IHS: Big Screens, 8K, Advanced TVs Pushing Television Growth
Advanced television sales continue to escalate with Ultra HD TVs on pace to take 50% of global TV shipments for full year 2018, as total television unit shipments rise 3.6% year over year to 226 million units, according to a new IHS Markit report. 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…
LG Display: TV-Sized OLED Panel Production Accelerates
Fans of the strong black levels, wide contrast and vivid colors produced by 4K OLED televisions might be pleased to learn that the production velocity is ramping up quickly, which should help expand global availability while bringing more affordable price points in the years ahead….
Calibration Expert: `Is 10,000 Nits Of Brightness Enough?’
Although some experts have warned against going too far with peak luminance in next-generation televisions designs, Tyler Pruitt, technical evangelist with display calibration specialist Portrait Displays/SpectraCal and a SMPTE member, said existing standards aren’t nearly high enough. Speaking at the Insight Media/Samsung-sponsored QLED and other…
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…
LG Ships 4K Blu-ray Players, Updates 2018 Premium 4K TVs With Alexa
LG Electronics USA revealed Tuesday that its 2018 LG 4K Ultra HD OLED and Super UHD LED-LCD TVs with AI ThinQ smart technology are now compatible with Alexa-enabled devices through the LG SmartThinQ Skill for Amazon Alexa. At the same time, a pair of the…
LG 2018 4K Super UHD LCD TVs Hit Stores Behind 4K OLEDs
On the heels of the arrival of the first 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs for 2018, LG Electronics has started selling many of this year’s lines of 4K Ultra HD Super UHD LED-LCD and mainstream 4K LED-LCD TVs through retail stores around the United…
NAD Advises LG To Modify Claims Made In OLED, Super UHD TV Advertising
Long-time rivals Samsung and LG Electronics are once again engaged in a dispute involving the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ National Advertising Division (NAD) concerning recent allegedly false and/or misleading advertising claims made by LG in support of its Super UHD and 4K OLED TVs….
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