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Is 4K Ultra HD Content needed to Drive UHD TV Sales?

by Helen Vince

4K – 4K Ultra HD TVs, as the CEA suggests calling the new TV sets, are aimed at increasing TV sales in consumer electronics markets around the world. As my colleague Aldo has explained, …

Tags:CTA (was CEA)| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Is a Coax 4K Solution Dead on Arrival in Broadcast?

by Helen Vince

Broadcast & Distribution – That’s a question that Stephen Lampen, Belden Multimedia Technology Manager/Product Line Manager for Entertainment Products, is very concerned about. At the recent SMPTE Conference, he asked the audience during a …

Tags:Ethernet| Large Display Monitor| SMPTE 2014| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21

Motion on a Samsung 120Hz TV compared to the Vizio 240Hz TV.

Vizio Launches P-Series UHD TVs

by Matt Brennesholtz Don't Use

Beyond HD – At CES earlier this year, Vizio announced its new P-series of UltraHD Smart TVs. On September 23rd, the product line was launched, with the TVs starting to ship immediately. I had …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Upscaling| Vizio| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21

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Wide Color Gamuts and High Dynamic Range

by Helen Vince

Broadcast and Distribution – Think of this as Part 3 of my recent series of Display Dailys on expanded color gamuts and the future of video encoding. The series started, innocently enough, with Canon’s support of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Opinion| Philips| Rec 2020| Rec 709| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)| xvYCC

TiVo’s STB Uses Broadcom

by Super User

Broadcom’s BCM7445 SoC is being used in TiVo’s newest UltraHD set-top box. According to Broadcom, the SoC enables the display of UltraHD at 60fps, using the Rec.2020 colour standard.

Tags:Back Panel| Broadcom| Large Display Monitor| SOCs| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

TVP Trials UltraHD Over HbbTV

by Super User

TVP, the Polish public broadcaster, is to trial an UltraHD test transmission over HbbTV this month. A signal will be sent over the internet to the PIKE conference in Lodz, between 6th and 9th …

Tags:4k| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Poland| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

TV Vendors More Than Double UltraHD Target

by Super User

Supply chain sources have said that TV vendors are aiming to ship 34 million UltraHD TVs next year – up 120% from 2014. The largest market will be China (no surprises there – TA) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Production| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Primeview Brings UltraHD to New Size

by Super User

Primeview has introduced a new size in UltraHD resolution displays: the 48.5″ PRV494KLED. While much information is still preliminary – including any release details – the company has confirmed that the screen will be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| UltraHD| V-by-one| Vol 21 - Issue 43

DVB Updates on UHDTV and DVB-S2X

by Super User

Over the years, the EBU and DVB have normally held press conferences around the same time, but this year, the EBU didn’t have one, however DVB did. Phil Laven the chairman of DVB started …

Tags:IBC 2014| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

Companies Look to UltraHD at Ceatec

by Super User

Ceatec takes place in Chiba, Japan, from 7th – 11th October this year. Mitsubishi will bring its laser-projection TVs to the show again this year. A prototype UltraHD model was displayed in 2013 (Display …

Tags:Ceatec 2014| Japan| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 39| Volume 21

UltraHD Panel Orders Rise for Monitors and TVs

by Super User

Orders for curved, UltraHD monitor panels are increasing in 24″, 27″, 28″ and 32″ sizes, say Asian reports. Samsung, LG, Sharp, Acer, Dell, Asus, Chimei and BenQ are said to be placing orders, with …

Tags:Curved Displays| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 42| Volume 21

Parade Brings DisplayPort SST to UltraHD Tcon

by Super User

A new UltraHD timing controller, using embedded DisplayPort (eDP) v1.3, has been developed by Parade Technologies. The DP667 is said to be the first Tcon for UltraHD LCD panels that support the use of …

Tags:Chips| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Tcons (Timing Controllers)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 43| Volume 21