Samsung’s vice-chairman, Kwon Oh-Hyen, has told the Korea Times that his company is enjoying “significant demand” from customers for OLED-equipped thin-film flexible screens. “[We are] getting huge orders from electronic makers for the futuristic lineup of flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays,” said Kwon, adding that “we will be mass producing flexible OLED displays from the latter half of [...]
As video consumption increases and viewing devices vary, consumers are still using televisions most often to watch video, according to the Evolving Video Landscape study released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Consumers are watching more video than they have in the past, across a variety of platforms. One-third of US adults online (34 per cent) say they watch more [...]
Organic Light-Emitting Diode-based (OLED) TV screens are a wonder to behold. Brilliant to view, highly-efficient and inexpensive to run once you have paid the eye watering ticket price! Samsung says it will commercialise its – to date – prototype manufacturing of OLED screens later this year, and introduce a model onto its South Korean domestic market. A proposed high-end 55” [...]
For the second year in a row, worldwide TV shipments are expected to remain flat. 2012 shipments to developed markets, especially Western Europe and Japan, are expected to be down 11 per cent Y/Y, which would offset the forecasted 8 per cent Y/Y growth in emerging markets, according to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Even so, growth is projected to continue [...]
LG Electronics, the world’s second-largest television maker by sales, returned to profit in the first quarter as higher sales of premium televisions improved its profit margins. The company swung to a net profit of Won242.5 billion ($213m) in the January-March period, from a Won15.8 billion net loss a year earlier. Operating profit more than trebled to Won448.2 billion while sales [...]
In advance of the London 2012 Olympics, UK DTT platform Freeview has unveiled new consumer research which it suggests contain important reminders for the television industry, with the prospect of the Games representing a watershed for technologies such as 3DTV and Mobile TV. The research of 2,000 people indicates that what consumers want most are technologies that enhance current television [...]
James Cameron and technology partner Vince Pace used the NAB show to state bluntly that the future of TV and 3D were firmly linked. His message was to the point: “I’m so tired of talking to filmmakers and studios about why they should be shooting native 3D as opposed to converting, that I’m actually much more interested in talking about [...]
Mindspeed Technologies, a supplier of semiconductor solutions for broadcast and network infrastructure applications, has extended its line of high-performance, asynchronous fully non-blocking crosspoint switches to include a 12.8 gigabits per second (Gbps), 160×160 device with two terabits per second (Tbps) switching capacity. The M20605 incorporates features that simplify system design, speed time to market, and ensure superior signal integrity for [...]
Dolby Laboratories and Royal Philips have unveiled Dolby 3D, a 3D HD format and suite of technologies designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices, including glasses-free displays. The two leading companies have undertaken the joint project to improve the 3D viewing experience on displays of all sizes, including smartphones, tablets, PCs, and televisions. Dolby 3D is a [...]
A French research consortium - 4EVER – has been established to advance the technologies supporting the production and delivery of Ultra-HDTV. Compression solutions specialist ATEME has confirmed its participation in the ambitious, three year multi-million Euro research programme seeking to reduce the bandwidth required for the delivery of Ultra High Definition Television (U-HDTV) using High Efficiency Video Coding. HEVC is [...]
