Year: 2021

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BenQ 4LED Gaming Projector Arrives

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BenQ’s x1300i LED projector, aimed at gamers, is about to start shipping in Europe. The projector is a fullHD DLP unit with 3000 Ansi lumens of output and dynamic contrast. It …

Tags:BenQ| DLP Projectors| Game Playing| LED Projectors

Rokid Reveals Vision 2 AR Headset with Waveguide Optics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A Chinese start-up, Rokid, has a new AR headset, the Rokid Vision 2, which is designed as an add-on to smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, and tablets. The firm said that it …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Optics

Kopin’s 2.6K x 2.6K OLED Display Incorporated in Panasonic’s New VR Glasses

by Artem Alekseenko

Kopin Corporation, a leading developer and provider of high-performance microdisplays announced its Lightning® 2.6K x 2.6K (2560 x 2560 resolution) OLED (organic light emitting diode) display on chip (DoCTM) are incorporated in Panasonic’s VR …

Tags:3M (MMM)| CES 2021| Display Stream (DSC)| Kopin| Microdisplays| Mipi| OLEDs| Panasonic| Virtual Reality

ATSC 3.0 Makes it to CES 2021 – Virtually  

by Aldo Cugnini

As we know all too well, CES for 2021 was an online-only event, due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. So, in what may have been a boon to all those weary would-be travelers seeking …

Tags:ATSC| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD

2020 Changes US Retail Holiday Purchasing

by Bob Raikes

This year, the unique circumstances of 2020 meant a big change in holiday purchasing in the US market, according to US retail data specialist NPD. I listened to the NPD presentations, twice, as the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Market Data| NPD| Retail| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

SDC Says 90Hz OLED Matches 120Hz LCD for Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In a Korean language media release on its website, Samsung Display said that it plans to make 90Hz OLEDs in March. The firm this is the optimum to avoid issues of …

Tags:Notebooks| OLEDs| Samsung

Apple’s First Headset to Be Niche Precursor to Eventual AR Glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reports that Apple will have a two stage approach to the headset market, starting with a higher priced niche product that will act to help the company develop its platform …

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

US PTO Denies QNED Trademark to LG

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied an application by LG Electronics to register the the term QNED as a trademark. The USPTO said that QNED is an acronym …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| QNED

LG’s Boost to OLED Brightness

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display said that it will boost the efficiency and brightness of its OLEDs by 20% saying “Through newly developed and highly efficient materials as well as the addition of a …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials