Year: 2021

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Event Invitation – Digital Dip XR: EU-Calls

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 3IT in Berlin, collaborating with partners, is running an event that will look particularly at funding for VR/AR/XR projects under the EU’s Horizon programme. After a general introduction to the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Events| R&D (Research & Development)| Virtual Reality

Links Week Commencing 29th November 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Mobile phone museum celebrates ugly and iconic …

Tags:BBC| Broadcast| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| France| OLEDs| Perovskite| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smart TV| Smartphones| sony| Streaming Video| TPV (TP Vision)| USB| Virtual Sets

Rtings chooses its Best TVs of 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Rtings.com published its ‘Best TVs 2021’ after testing more than 90 sets during the year. The winners were: LG C1 OLED Sony A90J Samsung QN90A QLED Hisense U8G (described as ‘hitting …

Tags:Awards| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)

Multicolor OLED Microdisplay with Minimum Power Consumption

by Artem Alekseenko

Within the project “Backplane”, funded by the Saxon State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport, scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP have succeeded in presenting …

Tags:Backplanes| Germany| Microdisplays| OLEDs

Samsung to buy more TV panels from LGD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung’s TV business is expected to buy more LCD TV panels from Taiwanese makers and LGD next year, according to a report in The Elec. The firm will try to minimise …

Tags:AUO| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Samsung| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)

J-Curved Displays at Data Modul

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Data Modul of Munich has some new ‘J-Shaped’ curved displays that are expected to be used in slot machines in the gaming market. “The J-Curved displays are currently …

Tags:Casinos| Curved Displays| LCD displays

DVB Project releases first specs for 8K UHD video delivery

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The DVB, which is the key technical body for European broadcasters and a significant player globally, has approved a new specification for 8K video delivered using the HEVC codec. Up to …

Tags:Broadcast| Codecs| DVB| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

AR Set to Grow Rapidly – PWC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Institute of Mechanical Engineers quoted a report from the PWC consultancy that forecasts that AR & VR could add $1.5 trillion to global GDP by 2030. The report can be …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Türk Telekom Trials 16K technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Broadband TV News reported that Turk Telecom has tested 16K TV signals using 25G PON technology from a single fibre with data transport speeds of 20 Gbps one-way and 29.1 Gbps …

Tags:Super Hi-Vision (8K)