Vol 24 – Issue 21 – Page 6

Synopsys Adds DSC to MIPI for High Resolution

by Bob Raikes

Synopsys has put VESA’s Display Stream Compression (DSC) encoder into its DesignWare DSI Host Controller, which can support displays of QuadHD or up to UltraHD in mobile and automotive applications, using the MIPI hardware …

Tags:Mipi| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 21

LG Drops Some OLED TV Prices

by Bob Raikes

LG has dropped the pricing on a number of its OLED TVs in the US. We couldn’t find a statement from LG at press time, but Amazon has the 65″ G7 (2017 model) at …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Loewe Adds OLEDs at the Bottom and Top

by Bob Raikes

Last week we reported on the Loewe Bild 5 OLED TV (Loewe Adds Third OLED TV Design) and now the company has announced the Bild 4 OLED TV which has an integrated speaker bar …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Vol 24 - Issue 21

LG to Tour Germany with its Wallpaper OLED TV

by Alan Spencer

LG Electronics is launching a nationwide campaign in Germany for its wallpaper OLED TV W7. The tour will visit Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin, each on one of the four Saturdays in June. The …

New 75 “Ultra HD Screen from ViewSonic

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic has released the CDE7500, a 75″ UltraHD monitor with an integrated Mali A53 quad core Cortex processor with 2GB of memory and 16GB of storage and 450 cd/m² of output. Contrast is 1,200:1 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| ViewSonic| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Enterprise Mobile Apps Development Flattens

by Alan Spencer

According to a survey by Gartner, those enterprises that have undertaken mobile app development this year, have deployed an average of eight mobile apps, which has remained relatively flat when compared with 2016. On …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Software| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 21

UHD Blu-ray to Grow Slowly in 2017

by Bob Raikes

Futuresource Consulting has said in a report published by 4K.com that 8.4 million UltraHD Blu-ray disks will be sold in 2017, representing just 4% of all disc sales during the year and a very …

Irdeto, Verimatrix join SAT>IP Alliance

by Bob Raikes

At Anga.com in Germany, the SAT>IP Alliance announced that Irdeto and Verimatrix have joined the organisation. Both companies work on DRM and content protection. “With the integration of CAS-to-DRM solutions into the SAT>IP standard …

Samsung Adds Live Content for Gear VR Users

by Milos Pavlovic

Samsung has announced the VR Live Pass for the Gear VR headset to give access to new entertainment events in sports and live music. Customers will be able to access UFC, X Games and …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 21

18% of TV Homes Use FTA DTH Satellite

by Bob Raikes

Dataxis has said that 314 million TV households are getting TV signals via Free-to-Air (FTA) DTH satellite, representing 18% of all TV households globally and the company believes this will grow to 20%. While …

Tags:FTA (Free to Air)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| TV Viewing| Vol 24 - Issue 21

BC13 Kateeva Still Working on Deposition by Inkjet

by Bob Raikes

Dr Neetu Chopra is from Kateeva which makes inkjet printing equipment for the thin film encapsulation (TFE) of OLEDs and is looking at how to do the patterning of OLEDs. It has recently boosted …

BC12 Visionox Looks at the Challenges of Flexible OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Dr. Xiuqi Huang is from Visionox, which is developing OLEDs in China. He looked back to the time of the CRT – it was huge, heavy, but colourful. The TFT LCD then came along …