Mass market 8K inevitable
The recent 8K Display Summit in New York saw speaker after speaker explain why they thought 8K displays would break through into the mass market, and not just for viewers…
Harmonic enables Guangdong premium UHD
Video delivery technology specialist Harmonic has confirmed that Guangdong Radio and Television (GRT) is the first province-level broadcaster in China to deploy UHD channels, thanks to a playout solution from…
GfK: “UHD sales up, but value down”
Nick Simon, GfK’s account director for Consumer Electronics, told delegates to the SES Ultra HD Conference in London, June 13th, that there was positive sales news in most countries in…
LG unveils 1ms IPS gaming monitor
At this year’s E3 gaming expo, LG Electronics has unveiled the new LG UltraGear Nano IPS NVIDIA G-SYNC gaming monitor – which it says is the world’s first 1 millisecond…
Infomir presents the MAG425A 4K Android TV STB
Infomir, a Ukrainian manufacturer of IPTV/OTT set-top boxes (STB), has announced on its website the release of MAG425A, the new flagship product running Android TV 8.0 to rival the devices…
Fransat drops Roland-Garros 4K HDR
Eultesat’s DTH offering Fransat is stopping Roland-Garros 4K HDR transmissions and will broadcast the end of the French tennis open in the 4K SDR standard. The company, which has been…
LG starts sales of 8K OLED TV
LG has started sales of what it says is the world’s first 8K OLED TV (model 88Z9) with pre-orders for the 88-inch set starting this week in South Korea. Availability…
Virgin Media claims UK broadcast HDR first
Virgin Media has become the first UK TV platform to broadcast an event in 4K Ultra HD (UHD) with High Dynamic Range (HDR) with its retransmission of Eurosport’s coverage of…
Report: 8K mirroring 4K evolution
A major report in Display Daily focuses on 8K, and asks whether viewers need the new technology, what difference the technology makes and – key for most buyers – are…
ATSC 3.0 UHD HDR test success
In a field test conducted under the auspices of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Cleveland, Ohio between May 14th and May 16th, an engineering team from multiple industry…
“Massive” supply of jumbo 4K and 8K displays
Sweta Dash, president of market research consultancy Dash-Insights, and writing in Display Daily, has said there is a “massive” amount of LCD capacity coming into production over the next 3…
Study: Just half of 4K TV owners have watched 4K content
Hub’s inaugural study on entertainment technology, Entertainment in the Connected Home, shows that even though ownership of new connected devices in the US is high, many who own them don’t…
Huawei denies making a 5G TV set… possibly
Chinese cellular giant Huawei, which last week was widely reported to planning to enter the TV market with displays equipped to operate on 5G and be capable of receiving 8K…
Huawei developing 5G 8K TV?
Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review reports that Chinese cellular giant Huawei is working on 5G televisions. The report says that the displays could also be 8K capable. If correct, it could…
8K display sales to see strong growth
Sony’s price tag of $70,000 for its giant 8K LCD display is a big ask, but prices will soon fall. A Research and Markets study said that today’s typical 4K…