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Amazon Doubles Resolution for Easier Reading

by Tom Allen

The new Kindle supports drop caps in text, unlike previous modelsAmazon has updated its Paperwhite eReader, doubling the resolution of the previous generation while maintaining the same price. Reading should be easier on the …

Tags:Amazon| E Ink| eReaders| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Amazon Leads US Media Streamers

by Tom Allen

According to Strategy Analytics, Amazon topped the US digital media streamer market in Q1’15, with a 30% share – despite only launching its streaming products in 2013. Amazon and the other market leaders – …

Amazon to Offer HDR Content

by Chris Chinnock

Amazon used NAB to announce that it will be among the first to offer HDR content through its Amazon Prime Video service. These will arrive sometime in 2015. Amazon is producing it own original …

Tags:Amazon| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Sharp UltraHD Mobile Display – Yes

by Steve Sechrist

Back on April 13 we picked up a rumor that Sharp was going to make a UHD/4k display in a 5.5″ diagonal package for mobile devices that includes 3860 x 2860 pixel resolution and …

High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year

by Vanessa Browning

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Prime members and customers in the US, UK and Germany will be able to watch titles in High Dynamic Range (HDR) this year. Amazon Originals will be the first …

Tags:Amazon| Germany| HDR - High Dynamic Range| UK (United Kingdom)| USA

HDR Arrives on Amazon

by Tom Allen

Amazon is to follow in the footsteps of Netflix, rolling out high dynamic range content this year. Prime customers in the USA, UK and Germany will be the first to receive the HDR programming, …

Amazon Announces New Features for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick

by Helen Vince

Amazon today announced new features are coming to the best-selling Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. These features will be delivered as part of a free, over-the-air software update in the coming weeks. …

Tags:Amazon| Stream TV

Sling TV Launches on Xbox One

by Helen Vince

Sling TV has released its app for Xbox One, the first gaming console to support the live, over-the-top TV service. Xbox One joins a constellation of other devices that support Sling TV, including Amazon …

Tags:Amazon| OTT Video| xBox

Low-Cost Competition Causes Amazon Order Cuts

by Tom Allen

Tablet shipment orders to Compal and Quanta have been cut by Amazon, says China’s Economic Daily News. The EDN report cites Taiwanese supply chain makers. It claims that the cut in orders is due …

Now Available On Amazon Fire TV: Sling TV, FOX Sports GO, and More

by Helen Vince

Amazon today announced that Fire TV’s selection is up 5x since its launch in April, with 2015 best-of-CES Sling TV now available for download as well as other popular services and games such as …

Tags:Amazon| Stream TV| Streaming Dongles

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 6

by Tom Allen

A USB 3.0-to-DisplayPort graphics adapter has been released by Diamond Multimedia, supporting UltraHD resolution. The BVU5500 uses DisplayLink’s DL-5500 chipset (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3) and is compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, …

Q4 Marked First Ever Tablet Decline, Says IDC

by Tom Allen

Q4’14 saw tablet shipments fall for the first time since the market became mainstream in 2010, says IDC. Overall shipments of tablets and hybrids reached 76.1 million units, a 3.2% YoY decline. However, full-year …