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Dell Expands UltraSharp Monitor Family with Innovations and Workforce Transformation in Mind

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As a new generation floods the job market, there is increasing focus on delivering superior experiences to both employees and customers. Enabling the workforce with better technology, including the right monitors is a way to heighten employees experience which in turn impacts customer experience1. The proliferation of data gives rise to a demand for better … Read more

Dell Adds to UltraSharp Range

Dell has introduced a number of new monitors. One is the 49″ that our friend, Jon Peddie has looked at (Dell’s Gigundous* 49″ Ultrasharp Monitor) and has highlighted the S2719DC that we reported on from IFA. There is a 24″ of that monitor, the S2419HC, and there is also a new 32″ monitor with UltraHD … Read more

Italian Broadcasters Ask for Changes

Four Italian broadcasts — Cairo Network, Mediaset, Prima TV and ReteCapri — have requested that the Lazio Regional Administrative Court annuls regulator AgCom’s DTT frequency plan, ahead of the switch-over to free up the 700MHz band for 5G services. The broadcasters have asked for a solution that guarantees the same number of frequencies will be … Read more

LG Plans Transparent OLEDs for 2019

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LG Electronics has shown a new 0.4mm transparent OLED for digital signage at the Gitex conference in Dubai. Kyu Chan (Ben) Her, senior director for information display at LG Electronics Middle East and North Africa told Gulf News that the 55″ UltraHD display would be available in Q2 of next year. Her also claimed that … Read more

Funai Corporation Launches First Sanyo Roku TV in the US

Funai Corporation has launched its Sanyo Roku TV in the US. The 32″ LED-LCD TV, powered by Roku OS, with a 1366 × 768 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate, will be exclusively available at Walmart stores, priced at $128. The device also features two HDMI inputs, an OTA tuner, 802.11ac MIMO wireless LAN, composite … Read more

Analyst Predicts LCD Follow-Up to iPhone XR

Apple might have only recently revealed its 2018 line-up of iPhones after months of speculation, but already the rumour mill has whirred into action, with TianFeng Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo predicting that the company will launch a similar trio of handsets in 2019 — specifically, that one of the three will feature an LCD display like … Read more

First Two IMax Enhanced and HDR10+ Blu-ray Discs Announced

IMax Enhanced has named its first two certified Ultra HD Blu-ray discs — nature documentaries A Beautiful Planet and Journey to the South Pacific. Coincidentally, they are also the first two UHD Blu-rays to implement HDR10+, though IMax Enhanced only specifies HDR10 as a requirement for certification. In fact, Sony’s IMax Enhanced TVs don’t even … Read more

IHS: 8K TV Shipments to Reach More Than 400,000 Units in 2019

After declining unit shipment volumes in 2017, global TV shipments are forecast to grow 3.6% year-on-year in 2018, with additional 1.4% growth in 2019, according to a new report from IHS Markit. Of the 226 million TVs expected to ship in 2019, more than half will be ultra-high-definition models, the majority of which will be … Read more

TD Ameritrade Launches VR Experience on Oculus Go

TD Ameritrade, a US investment advisory company, is teaming up with Oculus Go from Facebook to provide one of the first-of-its-kind immersive learning experience for investors. “Visualization is a powerful tool because it makes abstract things seem more real,” said Sunayna Tuteja, head of strategic partnerships and emerging technologies at TD Ameritrade. “Finance is often … Read more