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EET Europarts Takes Sony

by Tom Allen

Sony has taken on EET Europarts as a new distributor in the Nordic region. EET will handle Sony’s consumer products in the TV, home theatre, home audio, headphones & portable audio, digital camera and …

Vestel Uses Quantenna for Wi-Fi

by Bob Raikes

Quantenna of the UK said that it has done a deal with Vestel for the Turkish TV maker to include Quantenna’s QSR1000 chipset to support 802.11ac Wi-Fi in some sets in 32″, 40″ and …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 42| Wi-Fi

Xiaomi UltraHD 60″ TV Costs Under $800

by Bob Raikes

Xiaomi of China has announced a 60″ UltraHD TV that uses an IPS panel and includes upscaling and Smart TV features including an MStar 6A928 SoC quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM with 8GB …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 42

Mitsubishi Develops Laser Backlight

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi showed a new laser-based display at the recent Ceatec show in Japan. The set is said to use RGB laser diodes for the backlight of a 50″ LCD display and …

VW Scandal Revived in Samsung Sets

by Tom Allen

In a timely call-back to the Volkswagen emissions scandal, independent lab testers have accused Samsung of implementing a similar system on its TVs in Europe. The unpublished tests were performed by an EU-funded group …

Samsung Goes for Design

by Bob Raikes

Click for more and larger imagesSamsung has added new “Serif” TVs designed by French designers, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, that is intended to be more “furniture like”. The sets are available in white, dark …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 38

WCG Displays Represent Quarter of Display Market by 2020

by Tom Allen

25% of the 2020 display market, in terms of area, will feature a wide colour gamut (WCG), says IHS – up from 3% this year. The majority of WCG unit shipments today are formed …

Consumers Flock to New UHD Video Technology as TV Brands Adopt UHD Logo

by Milos Pavlovic

Ultra High Definition, or UHD video quality is rapidly becoming a mass-market expectation, as the move by producers to adopt the new TV image quality gains pace. Ten of the best known TV brands …

Tags:DigitalEurope| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD (4KTV)

Are the Folks at QD Vision Worried?

by Ken Werner

Although QD Vision’s message at Display Week in San Jose was bullish, if I worked there I’d be worried. Why is that? TV set architecture is progressing along two parallel paths: 1) Very thin …

Tags:QD Vision| Quantum Dots| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 35

Turn Your TV Into a Touchscreen

by Tom Allen

A device called the Touchjet Wave has appeared on a crowdfunding site, promising to turn a TV into a ‘touchscreen’. The device is clipped to the top of a TV and uses IR touch …

Samsung Set Uses USB CAM in Indonesia

by Bob Raikes

Irdeto, Samsung and SMiT have jointly developed a new “Direct-2-TV (D2TV)” set for pay-TV in the Indonesian market without needing an STB as it uses SMiT’s USB CAM. The package is being offered by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Security| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Philips Introduces Quantum Dot TV with Color IQ Technology from QD Vision

by Helen Vince

Philips has expanded its portfolio of quantum dot displays with the launch of a 55” 4K TV with QD Vision Color IQ™ optics. The superior color performance of Color IQ quantum dots, combined with …

Tags:Philips| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD & 4K