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RGB is Not Enough for Virtual Production

by Bob Raikes

Last week, I went along to an event run by SMPTE UK and hosted by ETC that covered the interesting topic of virtual production using LEDs. I learned a lot! In a ‘small world’ …

Tags:Cameras| Colour Grading| LED| Lighting| Post Production| TV Production| Virtual Sets

More TV panels to be made at Gen 10 lines this year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Quoting data from Omdia, The Elec said that a lot of G8 display production (LCD & OLED) lines are being converted from TV panel production to IT and that as a …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| OLEDs

U.S. pay TV penetration to fall below 50% in 2026

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DigitalTVResearch forecast that traditional pay TV penetration in the US will slip below 50% of TV households in 2026 – down from 91% in 2010 and down from 60% in 2021. …

Tags:Pay TV| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| USA

Threat of a Strike at Samsung

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reports that Samsung may have a strike brewing after a break down between the firm and the four trade unions that it is negotiating with. One of the …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Samsung

LG Increases 48″ TV Pricing and Adds Evo Technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG in the UK has revealed pricing for the 48″ LG Evo C2 set (this year’s model) which will cost more than last year’s C1 (at $1,575 compared to $1,465 – …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Pricing| UK (United Kingdom)

Links Week Starting 7th February 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. G-Master Red Eagles GB3467WQSU and G4380UHSU-B1 have …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| DVD| Europe| | Financial Data| Game Playing| MiniLED| OLEDs| Philips| R&D (Research & Development)| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Video Processors| Virtual Reality

SDC Launches a New Platform for OLED Material Simulation

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ET Times reported that Samsung Display has established a new platform, called ‘Sync-OLED’) to allow its business partners to evaluate materials that might be usable in OLED displays. The service is …

Tags:Korea| OLED Materials| R&D (Research & Development)

Dell U3023E: Ergonomic WQXGA monitor with KVM switch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell has a new 30″ (29.7″) monitor, the U3023E with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 2560 x 1600 resolution (0.25mm pitch). The IPS-based unit has 100% sRGB and 95% of DCI-P3 …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| KVMs

 Microsoft’s AR hardware Plans Said to be ‘in Disarray’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Insider reported that Microsoft’s developments in mixed reality is a “mess, where confusion, rivalries, and canceled projects have roiled the company’s metaverse strategy”. The site said that in an interview …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Samsung

Smart TV Viewing Time Surges, Dongles Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported data from Conviva that showed that we have reached a tipping point in the use of streaming dongles. Global viewing using dongles declined by 2% in the year …

Tags:Android| Apple| Consoles| Market Data| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video

ARtillery Intelligence Gives its Latest AR Revenue Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chief Analyst Mike Boland of ARtillery Intelligence said in a video that the AR headset will rise from last year’s 250K units to just over 4 million in 2025 which is …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data