Vol 24 - Issue 07

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LG’s webOS 3.5 Gets UL Security Certification

by Bob Raikes

LG said that its WebOS platform, version 3.5 will be certified to UL-2900-1 as a major step in ensuring the security of its platform, both in terms of malware and also in terms of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Security| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Panasonic Adds UHD Blu-ray Recorders

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has added to its Blu-ray series by introducing four models in Europe with recording facilities, two for cable (DVB-C MR-UBC80 and DMR-UBC90) and two for satellite (DVB-S2 DMR-UBS80 and DMR-UBS90) and each with …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Applied Materials sees Mobile Industry Adoption of OLEDs

by Alan Spencer

Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson, believes that the demand for new features and technologies will keep rising due to fierce competition in the smartphone market. Dickerson told CNBC’s “Closing Bell” programme that his company …

Tags:Applied Materials| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 24 - Issue 07

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HannStar Fourth Quarter Shipments up 18.6%

by Alan Spencer

According to Digitimes Research, HannStar Display shipped 313 million small to medium-sized panels in the last quarter of 2016. HannStar Display had carried out capacity expansion in the feature phone panel segment in the …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Panasonic TV Line Up Clarified

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has released details of its latest range of 2017 TVs in Europe. The size details are in the table. The EZ models are the UltraHD OLEDs, while the EX models are the UltraHD …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 07

New HbbTV App Test Centre to be Opened in UK

by Alan Spencer

An HbbTV Application Test Centre will be opened by Eurofins Digital Testing in co-operation with Samsung Electronics. Samsung will be providing the initial TV platforms for conducting the compatibility tests. The Samsung TV platforms …

Tags:Europe| HbbTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Charter Sees Small Rise in Video Customers

by Alan Spencer

Charter Communications, plus its subsidiaries, has announced subscriber figures for 2016. The company saw a decrease in its residential video customers by 51,000 in the last quarter of 2016, compared with a rise of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TV Viewing| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 07

VTR Sees Growth In Customers in Chile

by Alan Spencer

Liberty Global’s subsidiary in Chile, VTR, has reported significant growth in customer numbers for the company’s enhanced services. The enhanced service includes VOD with enriched graphics, TV previews and the ability to browse and …

Tags:Cloud TV| Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| VOD| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Digital Games To Reach $100 Billion Industry

by Bob Raikes

Juniper Research has said that the global digital games market is set to reach the $100 billion milestone by the end of this year. The company said that the PC market has seen reinvigoration …

Tags:Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07

F70, F90 Projectors and Motion Bases from Barco & ClickShare Upgraded

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Barco was showing two new projectors in its booth at ISE: the F90-4K13 and the F70. Both were laser phosphor based. In fact, according to Kristien Kolstad, Director of R&D and Product Management, Projectors, …

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Games better on Daydream than Gear VR?

by Bob Raikes

A review by Tom’s Hardware that explains that an air combat game, Bandit Six, runs better on a Daydream smartphone than on the Samsung Gear VR, up to now considered as probably the best …

Tags:AR/VR| Game Playing| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 07

Monitor Flowchart is for Gamers

by Bob Raikes

Website, GPUnerd.com has made a flow chart for its readers that is designed to help them choose a monitor. The website also has a buyers guide. Analyst Comment This flowchart is a good guide …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 07