4k Production & TV
by Bob Raikes
I was thinking recently about 4K (3840 x 2160) products for TV and in the monitor market. There is some scepticism in some areas about the importance of this high resolution and we’ve seen …
Tags:4k| monitors| TV
by Bob Raikes
I was thinking recently about 4K (3840 x 2160) products for TV and in the monitor market. There is some scepticism in some areas about the importance of this high resolution and we’ve seen …
Tags:4k| monitors| TV
by Bob Raikes
Down in the south of France, the Cannes film festival has just finished. The annual event always attracts a lot of media attention and LG decided that it would use the event to ‘launch’ …
Tags:OLED| OLED TV| TV
by Raverstead
LCD TV sales increased their share to 90% in the EMEA region for the first time in Q4 of 2011, according to the latest TV market research from Meko. Year end figures from the …
Tags:LCD| LCD TV| TV| TV market| TV sales
by Bob Raikes
My attention was drawn to the news, reported by the FT, that LG and Samsung are starting to see competition in their home market of Korea from store brands and low cost brands. Although …
Tags:Samsung| TV
by Bob Raikes
While OLED was, of course, the big story of CES this year, and it seems to me that there are still lots of questions to be answered about the ability of LG and …
Tags:CES| display| HDR| TV
by Raverstead
The first quarter of 2011 brought a severe drop in TV sales, particularly in Western Europe, where the overall fall was 10% year on year (YoY). According to European TV research specialists, Meko, these …
Tags:2011| data| Europe| research| TV| TV volumes
by Bob Raikes
I managed a day at the Anga Cable show in Germany last week. That was interesting, especially as it highlighted both the clear trend for HbbTV, the Franco/German OTT system for TV, and it …
Tags:Anga cable show| internet TV| OTT TV| TV
by Bob Raikes
The deal between Philips and TPV deserves a mention. At one level, it is just an obvious final stage in the move of Philips out of the TV business that has been going on …
Tags:Europe| European TV market| Philips| TPV| TV
by Bob Raikes
This is an editorial that I wrote in Display Monitor in March 2010. Most of what I said still seems relevant today!Bob Once again, rumours of a possible move by Apple into the …
Tags:Apple| iPad| iPhone| LG| OLED| Samsung| TV