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WitsView: TV Vendors Aim to Regain Profits by Specs Upgrade

by Andrew Fenn

According to WitsView, a division of TrendForce, global shipments of branded LCD TV sets for 2017 totalled 211 million units, a decrease of 4.1% compared with the previous year. This is the lowest result …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TV Set Market| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Blu-ray Disc Association Settles on 8K Format

by Chris Chinnock

Our meeting with the Blu-ray Disc Association was to provide a review of the year’s activities and plans going forward. Perhaps the biggest news is that in December 2017, the specification for an 8K …

HDMI Demos HDMI 2.1 and eArc

by Chris Chinnock

At the end of 2017, HDMI Licensing released the final specification for the next generation interface: HDMI 2.1. (HDMI 2.1 Finalised – Support for 4K120 and 10K) This will involve a massive change in …

Sharp Highlights 8K for TV and Professionals

by Chris Chinnock

Sharp kept a low profile at CES 2018, meeting with media and customers in a small suite in the Wynn. The Sharp TV brand was licensed to Hisense for the US market in early …

LG Display Shows Rollable & 8K OLEDs

by Chris Chinnock

LG Display is the OLED and LCD provider to many TV brands including LG Electronics. As usual, they have a special meeting room at CES where they showcased a wide variety of new and …

IHS Markit Announces Ultra HD and 8K TV Design Webinar

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit’s Paul Gagnon has announced he will be giving a free webinar on Ultra HD and 8K TV Design on Thursday, January 25th at 3 pm CST. Paul will be joined by Shotaro …

Sharp 8K TV Wins Innovation Technology Contribution Award

by Andrew Fenn

Sharp’s Aquos 8K TV won the Innovation Technology Contribution Award at the 2017-2018 Global Top Brands awards, jointly hosted by Twice Magazine and IDC. Sharp announced its—and the world’s—first 8K television back in September …

IHS: Year 2018 Will See First Uses of 8K Resolution Displays

by Andrew Fenn

As the demand for super-large TV displays grow, the need for higher resolution is set to increase, and 2018 will see the first uses of 8K display, according to IHS Markit. While Ultra HD …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Socionext to Demonstrate 8K Media Player at ISE 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Socionext Europe will be exhibiting what it claims to be the world’s smallest, lightest 8K media player and other technologies at this year’s ISE conference. The only 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) that the …

8K 360º Camera to Be at CES

by Bob Raikes

At CES, Pisofttech (oh dear, Man Ed!) said that it will show the Pilot 360º camera, which supports real time stitching of multi-camera images and 8K resolution at 30fps. It can also record at …

Looking ahead to CES 2018

by Bob Raikes

This is an unusual week – a gap between the family overload of Christmas and New Year and the technology overload that is CES. This year, there is a brief gap, which gives us …

Tags:CES 2018| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Apple Announces Final Cut Pro X with Support for 360º Video

by Norbert Hildebrand

On the heels of the iMac Pro announcement, Apple is releasing an update to its Final Cut Pro X software. The new release offers additional options for this very popular software package. The new …