Vol 23 – Issue 05 – Page 2

TV Viewing to be Driven by Recommendations

by Milos Pavlovic

According to The Diffusion Group, US multichannel video programming distributors will move to make recommendation-based program guides the centerpiece of their updated TV interfaces. The use of these recommendation-driven guides is expected to flourish, …

Tags:EPGs| Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Sky Q Officially Available

by Milos Pavlovic

Sky Q can be purchased in the UK and Ireland now. The first Sky Q customers will have their STBs installed by the end of the month.

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Panasonic To Increase Camera Dynamic Range 10x

by Matthew Brennesholtz

High dynamic range (HDR) is a hot topic in the display industry right now, with Dolby and many others working on the issues involved. Currently, the highest dynamic range CMOS camera sensor designs can …

Tags:Cameras| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| Panasonic| Vol 23 - Issue 05

AOC Chooses Adaptive Sync

by Tom Allen

AOC’s has continued its trend of merging premium technologies in its newest desktop monitor: a 28″ unit called the U2879VF. The TN panel is a gaming display with UltraHD resolution, a 1ms response time …

TP Vision Wins Best Cinematography

by Isaac Oburu

TP Vision’s movie ‘Afterglow’, which was shown at IFA (There’s a Sparkle at IFA…), has been given an accolade with a special feature in National Geographic. The film has also won two awards – …

Foxconn Closes in on Sharp Deal

by Tom Allen

According to Reuters, Sharp has accepted Foxconn’s takeover bid, and the companies are aiming to finalise a deal by the end of the month. Foxconn is said to have been granted preferred negotiating rights. …

BlackBerry Slims Workforce Again

by Tom Allen

Blackberry will cut 200 jobs, in Ontario and Florida, to cut costs, it has said. The smartphone maker is seeking a return to profitability, putting more of its focus on its enterprise software business. …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 23 - Issue 05

LG Touts The Coming Revolution of OLED TVs

by Steve Sechrist

If you were among one of the 111.5 million viewers of Sunday’s Superbowl here in the US, there’s a good chance you also viewed a host of blockbuster commercials that themselves boast production budgets …

Tags:Apple| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| TV Set Market| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Soluble Materials Still Outclassed by Evaporable

by Tom Allen

The Lighting Japan 2016 conference was held in mid-January, where Sumitomo and Merck revealed the specifications of their soluble OLED materials. Compared to Universal Display’s evaporable materials, efficacy and lifetime are lower for the …

Tim Peake to Watch Six Nations Match

by Isaac Oburu

British astronaut Major Tim Peake enjoyed live coverage of the Scotland v England Six Nations rugby match on the 6th February – in the International Space Station. Philip Bernie, Head of TV Sport for …

Toshiba Updates Forecasts, Deepens Loss

by Tom Allen

The accounting controversy that rocked Toshiba last year (Toshiba CEO Resigns Over Accounting Scandal) is still plaguing the firm, which has forecast its largest-ever loss for this fiscal year (ending in March): ¥710 billion …

Innolux Predicts Area Declines

by Tom Allen

Innolux’s president, Wang Jyh-chau, has said that the company expects its LCD panel shipments and ASPs to fall QoQ in Q1’16. Because of this, continued operating losses are forecast for the corresponding business operations. …