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Hitachi Ready To Ship Roku TVs

by Bob Raikes

Hitachi is about to release its UltraHD Roku TVs in the US. The TVs are available in 50″ (50R8), 55″ (55R7) and 65″ (65R8) and will be sold through Sam’s Club and costing $499, …

Tags:Hitachi| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40

US Viewers Like User-Generated Content

by Bob Raikes

Parks Associates said that almost 35% of US broadband households are watching user-generated video content (such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion) on a regular basis. According to Parks Associates’ IoT research: Men watch user-generated …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 40

Three New ATSC 3.0 Standards Added

by Bob Raikes

The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has standardised three more components of the next-generation television system that it hopes will transform the ability of broadcasters to deliver mobile, interactivity and higher quality content. ATSC …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Ford Faces Legal Claims over Touch Failure

by Bob Raikes

The issues related to supplying the automotive market have been highlighted by a class action that is being brought in the US against Ford Motor Co that relates to problems that are claimed to …

Tags:Automotive| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

FCC Delays STB Vote

by Bob Raikes

The US FCC has delayed the big vote that it was planning on the 29th September on what to do about set top boxes. The FCC has wanted to “open up” the US cable …

Tags:FCC| Large Display Monitor| STBs| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

Steljes Back at Avocor – Expands to the US

by Bob Raikes

After the failure of his long term distribution business, Steljes, which both profited from and developed the strong market for Smart boards in the UK, but could not survive the breakdown in the relationship …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| Steljes Ltd| UK (United Kingdom)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

LG OLED Prices in UK Cheaper than US!

by Bob Raikes

We saw that the LG G6 65″ OLED is now selling from Amazon in the US at $5,999, down from the previous price of $7,999, so we checked locally and saw that it is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Pricing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

PMA Bullish on US LFD Sales

by Bob Raikes

PMA Research says that touch-enabled displays, 24/7 capability, bigger sizes and higher resolutions are the main areas driving growth in professional large display sales through distribution in the US. In the AV/IT Distribution channel, …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 39

OUE Tower Acquires Huge LED Art Wall

by Yvette Raikes

The OUE Tower in Los Angles is the 13th tallest skyscraper in the USA. Its lobby now boasts a 38.5m x 5.2m curved LED videowall, which it claims is the largest and highest resolution …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| SiliconCore| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 38

LG & Samsung Accused of Gaming Energy Tests

by Bob Raikes

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in the US, a non-profit environmental lobby group that claims more than two million members, has published a report that claims that Samsung, LG and Vizio are exploiting …

Tags:Energy Star| Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 38

NEC Display Updates LED Line Up

by Bob Raikes

NEC Display Solutions in America has expanded its line of small pitch LED which now goes from 1.2mm to 6mm for indoor use and from 5.8mm to 12.0mm for outdoors. Displays can be configured …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| NEC| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 38