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The "Content" show for broadcasters is coming again in September. There are two attractions you'll want to see IBC 2010:

This year, on Monday 13 September at 18:30, there will be a complete screening of Avatar (Special Edition) courtesy of 20th Century Fox International and by permission of Lightstorm Entertainment.

This new special edition contains an additional eight minutes of content over the original film and will be screened using the Real D stereoscopic 3D system. Admission is free.

Also take a look at NHKSuper Hi-Vision, promoted as What's Next After Hi Def, with its astonishing 7680 x 4320 resolution – more than 16x that of high definition – and 22.2 audio channels.

Developed by Japan's NHK, it now enjoys full-resolution cameras, featuring three image sensors of 33 million pixels each. One of these will be set up permanently in the centre of Amsterdam, sending live pictures back over fibre to IBC. Staff from NHK and business partners will talk about the practical implementation for museums and galleries, screens for major events, and– eventually– broadcast to the home.

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Rumours of its death are greatly exaggerated as plasma sets an all-time sales high: led by the price gap between PDP and LCD panel, Q2 shipments of PDP module shipments recorded 5M units and an increase of 27% M/M or 53% Y/Y.

And if circumstances continue, the PDP module shipments for year 2010 can reach 19.00M units, largely exceed the 16.20M units originally forecasted in early 2010.

In shipment by size, 50"class PDP module shipments exceeded 2M units with the expanded share penetration of large-sized PDP module. For the 42" class, the share is recorded at 56%.

Looking at the shipments by maker, Panasonic, a company that had shown decreased shipments in the previous first-quarter (the quarter for yearly account due to inventory organization and transition to new product) showed shipments exceeding 2M units in Q2 2010 to recover its market share of 40% level.

Samsung SDI shipped its record high 1.62M units shipments and LG Electronics shipped 1.15M units.

COC is showing relatively lower shipments compared to others but the shipment is expected to continuously grow with the company's new 42" model launch in Q2 2010.

The Korea-based makers are currently running at maximum production capacity. Their PDP module shipments for 2H 2010 is expected to remain at the level of slight increase. If Panasonic increases its operating ratio actively then, the market share is expected to largely increase.

Jusy Hong, senior analyst in Display research group at Displaybank notes "the current booming of PDP module business can be reasoned from continuous demand increase for PDP TV as well as lower price compared to LCD. While LCD panel price is lowered in its price declining gap depending on the supply/demand situation, PDP is widening its price gap as the price continuously has decreased."

Hong adds "while LCD TV panel price declining trend is expected continue until next month and either slightly increase or maintain from September, PDP module price is expected to go down during the 2H of 2010."

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Samsung releases its 50 and 30 series LED monitors.

The 50 and 30 series LED monitors highlight Samsung’s commitment to putting the PlanetFirst™.

LED-backlit displays contain few or no environmentally hazardous substances, such as mercury or lead, and use about 40% less energy. Samsung’s Touch of Colour (ToC) technology doesn’t use paints, sprays or glues, ensuring they contain no Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), making recycling simpler and safer.

Samsung’s Magic Eco feature allows users to adjust a monitor’s brightness based on different energy consumption levels with four preset energy-saving options.

Both the 50 and 30 series introduce new, sleek designs and support Samsung’s proprietary Magic Angle feature to reduce eye strain (ensures that images are centred when viewed from any angle).

Also unique to the 50 series is a new feature: When users are working with two monitors, Magic Return automatically moves content from a screen that is abruptly turned off to the screen that is still on (enabling content to be accessed even if one of the monitors gets disconnected, or shuts off).

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At InfoComm, Viewsonic brought out a new MultiView video wall software solution. In addition to displaying large screen HD video across multiple displays, users can display individual HD content on up to 9 displays using a single video.

A typical MultiView solution consists of ViewSonic's large-screen LCD commercial displays, a mounting kit from Premier Mounts, ViewSonic's MultiView video wall software to configure and manage the video wall and a PC solution.

Michael Holstein, VP business development, says "Typical video wall set-ups can run companies tens of thousands of dollars. By eliminating video splitters and the need to connect monitors to multiple sources, ViewSonic is able to offer this highly cost-effective solution."

ViewSonic's MultiView video wall software, powered by Germany’s friendlyway, offers multi-dimensional configurations via a single video source. Any standard PC with a high-performance graphics card and Windows 7 can be used to design, develop, and control the video wall (whether it's a 1-dimentional, 1x5 video wall such as a quick service restaurant menu board, or 2-dimentional video wall with up to 5x5 displays).

ViewSonic's models featuring the internal video wall capability include the 52" CD5230, 42" CD4230, CD4232 (Full HD) and 42" CD4230T touch compatible commercial displays. Each display features an elegant slim bezel, commercial metal housing and VESA mounting. Also featured in the bundle is a Premier Mounts pedestal mounting solution.

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