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The Electrowetting Windmill Keeps on Turning – bringing Etulipa from Eindhoven

by Bob Raikes

(Etulipa from Amsterdam would have been a better title, but to be accurate the song probably should have been Tulips from Keukenhof and that doesn’t scan!) I have been following the technology of electrowetting …

Tags:Amazon| Daktronics| Electrowetting| Netherlands| Outdoor Displays| R&D (Research & Development)| Reflective Display| Samsung

China’s BOE Set to Supply Display Panels for iPhone 14

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reports that BOE has been certified by Apple as a supplier of displays for the iPhone 14, quoting “several people familiar with the matter”. The report said that BOE will …

Tags:Apple| BOE| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Samsung| Small Medium Panel Supply| Supply Chain

Kopin Shows Flagship OLED VR Display & Pancake Optics, Its Best Yet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reported on a recent demo by Kopin of its latest OLED display at AWE 2022 and also highlighted the pancake optics that the firm has been developing. Kopin’s P95 pancake …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Kopin| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| Optics| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 11th July 2022

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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:3D Content Creation| Application Processors| Asus| Broadcast Monitors| Desktop Monitors| DisplayPort| KVMs| Philips| Pro AV| Semiconductor Market| Smart TV| sony| TSMC| TVs (TV Sets)| ViewSonic

Rtings Looks at Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hardware testing site, Rtings.com has had a busy time looking at monitors and published its guide to gaming monitors as well as subsets of the best UltraHD, 240Hz and curved gaming …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Curved Displays| Dell| Desktop Monitors| eSports| Game Playing| QD OLEDs| Samsung| Testing| UltraHD & 4K| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Maciejewski Touts TCL’s TV Tech in Twenty Two

by Bob Raikes

Marek Maciejewski of TCL has started a YouTube channel and uploaded an interesting 45 minute video on developments in the TCL TV business this year. There’s a lot in it but a couple of …

Tags:CSOT| Display Calibration| MiniLED| Perovskite| Phosphors| Quantum Dots| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

AVS3 added to DVB’s codec toolkit – EU Looks at AOM (AV1)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DVB has added the Chinese AVS3 codec to its core specifications. The codec is said to be optimised for 8K and the DVB-AVC includes 8K conformance points as well as HFR …

Tags:AV1 Codec| Codecs| DVB| Monopolies (Anti Trust)