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Radiant-Opto, Coretronic See Sales Drop YoY

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s major backlight unit (BLU) manufacturers reported year on year declines in sales in April, with Radiant falling 9.6% to NT$3.2 billion ($104.3 million) and Coretronic dropping 19.6% to NT$5.5 billion ($179.6 million). For …

HDMI Upgrades Will Depend on Manufacturer

by Tom Allen

In an interview with HD Guru, Jeff Park – senior technical specifications manager for HDMI LLC – said that updating to v2.0a of the standard (HDR Formats Come to HDMI) would depend on the …

Tags:HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Standards| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Orange Branches Out With TV Stick

by Vanessa Browning

Orange has launched an HDMI dongle, simply called the TV Stick. The product acts as a small form factor STB. It will be deployed in Romania first, followed by France and other European countries. …

Tags:Europe| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Cablevision will Offer Hulu Plus to its Customers

by Norbert Hildebrand

Cablevision announced that it will carry Hulu Plus for its Optimum customers. The agreement will be the first resell agreement Hulu is offering to any provider. According to the press release, both sides seem …

iScan Micro is Tiny Upscaler

by Tom Allen

A tiny video enhancement system has been developed by DVDO. The iScan Micro connects between an HDMI source and the display and uses VRS Clearview. It is able to scale content to UltraHD at …

Tags:HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Scalers| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Sony Tells HDR Story

by Chris Chinnock

Did you know that Sony has had TVs in the market for a year that can display content with expanded contrast and wider color gamut? Sounds like HDR right, well it is – sort …

ZTE Champions STBs

by Tom Allen

Comments made to us by ZTE echoed those of Kaon Media (TVs Will Not Replace STBs, Says Kaon). Both companies feel that set-top boxes will not be replaced by connected TVs any time soon, …

Thomson Auto-Balances Server Loads

by Tom Allen

Thomson Video Networks is a spin-off from the encoder division of Technicolor. It specialises in video encoding, decoding and compression. The company was promoting its ‘Behind Every Screen’ approach for ‘an all-encompassing video delivery …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Abox Follows IPTV Trend

by Tom Allen

Abox42 is a German company that was established six years ago, selling STBs to operators. It began selling directly to consumers two years ago; however, the Abox42 brand is now B2B-only. The company develops …

TVs Will Not Replace STBs, Says Kaon

by Tom Allen

We had an interesting discussion about the future of the TV industry with an employee of Kaon Media. He – and Kaon – realise that UltraHD and HEVC are the major trends in the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| TV Connect 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Samsung Q1 Net Profit Down 39%

by Helen Vince

As expected, Samsung Electronics reported a 38.8% year on year drop in net profit in the first quarter of the year to KRW4.6 trillion ($4.3 billion), from KRW7.6 trillion ($7.1 billion) in Q1 of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Panasonic Takes TVs to High End

by Tom Allen

Panasonic will attend High End 2015, in Munich, between 14th and 17th May. In Hall 3 (C115/C116), the company will show its newest UltraHD TVs, Blu-ray players, PVR with UltraHD upscaling and connected audio …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 18