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 (ms) IPS (In Plane Switching) LCD display. The UltraGear employs Nano IPS technology to achieve high colour reproduction, ultra-fast response time and a refresh rate […]
French channel TF1 4K will offer the entire FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament in ultra-HD via Eutelsat platform Fransat. The coverage will begin on June 7th with the opening match between France and the People’s Republic of Korea, which will be delivered throughout metropolitan France on channel 446. The channel is available to viewers equipped […]
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 from global brands. Android TV 8.0, a voice-controlled remote, and 4K HDR support are touted as the Google-certified STB’s main selling points. MAG425A features a […]
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 retransmitting France Télévisions’ event on the France TV Sports UHD 4K channel, explained that too many 4K TV sets are incompatible with the HDR format. […]
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 in key markets of North America and Europe will follow in the third quarter of the year. The TV employs an advanced panel with over […]
Rome-based facility house DBW Communication used two 4K OB trucks to serve the 87th Rome Piazza di Siena Master d’Inzeo international equestrian event in Rome, at the famous Villa Borghese. DBW beamed more than 15 hours in UHD to Italian public broadcaster RAI and Eurosport while at the same time supplying the Rolex-sponsored event in […]
In what DTC Broadcast describe as its “largest 4K order” yet, they are to supply 16 complete AEON-TX 4K transmitters, PRORXD-AEON receivers, antennas and ancillaries to Chinese broadcaster CCTV – DTC’s first major customer in the country. The order was sourced via DTC’s Hong Kong partner Ideal Systems. The first shipments to China will occur […]
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 the Roland-Garros tennis tournament which began Sunday 26th May. In a UK first, Virgin Media is utilising Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) technology to broadcast all […]
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 8K displays worth the extra cash? “Much of the criticism of 8K TV has been that you can’t see the extra pixel when viewing the […]
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 participants showed how ATSC 3.0 technology can enhance the technological performance and economic value of existing broadcast infrastructures. “The test was an immense success,” declared […]