Samsung’s high hopes for 8K
Samsung expects 2019 to be a prosperous year for its 8K display sales. Helped by innovative products like the stackable ‘The Wall’ (which can be built up to 219”), Samsung…
RCN launches 4K channels with SES
US multiplay operator RCN has confirmed its commercial launch of Ultra HD services through a partnership with satellite operator SES. RCN is featuring seven dedicated 4K channels from the North…
DOCOMO unveils 8K 3D VR system
DOCOMO has developed what it believes is the world’s first 8K 3D virtual reality (VR) system for live video streaming and viewing at 60 frames per second (fps) over 5G…
Report: TV manufacturers to focus on large-size screens
According a report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, global shipments of branded TV sets for 2018 totaled 219 million units, an increase of 4.1 per cent compared with prior…
OLED & super-large TVs spur market to recovery
After a global decline in TV shipments in 2017, the market recovered in 2018; now a report from Futuresource Consulting shows a year-end estimated 3 per cent year-on-year increase in…
8K overhyped, or next big thing?
Chris Chinnock, a respected figure on the high-resolution scene, and regular contributor to Display Daily, has been appointed to look after the newly-formed 8K Association (8KA). The grouping, which has…
NEC, NTT 5G UHD trial
IT and network technologies integration specialist NEC Corporation has contributed to a video transmission test utilising 5G conducted by Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO and Tobu Railway through the provision of…
Limelight: “8K TVs pointless with no 8K services”
With all the 8K TV hype currently happening at CES 2019, Andrew Gray, Marketing Director EMEA at Limelight Networks, has addressed the fact that there are no services to accompany…
IMAX expands into home entertainment
Giant cinema screen operator IMAX is moving more directly into high-quality home entertainment with blockbuster movies from Sony and Paramount, and supplied into high-end audio-visual equipment. Its IMAX Enhanced programme…
Sony unveils 98” 8K TV at CES
While LG’s ‘rollable’ UHD screen made most of the early headlines at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sony also wowed delegates with its introduction of a pair of…
TDF trials third UHD pilot channel
French TV transmission services company TDF is launching a third pilot channel as part of UHD trials that are taking place in Paris area and the cities of Nantes and…
UHD owners: “Where’s my 4K content?”
The UK’s influential Digital Television Group (DTG) quotes a study conducted by pollster YouGov and focus groups that the research company carried out in November 2017 with owners of 4K/UHD…
5G network slicing 4K UHD live broadcast
The 12th Migu Music Awards held recently in Shanghai saw the implementation of what is being claimed by participants Migu, China Mobile, and Huawei as the first application of 5G…
Analyst: UHD now in 200m homes
The number of homes worldwide using an Ultra HD TV has now passed the 200 million mark, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices service. The…
IHS: Q3 surge for larger screen TVs
Although overall TV shipments in the third quarter of 2018 were flat compared to the previous year, the average TV unit-shipment screen size increased more than any previous quarter in…