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Vizio Adds Xumo VOD App

by Bob Raikes

Vizio has added support for the Xumo VOD app on its smart TVs and supports it on its SmartCast TVs. Vizio said that its SmartCast app has been recently updated to provide users with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vizio| Vol 23 - Issue 48

Sling TV Offers Cloud DVR beta to Roku Users

by Bob Raikes

SlingTV has invited its customers, starting with those using Roku systems, to join in a beta programme for a cloud-based service. The service claims to be the only cloud DVR with no 28-day restriction …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Philips 2009 Smart TVs Lose Their Smarts

by Bob Raikes

Like many ‘intelligent’ devices, SmartTVs have a limited life and Philips will withdraw smart features from the 8000 and 9000 series TVs that it sold in 2009 at the end of December and using …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Smart TV| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 47

Google Reverts to Chromecast Brand

by Bob Raikes

Google has reverted to the ChromeCast branding for its HDMI OTT TV dongle after changing to Google Cast earlier this year. The Google Cast name is still being used for content aimed at developers.

Tags:Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 46

MediaTek UltraCast Brings 4K Streaming

by Bob Raikes

Mediatek has announced its UltraCast technology which extends the Miracast Wi-Fi streaming system to support UltraHD content on the company’s Helio smartphone chipsets as well as chipsets for SmartTVs. The company said that it …

VIZIO SmartCast App Expands to Include FandangoNOW

by Bob Raikes

Vizio said that it has integrated FandangoNow (previously M-Go) into the Vizio SmartCast app, joining Vudu, Hulu and Google Play Movies and TV. Consumers can control their Vizio SmartCast displays from any room in …

Amazon Fire TV Stick Available

by Bob Raikes

Amazon has started shipping its Fire TV stick for $40 in the US and also available in Europe. The unit supports the Alexa voice technology as it now has a quad core processor and …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Google Supports Dolby Vision in Ultra Puck

by Bob Raikes

Google had a busy week at its Pixel developers’ conference this week and said it would start to deliver video content in UltraHD to its ‘Google Play Movies & TV’ service in November. The …

Sigma Looking At HDMI and Low Power

by Bob Raikes

Sigma had a meeting room to talk to its ODM customers and was showing the way that its chips support Android. The company has an SDK that works on Android “M” and is being …

Two New Roku Boxes Support HDR

by Bob Raikes

After a series of rumours, Roku has now announced a complete line of four new boxes, along with a special version for Walmart. The Roku Express is a FullHD box replaces the Roku 1 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 38

NEC Wireless Presenter Uses HDMI

by Milos Pavlovic

NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched the MultiPresenter Stick MP10RX, a wireless presenting solution for use with NEC’s projectors and large format displays that don’t already have a multipresenting function, but also works with …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| Streaming Dongles| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Google Plans October Hardware Announcement

by Yvette Raikes

Google is said to be preparing to announce new hardware updates on October 4th. The company plans to present two smartphones, the Pixel and Pixel XL, a 4K Chromecast and more details on the …