CEDIA Turns Up The Resolution On 8K Future
It seems like we only got started with 4K Ultra HDTV and already the first 8K flat-panel displays and video projectors are starting to emerge for the very high-end home theater market. The recent CEDIA Expo offered a relatively comprehensive showcase of some of the…
LG, Samsung Take First Shots In Coming 8K TV War
Let the 8K war begin! South Korean TV manufacturing rivals Samsung and LG are using the IFA electronics show in Berlin, Germany this week and presumably CEDIA Expo 2018 next week in San Diego to kick off the next chapter in the high-resolution video wars…
JOLED Gets Capital To Begin Inkjet Printed OLED Display Production
Japan-based OLED panel developer JOLED revealed this week that it has raised $420 million in capital and is targeting the start of production of OLED panels made using its inkjet printing process by 2020. JOLED said the additional capital investments were contributed by Denso, Toyota…
Analysts: Ultra HD Blu-ray Player Sales Continue To Advance In 2018
Despite some early challenges, shipments of 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray players continued to climb at significant rates over the first half of 2018, according to data from two prominent consumer A/V market research firms. Stephen Baker, technology business analyst for the Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD…
China Approves $2.3B Large OLED Panel Joint Venture Plant In Guangzhou
LG Display, the display panel manufacturing arm of LG Electronics of South Korea, said Tuesday that it has received the necessary approvals from the Chinese government for an OLED production joint venture in Guangzhou, China. Under the arrangement, LG Display will control 70 percent of…
Spate Of Large-Glass Panel Plants Could Lead To Big-Screen Price Drops
A potential glut of large-size display panel production, particularly in China, should produce a significant reduction in television glass panel prices, and bargains on televisions larger than 55 inches in the next three to five years. That was the assessment of Chris Chinnock, principal of…
Content, CE Industries Prepare For 8K Transition
Michael Cioni, Panavision You might just be getting up to speed with that new 4K Ultra HDTV you bought, but the content production industry, joined soon by consumer electronics manufacturers, have begun the slow transition into the next high-resolution video format – 8K Ultra HD-2….
HD Guru’s Five Key Takeaways From CES 2018
ATSC Contributing Members Celebrate Finalization of the ATSC 3.0 Core Specifications at CES. CES 2018 will likely be remembered as the year that the stakes changed for television contrast performance, picture processing and color accuracy. Virtually across the board, every leading manufacturer advanced and expanded…
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