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Hitachi Officially Exits Japan TV Market After 60 Years

by Andrew Fenn

Hitachi has announced it is exiting the television market in Japan to focus on its Lumada Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform. The company also announced a new retail partnership with Sony — from October, it will …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Now with Netflix — Now TV Launches New App and UHD Smart Box

by Andrew Fenn

The Netflix app has launched for Now TV streaming devices, coinciding with the release of the UK-based Sky subsidiary’s new “Now TV Smart Box with 4K & Voice Search”. Available now, the Roku-powered device …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Netflix| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Netflix Adds HDR Still Image Support and Plugs AV1 Codec

by Andrew Fenn

Netflix has added HDR images to its user interface in a bid to bring its content browsing experience in line with the HDR content the service has featured since 2016. In an announcement on …

LG Display’s OLEDs to Become Profitable in 2018 Q3

by Andrew Fenn

Anonymous industry sources recently told ET News that LG Display is looking at a profitable third quarter of 2018 for its OLED business, the publication reports. LG raised its prices in the second quarter …

Foxconn Remains Top TV OEM

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell reported in Augusts that shipments of TVs by global TV OEMs increased by 6.1% on an annual basis and up 8.1% on the July result. The increase in demand was largely because of …

AlGaInP LEDs in Short Supply After Explosion at Sanan Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that an explosion occurred at Sanan Optoelectronics AlGaInP LED epitaxial wafer and chip plant in Tianjin, China in mid-September. Industry sources revealed to the publication that the facility will take one to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Manufacturing| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Optoma Projector is for Installation

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has a new 8,000 lumens (7,500 Ansi) projector with 1920 x 1200 WUXGA resolution and intended for simulation, live events, museums, visitor centres and other complex installations. The ZU750 projector is based on …

Chassis Plans Has Bi-Fold LCD Displays for Racks

by Bob Raikes

Chassis Plans of San Diego, Ca, USA, has introduced a new double 24″, side-by-side rugged display that can fold into a 2U 19″ rack. The company said that the displays are being used by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Military & Defence| Rugged Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 37

IBC Still Beats IFA for Interesting Displays

by Bob Raikes

So, the end of another IBC. It’s always an interesting show and, even for display technology, it is often more interesting than IFA which takes place just before it. This year, there was a …

UltraHD Forum is Positive on Progress

by Bob Raikes

The UltraHD Forum was at the event to talk about the developments in UltraHD and the development of the Phase B recommendations. We spoke to Ian Nock of Fairmile West, which works with the …

Tivo Looking for Metadata to Feed AI Engines

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Tivo and had a wide ranging chat about the impact of IP technologies. However, we also got an update on Tivo’s developments which continue to revolve around ‘amplifying value’ and …

Tags:Big Data/AI| IBC 2018| Large Display Monitor| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 36

8K, HDR and LED Drones in Future Zones

by Bob Raikes

We kept our visit to the Future Zone until the end of one of our last days at the show as a reward for slogging around the rest of the show! Of course, NHK …