DTG Tests Interoperability at UltraHD Testing Zoo
The UK’s Digital Television Group has held an UltraHD HDMI interoperability plugfest, referred to as ‘the world
ADB Takes on iQor for After-Sales Service
ADB has signed an agreement with iQor, where iQor will provide after-sales service of all ADB-provided equipment. The deal covers all areas related to repair, refurbishment, testing and spare part fulfillment. The work will continue to be carried out in Poland, as it is under ADB.
China’s Golden Week Sales Fall 5%
China celebrates its National Day holiday at the start of October, which marks the beginning of a longer holiday known as Golden Week. As we noted last month (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 41), the end of energy-saving subsidies helped to keep TV sales during the period lower than the 2013 holiday. NPD DisplaySearch has … Read more
Dell Monitor Listing Causes Panel Confusion
Information on Energy Star’s website indicates that Dell is developing a 25″ monitor with 2560 x 1440 resolution. The U2515H appeared in a filing on the website and apparently uses a TN panel. However, TFT Central claims that the monitor is based on an IPS panel from LG Display called the LM250WQ, which entered mass-production … Read more
Innolux Predicts 30%+ UltraHD Share in Q4
Innolux president JC Wang has told Asian media that UltraHD TV shipments will reach 30 million this year. Panel pricing has fallen to between 10% and 20% higher than TVs with 1920 x 1080, helping to drive sales. UltraHD TV shipments passed 2.3 million in September, Wang said. Innolux reached almost 30% penetration in the … Read more
LCD TV sales expected to reach 5 million during holiday period in North America
LCD TV sales are expected to reach around 5 million in the USA during Q4’14, representing 6% QoQ growth. Sources at AUO noted that the US TV market grew 5% QoQ in Q3, with area shipments rising 14% and average TV size climbing to 41.4″. In Q4, demand for 40″ – 65″ and UltraHD TVs … Read more
LG Plans Dual-Track TV Strategy
Speaking to analysts after the announcement of its third quarter results (see Finance Results in this issue), LG Electronics said that it planned to implement a dual-track TV strategy, supplementing its line-up of next generation OLED TVs with less expensive sets using quantum dot technology. The Korea Times reported last week that both LG and … Read more
LG to End PDP Production This Month
We heard earlier this year that LG Electronics was committed to ending plasma TV production this year (Display Monitor Vol 21 Nos 35 & 39). Now, the company has provided a time-frame. In a regulatory filing, the company has given the end of November as the shut-off date, as it instead focuses on LCD and … Read more
New Cinema Network Debuts at ShowEast 2014
ShowEast took place in Florida at the end of last month, with several companies showing new digital cinema developments. Barco demonstrated its CinemaBarco concept (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 12), Auro sound system and Escape immersive cinema solution (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37). Christie focused on experiential displays to complement is projection and audio … Read more
Eyevis Appoints New CEO
Eyevis has announced the appointment of Christian Massmann as its new CEO, as well as addition of Daniel Meindl to the company’s management board as head of finance and COO. Before joining Eyevis, Massmann held a number of leadership roles in the international TV and internet industry, most recently as head of worldwide sales at … Read more
Aurora Switches High-Resolution HDMI
Aurora Multimedia’s new 8×8 matrix switcher can handle UltraHD resolution (30fps) and is controllable through any device with a web browser. The ASP-88-4K is part of the Aspyre series, routing video and 7.1-channel audio from eight HDMI inputs to eight HDMI outputs. As well as HDMI, the switcher features RS232 and RJ45 ports. Protocols enable … Read more
Eizo Refreshes FDX Monitors With Extreme Dimming
The FDX1501-A and FDX1501T-A are updates to Eizo’s Duravision FDX1501 and FDX1501T, released in 2011 (Display Monitor Vol 18 No 21). Compared to the existing models, power consumption has been lowered by more than 20%. Dimming can now go as low as 0.5 cd/m
