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Vaio Signs Three New Partners

by Tom Allen

Vaio has signed with new distributors in the US: two in the New York area and one covering the global market. In New York, B&H Photo Video and DataVision will carry Vaio’s notebooks, while …

Panasonic Showcases ‘Kukan’ at Milan Design Festival

by Tom Allen

Panasonic has supplied 140 of its TH-55LFV5 displays (1920 x 1080, 55″, 500 cd/m²) for an installation at Milano Salone 2016 (12th – 17th April). The installation is named ‘Kukan – The Invention of …

Barco’s DP2K-20C DLP projector was used at the 40th Hong Kong International Film Festival (1st-4th April), for screenings of films from Germany, France, the UK and China. It was installed in the Sha Tin …

Nanoco Result 12/04/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Nanoco group reported widening of first half 2016 net loss at £5.24 million ($7.5 million), up by 65% YoY from £3.15 million ($4.5 million). Turnover for the period was £290,000 ($417,600), down 82% YoY …

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Samsung Reaches Curved Monitor Milestone

by Tom Allen

Samsung has sold more than 1 million curved monitors, worldwide, since introducing its first model (SD590C) two years ago. The news was shared by SVP of visual display Seog-gi Kim. IDC estimates that the …

LG Forecasts Two-Year High in Q1 Results

by Tom Allen

Earnings guidance for LG Electronics has shown that the company expects Q1’16 to be its best trading period in almost two years. Its operating profit is projected to rise 66% YoY. Earnings have been …

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Annual Fall for Acer

by Tom Allen

Acer’s revenues rose 50% MoM in March, to NT$24.3 billion ($750.7 million). However, the yearly comparison was down 1.9%. In the year-to-date, Acer has made revenues of NT$56.1 billion ($1.7 billion), down 17.3% YoY.

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RCA Promises ‘Affordable’ 120Hz UHD TVs

by Tom Allen

RCA has announced a new series of UltraHD Android TVs, which will be released across the USA in June. As well as the high resolution, each will feature a 120Hz panel, HEVC and VP9 …

Verimatrix Certifies UHD Chips

by Tom Allen

Verimatrix has launched a new ‘Ultra Security’ certification for chipsets and devices at NAB. Products so certified will be able to run Verimatrix’s ViewRight software security implementations, which meet UltraHD content guidelines set by …

Portrait Displays Acquires SpectraCal

by Bob Raikes

Display software specialist, Portrait Displays, Inc. has acquired the assets, including the staff, brand names and products of SpectraCal, the developer of the respected CalMan colour calibration and testing software. The deal was finalised …

Ateme Powers Live UHD in France

by Tom Allen

Fransat, Eutelsat’s French division, broadcast the Vienna Opera ballet, ‘Le Corsaire’, live in UltraHD on the 2nd April, using Ateme’s Titan solution. Content was encoded at 50fps with 10-bit colour, using HEVC.

Rai and Eutelsat Bring Live UHD to Italy

by Tom Allen

Italian public broadcaster Rai is working with Eutelsat to show seven matches from the Euro 2016 football tournament, in UltraHD on the Tivùsat free-to-view platform. The matches will be broadcast live via satellite, starting …