Vol 23 – Issue 41 – Page 5

Funbox UHD Channel Goes Live

by Bob Raikes

Sony Pictures International (SPI) has added an UltraHD application to the Amazon Fire TV and also made the UltraHD channel on the Eutelsat Hotbird satellite neighbourhood at 13º East fully active. The channel on …

TES Optimistic on OLED Equipment

by Bob Raikes

The Korea Herald reports that Korean equipment company, TES, which is doing well from investments into NAND memory by Samsung and others, is also doing well from sales to EverDisplay and CSOT in China …

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An Update on the Sonder Keyboard

by Arthur Berman

This article is prompted by the fact that the Sonder keyboard, developed by Sonder Design Pty. Ltd. (Eveleigh, NSW, Australia), was prominently featured in the news during this past week. More specifically, it was …

Sony To Take VR Beyond Games

by Bob Raikes

Sony’s CEO, Kaz Hirai, has said at Mipcom, the annual TV content event in Cannes, that Sony will look beyond just gaming to exploit its PlayStation VR headset and technology. The company has already …

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DOT Ban of Note 7 Extended

by Bob Raikes

The US Department of Transportation (DOT), with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have banned the carriage of Samsung Note 7 devices in aircraft because of the problems of the phone catching fire. Flight crew …

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NOS Supports AR in Portugal

by Bob Raikes

NOS of Portugal is offering TV content in a form that can be viewed in VR on Micosoft HoloLens headsets. Video can be viewed on the glasses, with content coming from a set top …

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LG Sets Out Gitex Plans

by Bob Raikes

LG was planning to show its ‘wallpaper’ OLEDs, Dual Curved Displays, Dual sided OLEDs and 86” Ultra-stretch Display at the Gitex show. The company also said that it has a new OLED-based Hotel TV …

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JCDecaux Extends Nice Contract

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux has won an extension to its contract with the city of Nice, France for street furniture. Initially the contract will cover 194 street furniture units and may be extended to 358 and 16 …

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Brightsign Wins Pets Network

by Bob Raikes

Broadsign said that it has done a deal to work with Pets Central Media to use its players with 50″ and above displays that Pets Central is installing in Vets’ receptions. The company will …

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Sharp Boosts Panel Sales to UMC

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei reported that Sharp will become the main supplier of panels to UMC of Slovakia, which currently runs and makes TVs for the Sharp TV brand in Europe. Sharp is reported to be looking …

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Epson Pro Cinema 6040B with 4K “Enhancement” named best projector of CEDIA 2016 Expo

by Bob Raikes

Epson said that it had won a “Best New Home Entertainment Projector” of 2016 award in the rAVe 2016 Best of CEDIA Awards. The unit uses pixel shifting to make it compatible with UltraHD …

Vizio Hit with Class Action over Energy

by Bob Raikes

Following the recent report on TV makers manipulating energy levels of their TVs (LG & Samsung Accused of Gaming Energy Tests), a consumer in Pennsylvania has filed a class action suit against Vizio that …

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