TVs (TV Sets) – Page 64

Sharp Plans Fourfold Growth in LCD TVs

by Yvette Raikes

Sharp plans to increase its LCD TV sales by four times over the next four years, according to Japanese sources as reported by Digitimes. In the company’s current financial year (April 2016 to March …

Philips Updates on 2017 Sets & HDR Plans

by Bob Raikes

Philips plans to add support for the HLG HDR standard to its 2016 UltraHD TVs as well as this year’s range. The technology is available on TVs that run Android 6, so sets that …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Philips| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 10

LeEco Adds US Retail Partnerships

by Alan Spencer

LeEco has expanded its US national retail partnerships and has added HSN, BrandsMart USA, Best Buy and Fry’s to the list. The partnership with HSN covers the Super4 X43 Pro, X55, and X65. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 10

IHS Markit Talks Up 4K and 8K

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit put out a press release highlighting that the UltraHD TV market will be dominated by China which is expected to take 42% of all the UHD TVs in 2017. The data was …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Hisense to Establish American Internet-TV Operation Centre

by Bob Raikes

Hisense said that it has nearly 25 million users of its Internet TV services (21.11 million in China) and plans to build an operation centre in the US to help boost coverage from 2.6 …

Smart TV Owners’ Claim Against Vizio Can Proceed

by Alan Spencer

A California federal judge has determined that the smart TV owners that accused Vizio of collecting and sharing their viewing habit data without consent, can now move forward with their claim. This is the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| TVs (TV Sets)| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 09

New Panasonic TV Interface Gets Good Reviews

by Bob Raikes

More information is coming out about the Panasonic 2017 platform for its smart TVs, which is based on Firefox, although Mozilla has abandoned development of the OS. (Mozilla Stops Firefox OS Development). Panasonic is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 09

Next Gen TV Should Include New Remote Control Features

by Alan Spencer

The User Experience Strategies group at Strategy Analytics has published a new report on the consumer purchasing priorities for their next TV purchase and the features they require. Other than the normal requirements of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 08

A Visit to Samsung’s QA Lab

by Ken Werner

Two weeks ago, I reported on the talk Gerard Catapano gave at the SID LA Chapter’s annual One-Day Conference (Two Keys to Optimal HDR TVs: Dynamic HDR Metadata and Tone Mapping). After his presentation, …

Sony Clarifies Lower End of 2017 TV Range

by Bob Raikes

Sony TVs at CES Image:MekoSony has released details of its lower levels of TVs in Europe. The A1, ZD9 and XSeries of UltraHD sets are the same as the US range, highlighted in our …

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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 …

The Importance of Catch-Up and Personal Profiles for OTT TV

by Alan Spencer

SPB TV, a provider of end-to-end OTT TV solutions, conducted an online survey of their end-users of OTT TV and video services and found that this year is the year of the TV catch-up …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 08