Vol 25 – Issue 01 – Page 3

Samsung to Show QD Curved Monitor at CES

by Bob Raikes

Samsung will show its first Thunderbolt 3-equipped QD LCD monitor at CES. The CJ791 curved monitor has a 34″ diagonal and supports 3440 x 1440 in 21:9 format. The Thunderbolt 3 interface means that …

LG 2018 OLEDs will Support HFR

by Bob Raikes

LG released some details of its TV plans for CES ahead of the show. The company will upgrade the processor in its sets and will introduce a ThinQ AI system that can be used …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 01

IHS: Autonomous Vehicle Sales to Surpass 33 Million Annually

by Andrew Fenn

More than 33 million autonomous vehicles will be sold globally in 2040, a substantial increase from the 51,000 units forecast for the first year of significant volume in 2021, according to IHS Markit. The …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Benetton Digital Signage Now Operational in 18 Countries

by Andrew Fenn

Benetton’s new digital signage network for its On Canvas shop concept, created in collaboration with long-term partner, M-Cube, is now active in 180 stores across 18 countries. The network comprises 46″ displays suspended in …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Huawei Shipped 153 Million Smartphones in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Huawei’s Rotating CEO Hu Houkun, also known as Ken Hu, recently announced that the firm shipped 153 million smartphones and made 600 billion yuan ($92.3 billion) in revenue in 2017, a shipment growth of …

Tags:Huawei| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 01

UK Consumer Video Spend Grew by 7.5% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) has released figures based on data from the Official Charts Company and IHS Markit, that show consumer spend across the video category rose by 7.5% in 2017, …

Tags:DVD| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 01

Dataxis: Pay TV Reaches 6.7 Million Subscribers in South East Asia

by Andrew Fenn

South East Asian markets consist mainly of cable and satellite connections. However, Dataxis has noticed an increasing share of IPTV subscribers in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. With a 6% …

BrightLine Launches Data Platform for OTT Ad Targeting

by Andrew Fenn

BrightLine has announced that it is launching DataCast, a unified OTT data platform that, for the first time, will enable advertisers to target and measure across three screens: mobile, desktop and television. Designed to …

Global TV Foundries ‘Work their Socks Off”

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research of China reported the results from Chinese and Taiwanese ‘TV Foundries’ for November. The total reached 9.02 million, up 19.2% compared with last year as they and their clients ‘worked their socks …

Outdoor Play Can Help Prevent Shortsightedness

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC has published an article investigating the effects of long-term, regular use of electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and games consoles for work or play, on the eyesight of young people. Ophthalmologists …

Tags:Health and Safety| Human Vision| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 01

HDR PC Monitor Market Coming

by Chris Chinnock

High Dynamic Range (HDR) is now becoming well established in the TV market, but it is now as well established in the PC segment. Here, HDR-capable PCs and monitors can be useful for gaming, …

Nvidia Leaving 32-bit Operating Systems Behind

by Andrew Fenn

Nvidia has announced that Release 390 will be the last driver update for 32-bit operating systems for any of its GPU architecture. Later driver release versions will not operate, nor install, on 32-bit operating …