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CTA Completes Recommendations for Audio on ATSC 3.0 TVs

by Bob Raikes

At the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) Technology & Standards Fall Forum, the CTA issued new guidelines for TV sets and audio devices. The first recommendations (CTA-CEB32.5, Recommended Practice for ATSC 3.0 Television Sets, Audio) …

Tags:ATSC| audio| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Extended Warranties Are a Big Business

by Bob Raikes

Warranty Week has been looking at extended warranties and estimates that the value of extended warranties on appliances, electronics, computers, and mobile phones is around $23 billion in the US. The blog said that …

Bodega Smart Kiosks Use Image Recognition

by Andrew Fenn

Bodega, a new start-up by two former Google employees, has raised $2.5 million in its first financing round. The company aims to streamline shopping for non-perishable convenience items like snacks, drinks and household products, …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 34

3D Projection on Show at Leo Baeck Institute

by Andrew Fenn

Stolen Heart: The Theft of Jewish Property in Berlin’s Historic Center, 1933–1945 is an installation at New York’s Leo Baeck Institute. The exhibition, which features a 3D projection-mapped video table controlled by a BrightSign …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Projection Mapping| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 34

US Broadcast-Only TV Households Increase to 15.8 Million in Last Five Years

by Alan Spencer

Ion Media commissioned Nielsen to study the growth of broadcast-only TV households and their overall impact in the marketplace. The report showed that there is a steady rise in the number of broadcast-only homes …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Terrestrial (DTT)| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 34

NEC Display Extends InstaCare Guarantee for Projectors

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in the USA has extended its advanced replacement programme, known as InstaCare, for most of its projector models to the entire length of their warranties. The extended duration of the repair-or-replace …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 33| warranty

Vizio Rolls Out SmartCast TV

by Yvette Raikes

Vizio has extended SmartCast TV to all of its 2016 E-series, M-Series and P-Series UltraHD models through an internet update. The software enables fast access to content from popular video apps via the remote. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio| Vol 24 - Issue 33

Samsung and Xbox Partner for XBox One X Console

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has joined with Microsoft to jointly promote the XBox One X in the US with Samsung’s Quantum Dot LCD(‘QLED’) TVs. Samsung said it has reduced the input latency to less than 20ms to …

Fox Sports Plans UHD College Football

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. …

DirecTV Adds Local Affiliates

by Bob Raikes

DirecTV has added 25 ABC, NBC and Fox local affiliates to its DirecTV Now streaming service bringing the total to 130 local stations in 70 markets. The company plans to increase this number further …

Atlanta Falcons Unveil New Stadium with Daktronics LED Displays

by Andrew Fenn

The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia opens its doors this week, as the city’s home team, the Atlanta Falcons, play their first game underneath Daktronics’ “Halo”, claimed to be the largest non-transparent LED display …

Chicago Towers to be Upgraded

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has supplied LEDs for Chicago’s Millenium Park which has had an upgrade to its original displays, installed in 2004 by Barco. The contractor was Threshold Acostics. The original Crown Fountain system was designed …