The DEG: Digital Entertainment Group used its annual cocktail reception here Tuesday to honor 2013's top contributors to the field of digital video entertainment, led by Target as the nation's leading retailer. Target was singled out for ...
NanoTech Entertainment said Friday that it has partnered with LumaForge to provide consumers with a cost-effective pipeline for the delivery of VP9 compressed 4K content streamed through NanoTech's Nuvola NP-1 streaming media player. VP9, ...
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Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea. The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers' move toward ultra ...
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LG Electronics (LG) said it will offer next year a curved 105-inch Ultra HD LCD TV with a 21:9 aspect ratio. The new super widescreen set, model 105UB9, was pre-announced by the parent company ahead of its planned unveiling at ...
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Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. said their curved TVs will get bigger and sport the sharpness four times the regular HD television sets. The world's two largest TV makers will display ultra-HD TVs with curved screens that ...
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Taiwan-based LED packaging houses, mainly Everlight Electronics, Lextar Electronics and Unity Opto Technology, are set to start producing 15mm OD (optical distance) backlight units (BLUs) specifically for use in direct-type backlit Ultra HD ...
When LG Electronics Australia first launched this behemoth in June 2013, it was accompanied with a preview screening of The Internship, a??terrifically bad movie set at the Google campus in California. One week later when local media were ...
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Large-size (9-inch and above) TFT LCD panel shipments are expected to reach 675 million units in 2014, down 1.4% on year, according to Digitimes Research. LCD TV panel shipments will see only 0.7% growth. Panel shipments will outpace LCD ...
Equipment demand for the production of LCD panels is unlikely to pick up in the short term, as an oversupplied market is discouraging panel makers from expanding capacity and making major equipment upgrades, according to sources at LCD ...
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The number of LEDs used in Ultra HD TV panel backlighting in 2014 is expected to reach 497 million units, up 91% on year, according to Digitimes Research. The average size Ultra HD TV panel shipped during the year is expected to be ...
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LED TV vendors are planning to shift their focus more onto edge-lit units in 2014, which are expected to make up as high as 60% of LED TVs in the market during the year. The penetration rate for direct-type backlit LED TVs has been ...
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China and Korea panel makers have plans to produce 48- and 49-inch TV panels in 2014 on their 8.5G lines, with some makers expected to also produce Ultra HD TV panel technology in the same sizes. Market observers believe the makers are ...
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Ultra HD TV pricing in China is likely to drop to that of Full HD units for the October 1 holiday period in China, according to market observers. While Ultra HD TV panel pricing has not dropped significantly in recent months, TV vendors ...
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Lextar Electronics, a Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker as well as LED packaging house, is expected to see consolidated revenues for third-quarter 2013 increase 5-10% sequentially due to growing orders for LED backlight units ...
Taiwan panel makers are reportedly lowering their shipments for Ultra HD TV panels in the second half of 2013 due to lower-than-expected sales as well as to increased competition from Korea- and China-based makers, according to industry ...
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