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Vestel Launches 97XX 4K UHD Set-Top Box Series

Vestel, one of the top three consumer electronics manufacturers in Europe, announced the launch of its 97XX Series of 4K UHD Set-top Boxes. Designed to deliver a seamless, exceptional value home entertainment experience from within an ultra-compact, minimalist design, the series includes smart as well as non-smart set-top box options, with either T2 only or … Read more

German DVB-I Project underway

What They Say A project in Germany to develop an internet-delivered service to provide linear channels and compete with terrestrial broadcast is being developed using the DVB-I standard. Firms involved include Sony, TPVision (Philips licensee) and Vestel as well as German broadcasters and others. Key features of DVB-I include structured service lists which enable a … Read more

TV-makers Seek New Angles to Remain Competitive

What They Say Protocol Entertainment looked at functions that TVs could perform beyond simply streaming TV content and reported that Samsung had said that viewers of its advertising supported TV Plus service have watched close to 3 billion hours of content over the past year, double the previous year. The article suggests that TV makers … Read more

Pico to Move to Mixed Reality

What They Say Protocol Entertainment said that the next Pico VR headset (from the ByteDance subsidiary) will support pass-through VR and mixed reality operation. The same feature is expected to be in the forthcoming Meta Cambria headset. Protocol previously said that Pico would launch a device with face and eye tracking as well as better … Read more

Samsung, LG eye niche sectors to boost tablet sales

What They Say Because of the slowdown in the global market for tablets since the pandemic, the KED reports that both Samsung and LG are planning to expand more into niche tablet categories. The firm quotes Canalys data that the market in Q2 was down 11% to 34.8 million units. LG launched the new LG … Read more

IFA Numbers Released – 2022 is 34% Down

What They Say IFA Berlin said that just over 161,000 people attended the show over the five days and claimed that 2,500 journalists arrived from 100 countries. 80% of the exhibition space was taken up ‘despite lockdowns in China’ What We Think I was not surprised that the number was a third down on 2019’s … Read more

4 of 5 chip experts say Korea faces ‘worst crisis’ in decade

What They Say Although Samsung Display is doing well with its OLED sales to Apple (Samsung set for record Q3 profit on iPhone 14 series shipments), the same is not true of other Korean technology companies. The Korea Herald quoted 24 out of 30 chip specialists as believing that the chip industry in the country … Read more

SEL Develops 5,291ppi Micro OLED Display Integrating Si CMOS and OSFET

What They Say OLEDNet.com published an article highlighting that Japan’s Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) has developed a 5,291 ppi microOLED that it discussed at the recent IMID event. The development is intended to solve two challenges for the architecture: Source/gate drivers are located outside the display area which means a significant bezel width, which is … Read more

AUO & Innolux Down >50% in Revenue on August 2021

What They Say AUO and Innolux released their monthly data. AUO said its revenue was down 8.1% month on month and 51% year on year in August, although panel area shipped increased 2.4% month by month to 1.33 m² million. Innolux followed the same trend – down just 3.0% monthly, but 51.5% annually. Large panels … Read more

PPDS Gains TAA Compliance on Philips Displays to Deliver 24/7 Smart, Reliable and Secure-Mission Critical Solutions to the US Government

PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips professional displays, has achieved TAA compliance status for an evolving line of advanced, highly versatile and military-grade secure 4K UHD digital signage and videowall displays, now certified for use by the US Government. Part of a continued investment, expansion and ambitious global growth strategy, TAA (Trade Act Agreement) … Read more