TV set manufacturer Hisense and streaming platform and device specialist Roku have confirmed that starting week commencing November 25th, Hisense Roku TV models will be available in the UK. Recently announced at IFA 2019, these smart TVs are powered by the Roku OS, offering consumers a premium TV experience at what the pair say is […]
Panasonic, the Japanese electronics giant, has said it will stop making its own LCD panels, and shift some 500 staff from the division to other segments of its business. Panasonic has already closed its LCD television business (in 2016) and this decision covers the manufacture of LCDs at its Himeji facility in western Japan and […]
The Astro Ultra Box has launched in Malaysia. The Ultra experience includes 4K UHD, Cloud Recording and a new user interface that is seamless across device screens, improved content recommendations based on viewing history, play from start functions and the ability to record multiple shows at the same time. All of this is available via […]
Current model year OLED TVs from LG Electronics will receive a firmware update starting this week allowing for enhanced gameplay via NVIDIA G-Sync Compatible technology. NVIDIA G-Sync Compatibility will be available on LG’s 2019 OLED TV models E9 (65 and 55 inches), C9 (77, 65 and 55 inches) as well as B9 (65 and 55 […]
South Korea electronic giant LG has just reported a Q3 loss for its Display division – its first loss in 8 years. The loss, of $372 million (€334.1m), for the July-September period reflects falling sales down 4.6 per cent on the same period a year ago. A week ago the company’s newly appointed CEO, Jeong […]
Consumers are buying into 4K displays in record numbers. In some important markets, shipments of UHD displays are more than 60 per cent, and growing. Paul Gray, Research & Analysis Director at IHS Markit, speaking at the MIPCOM programming market in Cannes, said that globally UHD resolution displays now exceed more than half of TV […]
Samsung’s TV display division is reportedly going to invest $11 billion (€9.9bn) over the next 6 years in ‘next generation’ large TV screens. According to reports from South Korea, Samsung, the world’s biggest display maker, is to shift its production from LCD displays to OLED. Its reason is that LCD, with the market swamped by […]
Spaniards are increasingly buying Ultra-HD TV sets, but TV channels are conspicuous by their absence. According to SES Astra, around 45 per cent of all TV sets sold in Spain in 12 months from April 2018 to April 2019 were UHD-equipped, putting Spain roughly level with other European countries like France (50.1 per cent), Italy […]
Grass Valley is claiming a record in having sold its largest single worldwide sale of 4K cameras to date. The company says it has sold 151 4K cameras (its LDX 86n version) to Watford, UK-based ES Broadcast. Included in the order were 15 of Green Valley’s Kahuna production switchers. The deal was to prepare for […]
China is to start supplying 8K TV displays by the end of this year. Hisense has confirmed that it will launch 8K set in Europe next year, and TCL will do the same, reports Reuters. Chinese set-maker Haier will start selling 8K receivers in China later this year. They demonstrated a 75” 8K receiver at […]