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LG First to Bring UltraHD OLED to Market

LG’s UltraHD OLED TVs, first seen at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), are now available for pre-order in South Korea. The 65″ 65EC9700 and 77″ 77EG9700 use the company’s WRGB pixel architecture, possessing 33 million sub-pixels. Both TVs can be wall mounted and are bundled with LG’s Ultra Surround sound system. They … Read more

Looping, Streaming and Playout Promoted at IBC

The SceneGate 8073 is an entry-level OTT and IPTV set-top box (STB) from Albis (hall 14, stand C04 and C15). The 85 x 85 x 35mm box supports 1920 x 1080 content and functions such as HTML5 apps and DLNA streaming. It is being positioned as a second-room STB. The Icue-Playout streaming server, from Teracue … Read more

Prelonic’s Digital Display is Printed on Paper

Germany’s Prelonic has devised a top-indicative electrochromic (EC) display, which can be printed on paper or cardboard. A bottom-indicative display appears behind the substrate – they have previously been developed on transparent materials like glass. However, to use cheaper materials, Prelonic worked on a top-indicative unit which is printed on top of the ‘substrate’. Because … Read more

Samsung Leads Flat-Panel TVs AGAIN

Samsung led the flat-panel TV market for the 34th consecutive quarter in Q2’14, taking a 31.8% market share. This was a 1.2 percentage point QoQ rise, said NPD DisplaySearch. LG Electronics’ share fell 0.4 percentage points in Q2, to 16.5%, while Sony and Hisense garnered 8.5% and 5.2% shares, respectively. Throughout the first half of … Read more

UltraHD TVs Grow at 107% CAGR to 2018

A report by TechNavio, on the worldwide UltraHD market (http://tinyurl.com/o2ada4b), says that UltraHD TV market will grow at a 106.8% CAGR between 2013 and 2018. Only LCD and OLED TVs will have UltraHD as a feature – not CRT or plasma models. ‘Most’ LCD TVs will have UltraHD resolution in the coming years, says TechNavio; … Read more

Wearables Will be Big at IFA

Archos will show new Android and Windows Phone mobile devices in hall 12, at stand 103. The 50B Platinum (£100 ($165)) is an Android 4.4 smartphone with a quad-core processor and IPS panel. The 5″ device will support dual SIM cards. It will be launched alongside the 45C Platinum, which does not have confirmed specifications … Read more

Wide Colour Gamuts Are Prevalent at Touch Taiwan

A variety of new panels with high-end features were shown at Touch Taiwan at the end of August.The focus of AUO‘s presence was its curved displays. The company introduced 42″ – 85″ curved UltraHD LCD TV panels, with a wide colour gamut. The 65″, 75″ and 85″ had a 4,000R ‘golden’ curvature and 120Hz framerate.For … Read more

Advantech Leaves Port Choice to Customer

Specially designed for areas requiring constant cleaning, Advantech’s FPM-7151W is IP66-certified. The 15.6″ LCD monitor is protected against both dust and jets of water. It is also slim (420 x 269 x 48mm), for environments where space is an issue. In addition, it supports 10 touch points (procap technology) and can operate in temperatures between … Read more