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TCL Kicks Off 8K Smart TV Price War

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL has made 8K TVs more affordable, by bringing 8K panels to its 6-Series TVs, with 65″ now available for pre-order in the US at $2,199 and 75″ at $2,999. That …

Tags:Pricing| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

Apple Sees Defective Laptop Display Claims Tossed, For Now

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Law360 reports that the proposed class action against Apple over display defects in the MacBook Pro notebook has been dismissed. (Judge Reveals Mac PC Display Problems Apple ‘Tried To Hide’). The …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| USA| warranty

Redbox Looking to Move more to Streaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DVD & Blu-ray kiosk operator, Redbox is looking for its investors to support a plan to transform is current user base of 40 million to using online streaming. The firm’s revenues …

Tags:DVD| Streaming Video| USA

Theater Owners Blast Disney for Making ‘Black Widow’ Available Online

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week we reported on an article that suggested that theatre and PPV streaming could co-exist (“Black Widow” Suggests that Streaming and Theaters Could Coexist). The Hollywood Reporter has since pointed …

Tags:Cinema going| Disney| OTT Video| USA

US TV Price Inflation Hits Record High

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported a little while ago how DSCC had looked at the US CPI for TV (Greatest Hits of the 70s). Now the firm has published another blog article highlighting the …

Tags:Pricing| TV Set Market| USA

Absen Prevails in LED Patent Case

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Absen’s lawyers posted a detailed article about the defeat of a patent dispute brought by Ultravision against Absen. The firm said that all of the claims were defeated and that Ultravision …

Tags:Absen| Litigation| Patents| USA

Mitsubishi Not So Clever….

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yesterday, I reported about Mitsubishi Electric and that links to its Diamond Vision business from its website didn’t seem to work. I followed up and got a response within a few …

Tags:internet| LED| Mitsubishi| USA

U.S. Homes Adding SVOD Services Falls To 3.9% in 2Q, Kantar Reports

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kantar has released data on the subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) market in the US and that highlights a slow down in growth in the market with just 3.9% of U.S. homes taking …

Tags:Market Data| SVOD| USA

CoolerMaster: New Gaming Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PC Accessory maker Cooler Master has joined the monitor market by announcing its first products in the US market. There are four models in the first range, two flat (27″ and …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| USA

Move Over, Samsung! (And LG, and TCL, and Hisense, and Sony, and Vizio, and….)

by Pete Putman

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal and on the Fierce Video site details Comcast’s efforts to expand the reach of its video-over-IP X1 platform. Apparently, the company has been working with Hisense …

Tags:Comcast| TV Set Market| USA

Samsung’s TV Plus is now streaming on the web — here’s why that’s a huge expansion

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol reports Samsung has expanded its advertising-funded TV Plus streaming service to web systems rather than just the firm’s own smartphones and smartTVs. It will also support ‘Chromecasting’ so that content …

Tags:Advertising| Smart TV| Streaming Video| USA| VOD

Global 10% of Car and 20% of TV Display Use WICOP … ‘Permanent Injunction Against 13 Brands Infringing WICOP Patents’ (3)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Seoul Semiconductor issued a press release saying that it has won a case in the New Jersey District Court over the use of its Wicop patent for LED lens attachment. The …

Tags:LED| Litigation| Patents| USA