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16:9: What The Rapid Adoption Rate For 4K UHD Means For Digital Signage

The marketplace, at least in the US and by extension Canada, is going 4K UHD at a rate far quicker than the advent years ago of HDTV. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced holiday season shipments of 4K UHD televisions in the United States are expected to reach 4.5 million units, bringing the total for the year up to 10 million units. That’s up 40% over 2015. […]

sixteen-nine.net
Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 2:18 PM

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4K UHD: Stalemate in Europe?

At last week’s meeting of the Forum for Advanced Media in Europe (FAME), one of the key objectives was to map out the future for the Ultra HD (UHD) roadmap, which has been ongoing. The current generation of 4K TVs (with the same colors and dynamic range as HD) are viewed by broadcasters as offering too little improvement over HD. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:36 AM

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CE labs Announces 4K 60Hz Digital Signage Players

CE labs/Cable Electronics, Inc. is introducing at InfoComm two new 4K 60Hz digital signage players to the Series 7 digital signage player line — the AP700-4k and the AP70-4k. These players are housed in a commercial-grade chassis, offer HDMI 2.0 and are capable of playing HEVC content using the new H.265 codec at enhanced bit rates. […]

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Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 6:16 PM

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Shuttle Computer Adds 4K to Digital Signage Players

Shuttle Computer has announced a new digital signage player, the DS81, which is able to play 4K content or support two 1080p displays simultaneously. […]

ravepubs.com
Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:12 AM

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Kramer Intros 1×4 HDMI Distribution Amplifier

Kramer Electronics’ new VM-4HN is a 1×4 HDMI distribution amplifier that relocks and equalizes the signal and is spec’d to distribute it to four identical outputs. […]

ravepubs.com
Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:08 AM

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Is Sony Reconsidering OLED?

Rumors have been flying today because of a story written by the Nikkei Asian Review claiming that Sony is getting out of OLED TVs to focus on 4K LCD TVs. On the other hand, we have seen reports that quote Sony as denying this development. […]

ravepubs.com
Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:11 PM

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VISIX Adds 4K Media Player for Digital Signage

VISIX has now added a new digital signage media player capable of supporting 4K content (3840×2160). The player is powered by an Intel Haswell processor and HD 5000 graphics. Measuring only 4.25×6.5×1.63″ in size, the 4K player from Visix is a compact form factor but has a built-in power supply (no wall wart). […]

ravepubs.com
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:30 AM

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Gefen Intros 30 Hz 4K Over Cat5 and Fiber Extenders at DSE

The new Gefen ELR (Extra Long Range) extender for HDMI over one CAT-5 with PoL (Power over Line) provides a point-to-point transmission of 4K and Ultra HD content with RS232 and bi-directional IR. PoL provides power to the receiver unit using the same single Cat5 cable, thus there is no need for an external power supply at the receiver side. […]

ravepubs.com
Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:18 PM

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New TV One 4K HDMI Distribution Amplifier Series to Be Demonstrated at ISE

At ISE, TV One will demo its new series of HDMI 4K UHD Distribution Amplifiers, which consists of three professional units that distribute up to eight HDMI signals. The 1T-DA-670 series includes the 1T-DA-672, which provides dual, independent outputs from a single HDMI input and the 1T-DA-674 and 1T-DA-678, which provide either four or eight independent outputs. […]

ravepubs.com
Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:02 PM

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OLED and Plasma Commitments at CES for LGE, Samsung Focuses on UHD and Curved

Along with my colleagues, I attended the LGE US press conference this morning to kick off our coverage of CES 2014. LGE has held the opening press conference at CES on Press Day for a number of years now, and the press corps was in full attendance. Other key unveilings were made by Samsung and Vizio. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:19 AM

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