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Samsung launches 4K SUHD TV

Samsung Electronics America has launched the JS7000 SUHD TV. Following the successful launch of Samsung’s flagship SUHD TV line, Samsung says the new 4K SUHD TV will feature high quality picture enhancements with a brighter, more true-to-life picture. “The JS7000 SUHD TV will allow more people than ever before to enjoy breathtaking picture quality from […]

July 16, 2015

MStar integrates Intertrust’s ExpressPlay UHD

Intertrust Technologies has announced that MStar, a global semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, has integrated Intertrust’s ExpressPlay UHD in MStar’s System-on-Chips (SoC’s) for 4K TVs, set-top boxes, and OTT/IP box. By integrating ExpressPlay UHD with MStar TEE, MStar can provide customers with the ability to meet Hollywood standards for content protection. ExpressPlay […]

July 16, 2015

Analyst: 8K TV shipments to near 1m

The advent of 8K broadcasting in Japan for the 2020 Olympics is expected to spur a new round of resolution increases, even though shipments have not yet started in serious commercial volumes. According to critical information and insight source IHS, shipments of 8K ultra-HD resolution (7680 x 4320 pixels) TVs are expected to increase from

July 14, 2015

Field tests show next-gen ATSC standard capabilities

US television broadcasters will reach even more viewers with robust, digital over-the-air ATSC 3.0 signals, the improved broadcast transmission system under development now with key elements being field tested in Cleveland this summer, with encouraging results for the delivery of 4K Ultra HD content and mobile TV streams. Under an experimental broadcast licence from the […]

July 14, 2015By Colin Mann

Samsung developing 11k screen

Samsung is developing a display that surpasses its own Ultra-HD 4k and even 8k screens and will produce an 11k display, according to reports. The super-resolution screens, with a pixel density so dense that it produces a 3D effect, will be developed first for TVs and will then be scaled down for smartphones Samsung is […]

July 13, 2015

HD+ unveils embedded UHD TV and demo channel

German HD platform HD+, a subsidiary of SES, and German TV and satellite technology manufacturer TechniSat have unveiled the first Ultra-HD (UHD) TV with integrated HD+ decryption system (no CI+ module for HD+ required) at the IFA Innovations Media Briefing. HD+ also announced the launch of its UHD demo channel in September. With this new […]

July 10, 2015

Samsung patent for ‘foldable OLEDs’

Samsung Electronics has been awarded a patent for a flexible display for foldable TVs or computer tablets. The patent was published by the US Patent & Trademark Office on July 8th. Reportedly the patent also applies to LCD as well as OLED panels. Speciality publication Patently Apple, which normally praises Apple’s ‘spirit of invention’, stated: […]

July 9, 2015By Chris Forrester

Analyst: Hardware-based 4K content protection ‘growing concern’

High resolution premium video, including 4K and UHD content, is a fast-growing market and therefore content protection services must follow suit with adaptability and preparedness for the expanding space, according to ABI Research. “UHD TV penetration is expected to reach 61 per cent in North America by 2020, which is higher than expected,” says Eric […]

July 8, 2015

LG bets big on OLEDs

From very small beginnings, it seems that South Korea’s electronics giant LG is placing plenty of R&D cash into OLED technology, for watches, for computer screens and now for large-screen TVs. According to DisplaySearch data, the company is already enjoying a 90 per cent market share of the 400,000 large-screen units expected to be sold […]

July 8, 2015By Chris Forrester

SES Platform Services launches pearl.tv UHD

The shopping channel pearl.tv will start broadcasting in Ultra-HD via satellite and the internet to coincide with the IFA trade show, held in Berlin in September. For its entrance into the UHD era, via Astra’s prime European orbital position at 19.2 degrees East, Europe’s first free-to-air UHD channel will rely on the expertise of SES […]

July 8, 2015