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LG First to Bring UltraHD OLED to Market

by Super User

LG’s UltraHD OLED TVs, first seen at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), are now available for pre-order in South Korea. The 65″ 65EC9700 and 77″ 77EG9700 use the company’s WRGB pixel …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 21 - Issue 34| Volume 21

NLT’s Modules Are HMIs for Machinery

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MSC Technologies is now stocking four new LCD modules from NLT Technologies in Europe. The NL8048AC19-14F (7″), NL8048AC19-13 (7″), NL8048AC21-01F (8″) and NL12880BC20-07F (12.1″) are robust units designed for outdoor use and machinery HMIs. …

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UltraHD Logo

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This has been one of my famous “busy” weeks – merging the Large Display Report and Display Monitor in the same week that IFA has started may have been a little ambitious! Never mind, …

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Chinese Product Mix Shifts to High-End

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TV makers in China will produce a greater number of high-end units in the second half of 2014, as demand grows in the country. Sources in Asia said that 20% or more of TVs …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 21 - Issue 35| Volume 21

Epson Leads US Projector Sales in July

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PMA Research has announced the top-selling projectors in the USA in July. The company divides the results into three categories: ‘pico and personal’; ‘mainstream’; and ‘high end’. Aaxa manufactured three of the pico and …

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Intel E_phasis is on Power

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(The headline is not a mistake – Intel put posters everywhere showing words with the “m” missing. Or should that be _issing?) The Intel press event started with a video celebrating the German world …

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IFA – Viewers Will Get it All

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IFA was, well, IFA. There was not much that was radically new or different this year, apart from the huge new CityCube hall that Samsung occupied. In terms of technology, there was little that …

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Intel’s Core M Shown at Showstoppers

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Always a big event at IFA, Showstoppers this year was again a great place to go for food, drink and networking. Oh, and a few new products! The showcase takes place in Hall 15 …

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Gartner Sees More Than 500 Smart Devices per Home by 2022

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A special report from Gartner on trends in digital technologies has concluded that a typical family home, in a mature affluent market, could contain several hundred smart devices by 2022. Gartner believes that the …

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Optoma…And Cinema Speeds to Gaming Projector

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Optoma unveiled its new HD141X DLP projector at the UK gaming festival, Insomnia, last month. Being announced at a gaming event, the projector naturally features a gaming mode, which optimises response times, contrast and …

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DivX Makes HEVC Wins

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Several new companies have been announced with products using the DivX HEVC solution. TVs from Toshiba (see Product News); LG (UltraHD models); and TCL have been named as using the format. Additionally, Wohler has …

Tags:Back Panel| Divx| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 37| Volume 21

DVB Updates on UHDTV and DVB-S2X

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Over the years, the EBU and DVB have normally held press conferences around the same time, but this year, the EBU didn’t have one, however DVB did. Phil Laven the chairman of DVB started …

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