2021 – Page 191 – Display Daily

VP9 Does Not Include Dynamic HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An interesting post on a French home cinema website, highlighted by Ultra HD 4K News, points out that the AV1 codec cannot supply dynamic HDR metadata, as the codec relies on …

Tags:AV1 Codec| Codecs| HDR - High Dynamic Range

LG Doing Well with 48″ OLED Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Chosun reports that high demand for TVs based on the panel have meant that LG plans to expand the production of 48″ OLEDs from 220KK in 2020 to one million …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

Sharp, TiVo Extend Deal in Japan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tivo announced that it has extended its deal with Sharp Corp in Japan to use Tivo’s G-Guide products, including G-Guide HTML, G-Guide xD and remote schedule recording service across compatible television …

Tags:Japan| sharp| Tivo

Will Conference Rooms Help or Hurt in the Return to Work?

by Bob O'Donnell

Pity the poor conference room. Often maligned in the past for being the source of enormous amounts of wasted time, they’re now expected to power new levels of productivity and collaboration in the forthcoming …

Tags:Covid-19| VideoConferencing

New Visual System Solution from Collins Aerospace Delivers a Whole New World of Training to Commercial Airline Pilots

by Artem Alekseenko

Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., unveiled a new simulation and training solution that provides an enhanced immersive experience for commercial airline pilot training. This system combines commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) 4K …

Tags:Projectors| Training| UltraHD (4KTV)

Oculus Quest 2 update will add 120Hz refresh rate, says Facebook insider

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechRadar reported that a VP of Facebook Reality Labs, Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, has suggested, by giving a ‘thumbs up’ to a question, that Facebook will upgrade its Quest 2 headset to …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality

Intelligent Cockpits Installed in 20% of All Cars Globally by 2025, as Partnerships Become Key to Monetisation

by Artem Alekseenko

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of vehicles with intelligent cockpits will reach 287 million by 2025; rising from 122 million in 2021. This represents a growth of …

Tags:Automotive| Forecasts

Renesas Factory Disturbed by Earthquake

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that an earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, over the weekend has caused some disruption to a factory in Naka, Ibaraki, belonging to Renesas after power supplies were interrupted. The site …

Tags:Japan

Top Phone Makers’ Foldable Smartphone Plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald said that ‘according to industry sources’, Samsung, Apple and Huawei are planning new foldable devices. The Mate X2 from Huawei is due to be launched at MWC Shanghai, …

Third-Generation Extension Board from Pervasive Displays Supports All iTC EPDs and Provides Extensive Free Software Library

by Artem Alekseenko

Pervasive Displays has introduced the EXT3 extension kit and evaluation board, with support for its entire range of iTC ultra-low power e-paper displays for industrial, commercial and retail applications, along with extensive software libraries …

Tags:ePaper| EPD (Electrophoretic)

BOE Will Add Technology to Boost LED Display Initiative

by Bob Raikes

A week ago, BOE held a webinar to talk about its work in using miniLED in direct view LED displays. I wasn’t able to attend, but I did catch up with the company afterwards. …

Tags:BOE| Market Data| MiniLED| Polysilicon LCD| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

LCD Shortages Leads to Surge in LCD Capex

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said that the high LCD pricing and strong performance by LCD makers has meant that capex planning has been strongly boosted and the firm has upgraded its forecast for equipment …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Production Equipment| Small Medium Panel Supply

Year: 2021