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Foxconn, LG & Samsung, and Netflix on Holiday…

by Bob Raikes

We had our annual publishing break last week, and it looked as though we timed it well, with two big supply chain announcements from Foxconn and LG Display and with huge profits from Samsung, …

Apple TV Falls Behind in US Smart TV Race

by Andrew Fenn

Apple TV is facing fierce competition from Roku, Google Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV in the US. According to a study by eMarketer, an estimated 81.2 million households now use some kind of Smart …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Google Play Adds HDR to UltraHD Movies

by Bob Raikes

The Flatpanelshd.com blog site has been tracking HDR support from Google Play and now counts 42 movies as being available in UltaHD and HDR including e ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, ‘Batman vs. Superman’, ‘Fantastic …

Dish Uses Alexa To Add Voice Control

by Milos Pavlovic

Dish said that is is working with Amazon to enable the Alexa service on its Hopper and Wally set top boxes when paired with Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap. The new Alexa …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 20

DISH now on Amazon Fire TV

by Bob Raikes

The Dish Anywhere app has been updated to allow the support of Amazon Fire TV products. Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick are the first media players to offer Dish Anywhere and this …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 20

ZTE has 360º Camera and Casting Breakthrough

by Bob Raikes

ZTE was showing a new 360º VR capture camera that features live streaming of video. It combines four images to create a stream that can be relayed over both fixed and mobile internet connections. …

New Amazon Device Between Stick and STB

by Bob Raikes

AFTVNews has said that Amazon is to introduce a new UltraHD HDR streaming STB that would sit between the current Fire Stick product at the low end and the current Fire TV box. It …

All-New 2017 VIZIO SmartCast E-Series Has HDR Support & ChromeCast

by Bob Raikes

Vizio in the US has released a new SmartCast E Series of TVs from 32″ to 80″ including FullHD and UltraHD models. For the sizes of 55″ and above, resolution is UltraHD and HDR …

Fire TV Stick Now in UK, Germany, Japan

by Alan Spencer

Amazon is introducing voice control to its new Fire TV Stick. The new Fire Stick will be sold in UK, Germany and Japan and will feature Alexa voice control. Alexa voice control is currently …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Haier Embraces Chromecast

by Chris Chinnock

Haier is dropping the Roku TV smart-TV platform and joining companies such as Vizio, Seiki, Philips and Polaroid in adopting the Chromecast built-in platform for the North American TV market, Haier announced at CES. …

NPD Expects 239 Million Connected TVs by 2019

by Milos Pavlovic

NPD said that it expects 238 million ‘installed’ devices to be connected to the internet and able to deliver apps to TVs in the US by 2019, 59% up from the number in 2015. …

LG Will Show HDR & ChromeCast Monitors at CES

by Bob Raikes

LG has announced a number of new monitors that will be shown at CES. The LG32UD99 is a 32″ 3840 x 2160 monitor that supports the HDR10 profile for HDR applications and uses an …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Streaming Dongles| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 49