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Samsung and Xbox Partner for XBox One X Console

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has joined with Microsoft to jointly promote the XBox One X in the US with Samsung’s Quantum Dot LCD(‘QLED’) TVs. Samsung said it has reduced the input latency to less than 20ms to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Retail| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 33| xBox

Samsung Adds Flat QLED TVs, a Gaming Monitor and Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Samsung had its press event at the Tempdrom – a large venue well away from the Messe and with several thousand attendees including Samsung staff. The theme at the event was ‘Your new normal’. …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| DisplayPort| Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QLED| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 33

HDR10+ Sets a New Standard for Picture Quality at IFA 2017

by Damir Lokas

In today’s era of Ultra HD (UHD) TVs, the ultimate goal for those who innovate TV technologies is to achieve lifelike visuals that they seem to pop out of the display. Samsung Electronics’ IFA …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Samsung

Samsung Launches Two New Fitness Wearables

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung has introduced two new wearables designed for fitness. The Gear Sport smartwatch has a circular Super AMOLED 1.2″ 302ppi full colour display. It is said to have military-level durability. The Gear Fit2 fitness …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 32| Wearables

Note 8 Pushes the State of Display Art Forward

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Samsung launched its much anticipated Note 8 flagship smartphone and our friend, Dr. Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, got an early chance to look at the display on the new handset and confirmed …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Testing| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Samsung Wins 20th Century Fox & Panasonic for HDR10+

by Damir Lokas

20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corp. and Samsung Electronics announced a new partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR) through an associated certification and logo program, tentatively called …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 32

QD-Enhanced LCDs Drop in Sales in Q2

by Bob Raikes

The Beovision Eclipse is one of a number of new OLED TVs at the IFA show this weekIHS data on the sales of QD enhanced LCDs (which Samsung calls QLED) are down 48% in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TV Set Market| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Samsung Seems Non-stick

by Bob Raikes

There were moments this week when it felt as though the issues were of “Samsung Weekly” because of the news before IFA that covered TVs and monitors and the launch of the much anticipated …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Samsung Hits SmartTV Update Glitch

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has run into some trouble with a software update for its Smart TVs in Europe. The issue was reported to the Guardian in the UK by unhappy consumers. The company said: :“Samsung is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart TV| Software| Vol 24 - Issue 32

Note Could Push Phone Prices to $1,000

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS Markit analyst, Wayne Lam, has said that if the margins on the Note 8 are the same as previous Samsung Note phones, the retail price could be nearly $1,000, given the increase in …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Teardowns| Vol 24 - Issue 31