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M7 and Samsung Bring Smart TV App to Belgium

by Andrew Fenn

M7 Group and Samsung have launched their collaborative app for Samsung smart TV users in Belgium, under M7’s TV Vlaanderen and Télésat brands. Earlier this year, the platform was launched in Germany, under the …

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Over a Third of Video Subscribers Say UHD Affects Service Choice

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit, as reported by Broadband TV News, recently surveyed video subscribers across five markets (Brazil, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US) to find out how Ultra HD impacts their choice of video …

Eizo Board is Very Rugged

by Bob Raikes

Eizo Rugged Solutions in the US has a new family of graphics cards for harsh environments basd on Nvidia Quadro P2000 chips. They have H.265/H.264 hardware encode/decode capability and provide a minimum 7-year lifecycle …

Panasonic Announces New UHD and HDR Satellite Receiver with Blu-ray

by Andrew Fenn

Panasonic has announced it is launching a new Ultra HD satellite TV receiver with a built-in UHD Blu-ray disc player and recorder in Japan next month. Users will be able to watch satellite TV …

Xiaomi Launches New Streaming Media Player for the US Market

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Box S in the United States, a new streaming media player with Google Assistant and Chromecast features built-in. The box supports UltraHD resolution and HDR10 at 60 frames per …

Apple to Release Some of Its Original Content Free via TV App

by Andrew Fenn

Sources close to the matter have told CNBC that a proportion of Apple’s upcoming original content will be made available for free through its TV app on Apple TV and iOS devices. The sources …

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IDC: Lenovo Reclaims Number-One Spot in Global PC Rankings

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, preliminary results for the third quarter of 2018 show that shipments of traditional PCs (desktop, notebook, and workstation) totalled nearly 67.4 million units, marking a decline of 0.9% year-on-year, unlike the …

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Gartner: US PC Shipments Declined in the Third Quarter of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

In the US PC market, shipments declined 0.4% compared with the third quarter of 2017, according to Gartner. While desktop shipments were flat, mobile PC shipments slightly declined compared with a year ago. The …

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Google Updates Chromecast Streamer

by Milos Pavlovic

Google has a new version of its Chromecast dongle that boosts the frame rate of 1080p video to 60fps and also adds support for Google Home speakers, so that voice control can be used …

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Introduction to Display Summit 2018

by Chris Chinnock

Display Summit 2018 was held on Oct. 2-4 at two facilities: Harman International in Northridge, California and at the Pacific Winnetka theaters in Chatsworth, California. A 2-day symposium on the light field ecosystem and …

Demos and Discussion at Pacific Winnetka Theater at Display Summit 2018

by Chris Chinnock

About 75 Display Summit attendees came to the bonus session at the Pacific Winnetka theater, home of the first commercial Samsung Onyx LED theater in the US. The session was kicked off by David …

Other Cinema/Large Venue Considerations Update from Display Summit 2018

by Chris Chinnock

The afternoon session of October 3rd was dedicated to a number of other technologies and considerations around next generation cinema. Speaker Joe Kane, from Joe Kane Productions, focused on the creation of a single …