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Hollywood’s UltraHD Service Becomes Vidity

by Tom Allen

Several studios and companies have collaborated to develop an UltraHD download service for Hollywood films, which has been named Vidity. The service was originally known as the Secure Content Storage Association, which we heard …

Kapsch Takes Signage to the Slopes

by Tom Allen

Kapsch Group has rolled out pilot DOOH projects at four ski resorts in Germany and Austria. The screens show information including lift waiting times, weather updates and local offers. In resorts where multiple screens …

InFocus Has a Resolution For Everyone

by Tom Allen

InFocus’ new IN110x series consists of five new models, in the low- to mid-end price range. Differing mainly in resolution, the five models (IN112x, IN114x, IN116x, IN118HDxc, IN119HDx) share many other specs. They are …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Europe| InFocus| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Samsung Stops Making TVs in Thailand

by Helen Vince

Samsung is reported to have halted television production at its plant in Thailand, though it is not known if the company has transferred production to another overseas site. Last year, Samsung announced a $560 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TV Production| Vol 22 - Issue 22

North America Will Continue Chromebook Domination

by Tom Allen

The market for Chromebooks will grow to 7.3 million units this year, representing a 27% increase in sales from 2014, says Gartner. Education is the main application for these devices, with a 72% share …

TCL Looks Overseas to Expand TV Business

by Helen Vince

TCL is reported to be considering expanding its presence into more overseas markets, such as Brazil and India, to offset disappointing sales in China. For the January to April period of this year, TCL …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Lenovo Result 22/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Lenovo Group has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a net profit in Q4 of $100 million on turnover of $11.3 billion, which compares with a net profit of $158 million …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 22

DVB-T2 Tests Avoid Simulcasting

by Tom Allen

UltraHD transport at 100fps, using the DVB-T2 platform, has been tested in Spain. The trials were conducted by the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in the University’s labs. A scalable coding system based on HEVC …

European PD Market is Positive in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Europe saw a good result in Q1 2015 with 4.2% annual growth reported in Meko’s DisplayCast Public Display research. Annual growth was just over 23% on a volume basis. Despite some price declines during …

MBI Issues LED Driver Warning

by Tom Allen

Macroblock Inc. of Taiwan has issued a warning about counterfeit drivers that were installed into some displays and shipped to worldwide customers. The company has put together a list of manufacturers certified as using …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| LED Drivers| Vol 22 - Issue 21

NEC ShowCase Round Up

by Bob Raikes

AndersDK revealed a small box with connectors, but hid it away quickly when we raised our camera. It turned out that the device was a new media player that is based on the latest …

ZeeVee Transmits UltraHD 30 frames via 10GB Ethernet

by Bob Raikes

ZeeVee has developed an IP-based video system that can send uncompressed UltraHD video over 10Gbit Ethernet at 30 fps. The product won a “Best in Show” award at ISE this year, we heard. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC Showcase 2015| Video over IP (VIP)| Vol 22 - Issue 21