Vol 25 – Issue 11 – Page 6

BMW Tops Off Motor Show Booth with 22-Tonne Mobile LED Video Wall

by Andrew Fenn

A video has surfaced online of a huge, curved, mobile LED video wall which was used at the BMW booth at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Weighing in at 22 tonnes, the screen was …

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IHS Clarifies TV Panel Price Trends

by Bob Raikes

David Hsieh of IHS Markit has published a detailed blog post looking at the likely development of large area LCD panel pricing and has concluded that there will be falling prices for this quarter …

Apple to Add 250-270 Million Flat Panels to its Basket in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

It has been estimated that Apple will purchase between 250 and 270 million flat panels for iPhone devices in 2018. Digitimes made the claim, citing unnamed sources from the Taiwan panel industry. Breaking the …

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Qualcomm and the Advent of 5G Cell Networks

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, 5G is at the root of the recent headlines of the US Treasury Dept. scuttling a “$121B hostile Chinese takeover bid” (to the Singapore-based Broadcom) of mobile chip maker, …

Mitsubishi Cube has 15 Year Life

by Bob Raikes

Mitsubishi Electric said that it has now upgraded the lifespan of its WE120 video wall cube to 130,000 hours, even in 24/7 operation – that’s 14.8 years by our calculation. The cubes previously were …

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Russian OTT Market Grew by 50% in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

According to data from TMT Consulting, the value of the online video market in Russia grew by 50% last year to 7.2 billion rubles ($124 million). As reported by Broadband TV News, Ivi was …

DVB Needs to be More Open

by Bob Raikes

The DTG in the UK published a short summary of the recent DVB World 2018 event and said that it was clear that DVB needs to get beyond its traditional standards in the physical …

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AUO Developing MiniLED Backlights

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw reports from Taiwan that AUO has showcased a 27″ gaming monitor, a 15.6″ gaming notebook display and a 2″ VR display all based on miniLED backlight technology. We checked out the …

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Samsung Introduces Authorised Smartphone Repair Service Across US

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has launched a same-day repair service for Galaxy smartphone owners across the United States. Customers can now bring their Galaxy devices to more than 300 Samsung Care-authorised uBreakiFix service locations for same-day support, …

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Samsung Starts to ship Galaxy S9 and S9+

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics has officially launched the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in markets around the world. The company’s latest flagship smartphones are now available in stores in approximately 70 countries, including Korea, the U.S., …

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Samsung Announces Pricing for 2018 QLEDs

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has revealed the pricing structure for its 2018 range of QLED TVs. Prices range from $1,499 for the 55″ Q6 model, up to $5,999 for the Q9 model in a 75″ screen size. …

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ViewSonic Joins UHD DLP Trend

by Bob Raikes

ViewSonic will start shipping a new home cinema projector, the PX7470-4K at the end of Q1. The unit has an UltraHD imager based on a DC3 0.47″ DLP with 3,500 Ansi lumens of output …