Vol 25 – Issue 31 – Page 2

Verizon Collaborates with Apple, Google for 5G service

by Bob Raikes

Verizon has reached deals with Google and Apple for the deployment of its 5G residential service in four markets: Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif. Sources say that new subscribers will receive either …

Apple Files Patent for AR Windscreens in Autonomous Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

A new patent filed by Apple has emerged, this time for an AR windscreen for self-driving vehicles that would display information including speed, road conditions and navigation. The patent application also details vehicle-to-vehicle FaceTime …

DSCC: TV Drives Area Growth in OLED Panel Shipments in the First Half of 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Strong growth in TV units as well as 98% year-on-year growth in OLED TV area grew the OLED panel market in the first half of 2018 by 30% year-on-year, according to Display Supply Chain …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 31

TCL Introduces New Ultra HD Smart TV Range for the UK

by Andrew Fenn

TCL has unveiled its new UltraHD HDR smart TV for the UK market, the DP648. Available in screen sizes of 43”, 50”, 55” and 65”, the DP648 series supports HDR10 and HLG, features built-in …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Cambridge University Makes “Commercially Groundbreaking” Battery Discovery

by Andrew Fenn

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have discovered a method of making super-fast-charging lithium ion batteries using niobium tungsten oxides, hailing the development as “commercially groundbreaking”. Image: Pixabay …

Kudelski Group Transfers SmarDTV´s Device Business To Neotion Affiliate

by Andrew Fenn

Digital security firm The Kudelski Group and Neotion, a provider of secure solutions for the pay TV industry, have announced that they have reached an agreement whereby Kudelski subsidiary SmarDTV’s conditional access module (CAM) …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Fujitsu Mobile Workstations are VR Ready

by Bob Raikes

Fujitsu has added two new mobile workstations, the Celsius H780 and H980, which have 15.6″ and 17.3″ displays, respectively and run on Intel Xeon E-2100M processors. Both have FullHD resolution and the H780 has …

Samsung Extends Warranties on Hospitality Displays

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has extended warranties on all hospitality display products purchased in Germany from August 2018, from 24 months to 36, according to Invidis. The new warranty is designed to provide better investment security for …

Tags:Hospitality TVs| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 31| warranty

IAdea-Signboard XDS-1078 Supports MagicInfo

by Milos Pavlovic

Media player and monitor maker, Iadea, has a new 10″ smart signage monitor designed for meeting room and other small signage applications. The unit uses a ‘glass mount solution’ to make it look attractive …

Clear Channel and RBL Win DooH Contract for City of Utrecht

by Andrew Fenn

The city of Utrecht in the Netherlands has awarded a contract for the installation of 1,670 analogue and 60 digital out-of-home advertising displays to RBL and Clear Channel. The contract covers 479 city-light-posters, two-hundred …

IDC: Apple and Huawei Flex Their Strength in a Declining Tablet Market

by Andrew Fenn

According to the latest figures published by IDC, the overall tablet market for Western Europe declined 10.1% year-on-year, with 6.3 million units shipping in the second quarter of 2018. Slates exhibited a degree of …

Tags:Europe| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Italy to Switch Over from MPEG-2 Format to MPEG-4 from 2020

by Andrew Fenn

Italy will switch from MPEG-2 coding to MPEG-4 on the DVB-T standard from January 1st, 2020 as part of its plan to free up the 700MHz frequency band for high-speed mobile internet. Following a …