Vol 21 – Issue 37 – Display Daily

JCDecaux Follows Through on La Défense

by Raverstead

JCDecaux has unveiled its new street furniture in the La Défense business district of Paris. The company won the contract in November 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 46). In total 111 static billboards …

TCL’s LCD TV Sales Rose 5.7% YoY

by Raverstead

TCL Multimedia’s LCD TV sales volume increased 5.7% from August 2013 to reach over 1.5 million sets last month, of which the volume of smart TVs increased by 32.8% In TCL’s home market of …

Trumbull’s MAGI Cinema Solution Discussed at TIFF and IBC

by Chris Chinnock Don't Use

Digital Cinema – Back in early May, I wrote an article about the first public debut of Doug Trumbull’s new cinema capture solution call MAGI (First Screening of 4K 3D 120 fps Content Coming …

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.

Sigma SoC Supports HEVC Main-10 UltraHD

by Super User

Sigma Designs had a meeting room and welcomed us with news of its SMP8758 SoC which supports UltraHD and HEVC. The chip supports up to the Main-10 profile that forms part of UltraHD Phase …

AMD: ‘If 28nm Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix it’

by Super User

Rory Read, AMD’s CEO, has detailed the company’s two-year roadmap at a presentation for Deutsche Bank in Germany. He said that 28nm would remain a major process for the company for some time, but …

Tech Companies Achieve Sustainability Index

by Super User

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices has featured Panasonic again in 2014 – for the 10th consecutive year. UMC has been chosen for the seventh time, in both the worldwide and emerging markets sectors. Acer …

Low-Cost Vendors to Challenge Tier Ones

by Super User

Juniper Research has said that smartphone shipments will reach 1.2 billion this year: a 19% YoY rise from 2013’s 985 million. Emerging markets, with high uptake of low-cost models, will drive growth. Products from …

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Work on a Common Foundation, Says DTG White Paper

by Super User

The UK’s Digital TV Group has published a white paper covering developments in the TV industry. They include the UltraHD format (including framerates, gamuts and dynamic range); video delivery to mobiles; spectrum management; connected …

Kindle Explores High-End Space With New Voyage

by Super User

Amazon has surprised today with a refresh of its Kindle and Kindle Fire lines – without weeks’ worth of leaks, first. Among the new devices is the 6″ Kindle Voyage ($200): the company’s thinnest …

Grundig Invests in Sound for UltraHD TVs

by Super User

A new TV is to be added to Grundig’s Vision 8 range, with the main selling point being its UltraHD resolution. The VLX 8484L, in 48″ and 55″ sizes, will support active 3D and …

Sony Wants to be ‘Netflix of Gaming’

by Super User

Sony wants to be ‘the Netflix of gaming’, chief executive of Sony’s game unit Andrew House has said. The company, which acquired cloud-gaming service Gaikai in 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 27), intends …