Acquisition| 3D Cameras| Vol 23 - Issue 10