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Vizio Integrates Google Cast, Scraps Tuner

by Tom Allen

In late February, Variety reported on a new Vizio TV series that would feature built-in Chromecast functionality from Google (Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android). The sets would also use an Android tablet as …

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Streaming Dongles| Tuners| USA| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Aorus Boosts Framerates While Streaming

by Tom Allen

First shown at CES 2016, notebook brand Aorus has now launched its UltraHD gaming product: the 15.6″ X5S V5. The product uses an IPS panel. Running Windows 10 on an Intel Core i7 processor, …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12

ICDM Schedules Meeting at SID

by Tom Allen

The ICDM will hold its next meeting during SID Display Week, on the 24th May. Running from 6pm – 9pm in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Centre, elections will be held for the ICDM Executive …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2016| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 11

M-Net Uses ABox Across IPTV Network

by Tom Allen

German regional carrier M-Net has chosen to use ABox42’s M20-series set-top box platform for its new IPTV service. M-Net TVPlus will be deployed across the M-Net Fibre network in southern Germany. The M20 platform …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 11

TCO Reminds About New Requirements

by Tom Allen

TCO Development has issued a reminder to companies about its new generation of TCO Certified (TCO Tightens Restrictions in Seventh Generation). TCO Certified 7 requires that energy consumption in ‘on’, ‘sleep’ and ‘off’ modes …

Tags:Back Panel| Certification| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Power Consumption| TCO Development| Testing| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Find OLED Panels Through OLED-Info

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info is best-known for its status as a source of OLED information. However, the website is branching out, and has launched a new service called the OLED Marketplace – ‘the world’s most complete OLED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Tight Curve on Samsung’s Newest Monitor

by Tom Allen

Samsung has introduced a 27″ monitor with a 1,800R curve radius, designed for both gamers and professionals. Samsung’s older curved monitors have a less pronounced 3,000R – 4,000R curve (i.e. CF591). Based on a …

Tags:Curved Displays| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Sky Gets Into VR

by Tom Allen

Sky has created a dedicated in-house VR production unit, called Sky VR Studio. Content produced – two films shot at the Formula 1 testing in Barcelona – was first released on the 18th March, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Sky| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Testing Resolution with Quality.TV

by Tom Allen

Quality.TV, founded last year by Florian Friedrich (CEO of AVTop) and Joe Kane (CEO of Joe Kane Productions and journalist), introduced a universal test for UltraHD and FullHD in 2015, which was designed to …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 11

New HDR content clips

New Test Content Available for HDR Tone Mapping Evaluation

by Chris Chinnock

With the advent of High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) displays, a new need to do conversions of color volume and gray scale has arrived. That is because there will be …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 11

by Tom Allen

A company called Arovia showed a fold-out screen at South by Southwest last week. No, not a foldable OLED: a rear-projection display and projector. The Spontaneous Pop-Up Display (SPUD) is about the size of …

Tags:Certification| Kyocera| Large Display Monitor| LCD Modules| LG Electronics (LGE)| Netflix| Rear Projection| Second Screens| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 11

RNIB Rewards Samsung for Accessible TVs

by Tom Allen

The UK’s Royal National Institute of Blind People has presented Samsung Electronics with an Inclusive Society Award; this recognises the firm’s work in making its smart TVs accessible for blind and partially-sighted people. The …

Tags:Accessibility| Awards| Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 11