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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)

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)

Omdia Updates on Streaming and HbbTV

by Bob Raikes

HbbTV held its 9th Symposium and Awards event in Paris – a mixture of the live and virtual. We picked up on the live stream and were interested to hear what Paul Gray, Director …

Tags:Europe| Operating Systems| OTT Video| Smart TV| Streaming Video| TV Viewing

Sigmaintell Looks at Smartphone Panels in Q3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell has reported that smartphone panel shipments dropped 6.5% year on year to 475 million in Q3, although YTD volumes are up 7.9% to 1.425 billion. OLED has boomed based on …

Tags:China| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market

Absen presents new MicroLED displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Absen has had an autumn launch of new LED displays. The Clear Cobalt series is designed for pitches between 0.7mm and 1.2mm. The displays uses flip-chip technology and …