Hisense Australia, a specialist in consumer electronics and home appliances, has confirmed that its 2014 range of Ultra-HD TV’s is now in-store at select Bing Lee, Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi and The Good Guys stores around Australia. The latest array brings a new generation of Ultra-HD TVs equipped with the Google certified VISION Smart TV […]
Retail sales tracking by market research company GfK reveal that more TV sets were being sold in every single market across the SouthEast Asia region in the month prior to the commencement of the WorldC up. GfK retail audit of TV sales for May 2014 reported nearly 957,000 units sold for the combined markets of […]
Worldwide Ultra-HD TV shipments will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 160 per cent from 2013 to 2017, soaring from 1.5 million units to 68.2 million, according to Digitimes Research. Digitimes Research estimates that
Sony – together with a range of technical partners – is claiming a new milestone in live sports entertainment with the world-first screening July 4th in 4K Ultra High Definition of the France versus Germany World Cup quarter final match at the Vue multiplex at Westfield, London. Sony and Vue Cinemas were working with technical […]
A significant step in the road to Ultra High Definition TV services has been taken with the approval of the DVB-UHDTV Phase 1 specification at the 77th meeting of the DVB Steering Board. The specification includes an HEVC Profile for DVB broadcasting services that draws, from the options available with HEVC, those that will match […]
Samsung is closing its own download video and audio rental and purchase businesses in North America. It has already disabled its own Samsung Video & Media Hub on July 1st in the US, although Samsung’s ‘Smart Hub’ on-screen options will continue to offer viewers and users access to iTunes, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and other service […]
Americans are increasingly replacing their once-enviable 50-inch TVs with even bigger screens; sized 65-inches and upwards. Buyers are opting for giant screens — pushing sales of them up 50 per cent in the past year while overall TV sales have faltered, according to research from NPD Group. As prices fall,
Technology trade association the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced updated core characteristics for Ultra High-Definition (UHD) TVs, monitors and projectors for the home. As devised and approved by CEA’s Video Division Board, these characteristics build on the first-generation UHD characteristics released by the CEA in October 2012. These expanded display characteristics (CEA’s Ultra High-Definition […]
Sony’s decline over these past few years has been tragic to watch. But the reduction in revenues, profits and returns to shareholders means that Sony will probably be kicked out of Japan’s newly-established JPX-Nikkei-400 market index. A decision will be made in August. Meanwhile, Sony itself is hoping that World Cup mania will help shift […]
British TV manufacturer Titan has launched the world’s largest commercial TV, the ‘Zeus’. The TV comes with a screen size of 370 inches – roughly the size of a football goal – and a hefty price tag of £1 million (€1.24m). The ‘Zeus’ is designed for indoor usage but is also optimised for outdoor watching […]