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UHD to Exceed 40% of TV Panels

by Bob Raikes

Electronics360 reported on the change in UHD panel shipments with a very nice infographic. The article quoted IHS as saying that UHD TV panel demand will reach 67 million units in 2016, 67% up …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Reuters Adds to Apple Rumours

by Bob Raikes

Reuters has added to the rumours about Apple’s plans for iPhone displays. The news agency has reported the rumours that Apple is close to finalising deals with Samsung Display and LG Display for OLED …

Warner Announces First UHD Blu-ray Titles

by Bob Raikes

Warner Bros has said that it will release Mad Max: Fury Road, San Andreas, The Lego Movie and Pan will all be available in 4K and HDR. The company said that it would have …

Samsung Studies How UHD Affects Viewers’ Brains

by Bob Raikes

Samsung commissioned a study by Mindlab International at the Sussex Innovation Centre in the UK that appears to have shown that UltraHD images are measurably “more immersive” than HD content (although sound was also …

13.3″ USB Monitor has IPS & Touch

by Bob Raikes

Concept International of Germany is now selling the On-Lap 1303, a new USB monitor (which we think may come from GeChic of Taiwan). The monitor has a 13.3″ FullHD panel using IPS and with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| USB Monitors| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Lenovo Starts Zuk Sales in Vietnam

by Bob Raikes

Zuk transparent phone shown in the summerThe Shanghai Daily reports that Lenovo has started to sell smartphones under its Zuk brand in Vietnam as, along with others, it looks for new markets to counter …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Acer Aims at Schools with Wistron

by Bob Raikes

The Chinese language Economic Daily News has reported that Acer has done a deal with Wistron to use its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) technology in smart classrooms in Chongqing. Previously, Acer had done …

Samsung Uses LED in Modular TV Concept

by Tom Allen

Unusually, Samsung had less to show in the way of displays than normal this year. The company is increasingly saving its big mobile news for MWC in February, so CES is limited to TVs, …

Samsung Wins CES Award for Accessibility Features

by Tom Allen

Samsung said that its had won a CES 2016 Best of Innovation Award in the Accessible Tech category for one of its new Smart TVs. Features that contributed to the award included: Voice Guidance: …

10,000 UK Viewers Still Watch Black and White TV

by Tom Allen

Statistics from TV Licensing show that 10,000 people in the UK are still viewing black and white TV, not colour. Londoners represent the majority of black and white licensees (2,222), trailed by Birmingham (429) …

Canon To Show 8K Video at CES

by Bob Raikes

Canon plans to show 8K video and still images projected on a large screen at CES. The demo will be on booth #13106 in the Central Hall.

Samsung Brings IoT to Smart TV

by Tom Allen

Samsung has announced that its entire lineup of 2016 SUHD TVs will be ‘IoT-ready’, and connected with its SmartThings platform. SmartThings, acquired by Samsung in 2014, is an open platform for connection and control …

Tags:Internet of Things IOT| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Vol 22 - Issue 52