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First ATSC 3.0 Television Product Shown at CES

by Aldo Cugnini

LG has debuted at CES what may be the first market-ready ATSC 3.0 television set. The ATSC 3.0-enabled 4K Ultra HD TVs are being rolled out to support this year’s nationwide deployment of the …

Tags:ATSC| CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 02

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CES Panel Envisions ATSC 3.0 Business Opportunities

by Aldo Cugnini

At CES 2017 in Las Vegas this past week, industry experts weighed in on some of the many business models envisioned for the emerging ATSC 3.0 standard. Speaking at a panel entitled, “ATSC 3.0: …

Tags:ATSC| CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 02

UHD Alliance Focusing on Mobile HDR

by Chris Chinnock

The UHD Alliance canceled a planned press conference at CES 2017, so we met with them in a suite at the Westgate Hotel. Apparently they wanted to make an announcement about the extension of …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Blu-Ray Disc Association Provides Status Update

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to meet with the Blu-ray Disc Association at CES and get an update. This update was mostly about the status of the roll out in terms of players and titles. …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Panasonic Upgrades OLED HDR TV – but Not for North America

by Chris Chinnock

Panasonic issued a press release at CES describing their new OLED TV, but they never mentioned it in their press conference and we never saw it at CES. We heard afterwards that it was …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Panasonic| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Philips Intros First Dolby Vision TV and Other Models

by Chris Chinnock

P&F USA Inc, the company that manages the Philips brand in North America, and managed by Funai, used CES 2017 to introduce four new series of TVs. Only the Philips 4K Ultra HD 8000 …

Tags:CES 2017| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Philips| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Sharp TV Models Announced but Not Shown

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense has control of the Sharp brand in North America – and it announced new TV products, but, surprisingly, didn’t show any – at least none that we saw. Hisense’s press conference was all …

Tags:CES 2017| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 02

LeEco Shows ecoTVs

by Chris Chinnock

LeEco has started to sell a few products in North Americam, starting last fall, and hoping to duplicate their success in China. As we have reported previously, they are introducing a potentially disruptive business …

Tags:CES 2017| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 02

LG’s Nano Cell / Nano Color Technology Explained

by Chris Chinnock

LG Electronics talked a lot about their Nano Cell technology at CES 2017 and how this improves performance of their Super LCD TVs. They described Nano Cell LCD displays as having, “uniformly-sized particles measuring …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wide Viewing Angles

Sony Adopts Dolby Vision for OLED and LCD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

We had a chance to attend the Sony press conference and tour their booth at CES 2017. TV highlights included: First OLED TV with Crystal Sound (AX1 series) New WCG/HDR LCD TVs (X930E/940E series) …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

CES is Lively

by Bob Raikes

This week we catch up with the general news from the last couple of weeks. We are working on the CES report and you can keep track on the website with our full report. …

Tags:CES 2017| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Shells| Vol 24 - Issue 01

LG Display Shows Off Technology in Innovation Room

by Chris Chinnock

LG Display had a meeting room and I was grateful to get a personal tour to what was being shown. Unfortunately, the marketing people I was with took the prohibition of photography very seriously, …

Tags:CES 2017| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 02