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Sony to Launch UHD-HDR Streaming Service

by Isaac Oburu

Following its first announcement at CES 2016, Sony’s new “Ultra” movie streaming service will be launched on the 4th April. The movie service will launch on Sony’s 2015 and 2016 Android TVs in the …

Tags:4k| CES 2016| Large Display Monitor| sony| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Lilliput Splits Screen

by Tom Allen

China’s Lilliput is now producing an UltraHD carry-on monitor, the 15.6″ BM150-4K – smaller than its existing 28″ and 23″ products in the same series. Four-way split screen is supported, using any of the …

Tags:Field Monitors| Large Display Monitor| SDI| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Xiaomi’s TV is Sub-6mm

by Tom Allen

Just before Easter, Xiaomi unveiled a premium new TV for the Chinese market, using a curved LCD panel from Samsung. The whole set is 5.9mm – only twice as thick as LG’s G6 OLED …

Tags:China| Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Samsung Display| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12| Xiaomi

PS4.5 Rumours Gain Ground

by Tom Allen

The ‘Playstation 4.5’ (Rumour Claims ‘PS4.5’ Will Run Games at UHD) rumour has gained some credence, with additional coverage by the Wall Street Journal. According to the WSJ, the new console – said to …

Tags:4k| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Aorus Boosts Framerates While Streaming

by Tom Allen

First shown at CES 2016, notebook brand Aorus has now launched its UltraHD gaming product: the 15.6″ X5S V5. The product uses an IPS panel. Running Windows 10 on an Intel Core i7 processor, …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Streaming Video| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Testing Resolution with Quality.TV

by Tom Allen

Quality.TV, founded last year by Florian Friedrich (CEO of AVTop) and Joe Kane (CEO of Joe Kane Productions and journalist), introduced a universal test for UltraHD and FullHD in 2015, which was designed to …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Testing| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 11

B&O Agrees OLED TV Partnership

by Tom Allen

LG Display and Bang & Olugfsen have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and produce an OLED TV, which will be launched in 2017. Through the agreement, B&O will achieve the technological capabilities …

Tags:Bang & Olufsen (B&O)| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mergers & Acquisitions| OLED TVs| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Rumour Claims ‘PS4.5’ Will Run Games at UHD

by Tom Allen

Prolific rumour mill, Kotaku, claims that Sony is developing a Playstation 4 that can support UltraHD games. The ‘PS4.5’ may be a new device or a simple addon, and will include a new GPU …

Tags:4k| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| PlayStation| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Lattice and MediaTek Drive UHD Over USB

by Tom Allen

Lattice Semiconductor and MediaTek have jointly released reference designs to drive UltraHD video over a USB-C connector. Lattice’s USB-C port controllers and MHL transceivers can be paired with MediaTek’s Helio X20 mobile processor. Power …

Tags:Chips| Lattice Semiconductor (Silicon Image)| Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Ang Lee’s HFR Film Previewed at NAB

by Tom Allen

Director Ang Lee’s next project – which he announced at CinemaCon 2015 would be shot at 120fps – will be previewed at NAB in April. The film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, will also …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| 4k| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| NAB 2016| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 10

DSE Highlights Changing Face of Signage

by Tom Allen

We didn’t get to this year’s Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, but have a roundup of all the display news from the show. A new line of procap multitouch displays were on show …

Tags:3M (MMM)| AMOLED| Digital Signage| DSE 2016| E Ink| Electrochromic Displays| Interactive Tables| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| Panasonic| Planar| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| toshiba| Transparent Displays| UltraHD| USA| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 10

LDM Product Roundup Vol 23 No 09

by Tom Allen

Asus‘ MG24UQ UltraHD monitor (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 03) will be available for sale ‘soon’. However, the company has still not shared pricing information. The WU1500 DLP projector, which Optoma introduced …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| DLP Projectors| ISE 2016| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Optoma| UltraHD| Vivitek| Vol 23 - Issue 09