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Flanders Scientific Showcases Boxio Upgrades

by Chris Chinnock

Reference monitor maker Flanders Scientific used the SMPTE conference to showcase some new capabilities for its LUT box called BoxIO. LUTs are used to create calibrated “looks” that can transform content from a proprietary …

Tags:Display Calibration| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2016| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 43

Hisense Shows UHD HDR TVs in New York

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Hisense showed a single 50” H8-series HDR TV at Pepcom, but showed the rest of its high-end, UHD HDR-compatible and HDR TV product line for the US at a dedicated press event on October …

UltraHD Adoption Faster than HD

by Milos Pavlovic

Gary Shapiro of the CTA had an optimistic forecast for UltraHD TVs in the US when he met recently with the press in San Francisco. The forecast that sales will reach 15 million this …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Sony Releases First 4K Blu-ray Player

by Chris Chinnock

Sony used CEDIA to officially release its first Ultra HD Blu-ray player, the UBP-X1000ES. It will ship next spring, however, with a price that has yet to be announced. It has some very nice …

Haier Looking to Focus on Upscale TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Haier is not well known in the European market and has sold mainly small-sized and value TVs to date, but it wants to change that by moving upmarket. Judging by the quality of the …

NAGRA Adds anyCAST CONNECT to 4K Ultra HD Partnership with KT Skylife

by Isaac Oburu

NAGRA, a digital TV division of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) and the world’s leading independent provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, announced today that it has extended its content protection partnership with …

Tags:IBC 2016| Korea| Security| UltraHD (4KTV)

Orange Seeks Viaccess-Orca’s Security

by Isaac Oburu

Viaccess-Orca has announced that it will be offering its security services and solutions to Orange, a French telecommunications company. Viaccess-Orca’s system was selected by Orange to secure its Ultra High Definition set-top boxes which …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| STBs| UltraHD (4KTV)

UltraHD Programmes from RTL Nitro

by Isaac Oburu

German TV channel RTL Nitro has three episodes of ‘Nitro Autoquartett’ in UHD resolution. HD+, German DTH satellite platform, will air the programmes simultaneously on UHD1 by HD+on Astra (19.2° East) and RTL Nitro. …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Ultra HD on growth course in Germany

by Milos Pavlovic

The Deutsche TV Plattform and ZVEI trade association have reported that there are now 2 million UltraHD TV sets in the German market, with 25% of sets sold (total 3.3 million) in the first …

Bell Canada Puts UHD over Wi-Fi

by Milos Pavlovic

In Canada, Bell said that its new Home Hub 3000 is a fully wireless service that can support ‘4K Whole Home PVR’ from FibeTV. The box supports throughput up to 1 gigabit and has …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 23 - Issue 34| Wireless

Towercom Seeking to Bring UltraHD/4KTV in Slovakia

by Milos Pavlovic

Towercom, Slovak national transmission company, has begun testing SPI’s FunBox 4K channel on its DVB-T network. The testing will go on until 20th September.

Tags:DVB-T & T2| Large Display Monitor| Slovakia| UltraHD (4KTV)

Roku to Launch First 4K HDR Players

by Milos Pavlovic

Roku is to launch five new media players later this year, according to a website that mapped an FCC leak and channel information from Canada. Three of the models will have UltraHD support, and …