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by Bob Raikes
We met with the Blu-Ray Disk Association on the Philips booth in the well-equipped Philips press area. The Association is doing well with player sales growing well – it claims that they are up …
Tags:Blu-ray Players| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 33
by Bob Raikes
We met with the UHD Alliance at the show – it had a meeting room that was in the Samsung area. The group now has 44 members and recently got a new Board of …
Tags:IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 24 - Issue 33
by Bob Raikes
IHS Markit held an event on UltraHD at the IFA Summit+ location. Initially, it looked as though there were only around three display analysts, as the other streams were running late, but the session …
Tags:IFA 2017| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Philips| Satellite| Sky| Technicolor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 33
by Andrew Fenn
The Ultra HD Forum will be giving a masterclass in all things UHD and discussing “Phase B”, the next generation of Ultra HD, at this year’s IBC in Amsterdam. The session will take place …
Tags:Back Panel| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 33
by Yvette Raikes
Freesat wants to make STBs which will include UltraHD support and multiscreen streaming and is looking for manufacturing partners. The boxes will support HbbTV 2.0.1 applications and are based on an open technical specification …
Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| STBs| UK (United Kingdom)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 34
by Bob Raikes
Fox Sports in the US plans to produce one college football game per week in UltraHD (a total of 13 games) starting on 2nd September and featuring the Maryland Terrapins versus the Texas Longhorns. …
Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 32
by Andrew Fenn
Samsung Smart TV owners in Europe can now access a range of Ultra HD and HDR content through the company’s TV Plus service. The company has partnered with on-demand provider Rakuten TV to expand …
Tags:Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Samsung| Smart TV| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 29
by Andrew Fenn
Ahead of an official announcement, expected next month, more rumoured details on the iPhone 8 have surfaced. It has apparently been deduced from the code of a recent firmware update for Apple’s HomePod speaker …
Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 29
by Bob Raikes
An iOS developer has spotted that in the latest Apple Homepod speaker software update, there are lines of code that refer to an Apple TV version that supports both UltraHD and HDR. The HDR …
Tags:4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 29
by Bob Raikes
Access Co Ltd said that its NetFront Browser BE Software Development Kit v2.4 for Linux and Android platforms is now available and can support HbbTV 2.0.1, ARIB STD-B62/TR-B39 for 4K and 8K, and Encrypted …
Tags:4k| HTML5| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| Smart TV| STBs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 28
by Bob Raikes
The CSA, which regulates broadcasting in France, has said that it is consulting on the idea of introducing a new multi-city multiplex that could support new technology such as DVB-T2 and HEVC compression to …
Tags:4k| France| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 28
by Bob Raikes
The UploadVR blog has had the chance to try a new VRHero headset from VRgineers that has a “5K” display which seems to mean that it has dual 2560 x 1440 LCDs (although OLEDs …
Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 27
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