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Is This the Lite Version of the Samsung Galaxy S9?

by Andrew Fenn

Information regarding a new Samsung smartphone has surfaced on Twitter. Images and specifications were leaked by a user by the name of Ice Universe. The individual’s profile doesn’t link them to any particular company …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Apple

WSJ Reports Problems for LGD Flexible OLEDs

by Milos Pavlovic

The Wall St Journal reports that Apple’s attempts to use LG Display as a secondary supplier for flexible OLEDs has hit trouble as LG Display has not been able to keep up with the …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| iPhone| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Breakthrough in Low Power Video Capture

by Bob Raikes

A group of engineers at the University of Washington has developed a way of transmitting video data direct from a camera module that is directly connected to an antenna to reduce power consumption by …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Codecs| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 25 - Issue 16

VR Simulation Effective in Education

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article on this topic, entitled The Research Chase. In …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Amazon and Best Buy Announce Fire Smart TV Partnership

by Andrew Fenn

Amazon and Best Buy have announced a collaboration to bring the next generation of Fire TV Edition smart TVs to customers in the US and Canada. Best Buy will launch more than ten Ultra …

Tags:Amazon| Best Buy| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Go2Digital Setting Up New DooH Network in Croatia

by Andrew Fenn

Go2Digital is building a new digital out-of-home network in Croatia, in collaboration with Hrvatsko Telekom, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom. The two companies have developed multipurpose telephone kiosks that provide free Wi-Fi, city information …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Telus Adds Ultra HD HDR Content to Optik TV

by Andrew Fenn

Canadian TV provider, Telus, has launched Ultra HD HDR content on its Optik TV service. Netflix subscribers with Premium accounts can now also stream UHD HDR content through the platform’s built-in Netflix app. Furthermore, …

Tags:Canada| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

A Flexible, Optically Re-Writable LCD is Under Development

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers from Donghua University (Shanghai, China) and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has just reported on advances that the team has made on Optically Re-Writable Liquid Crystal Display (ORWLCD) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Novel Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Ultra HD Forum Releases UHD Phase B Guidelines at NAB 2018

by Aldo Cugnini

The Ultra HD Forum has released its Phase B Guidelines covering dynamic metadata, higher refresh rates, lower bandwidth requirement and next generation audio. Madeleine Noland, Chair of the Guidelines Work group said, “Phase A …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 15

ATSC 3.0 Launches at 2018 NAB Conference

by Aldo Cugnini

Deployment of ATSC 3.0 is off and running, with a strong showing this month at this year’s NAB Conference in Las Vegas. More than 40 exhibitors and 22 technology-and-business sessions demonstrated the level of …

Tags:ATSC| DVB-T & T2| France| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2018| OTT Video| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Nielsen Now Tracking Viewing Habits Directly Through Smart TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Nielsen has relaunched its Grabix system, based on automatic content recognition, which will allow it to track TV viewing habits directly from Smart TVs by analysing on-screen video in real-time. The technology is being …

Tags:Advertising| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 16

Benetton Returns to its Digital Signage Roots at New UK Store

by Andrew Fenn

Benetton opened its new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street last month. As well as the digital displays installed throughout the 1,500m² store, the 12-metre-high archway entrance and window display is home to LED …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 16