JOLED Close to the Edge?
by Bob Raikes
What They Say A report in the Chosun Biz paper in Korea said that JOLED of Japan is on the verge of bankruptcy because of low yields on its core inkjet OLED panels which …
110″ Foldable LED Display Available for Rental
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Invidis reported that a German ProAV rental company, Bildkraft, has a foldable 110″ LED display made by Expromo in Denmark and exclusively available through Bikdkraft. It was previously available for sale …
Tags:Foldable Devices| LED| Meeting Rooms| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP
Sony VPL-XW5000ES review
by Bob Raikes
What They Say What Hi-Fi looked at the Sony VPL-XW5000ES which it categorises as “the cheapest truly native 4K laser projector the home cinema world has ever seen” (£5999 / $5998). The unit use …
Tags:Laser Phosphor Projectors| LCOS| sony| Testing
DR and TV2 team-up with Rohde & Schwarz and Qualcomm for live 5G Broadcast distribution
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Rohde & Schwarz collaborated with Danish broadcasters DR & TV2 to demonstrate live 5G Broadcast of the Tour de France when it spent its first three days in Denmark. The content …
Tags:5G| Broadcast| Sports and Stadiums
Guangli Brings Smart Swimming Googles V2
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Guangli has developed a second generation of AR swimming goggles. the Holoswim2, that feature a ‘holographic’ (so, of course, it’s not!) OLED display of 128 x 64 resolution. The goggles are …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Sports and Stadiums
SES Under Pressure
by Bob Raikes
What They Say SES, the bellwether for the satellite broadcast industry, reported its financials and noted that the video division was down 7% YoY although revenue from its HD+ service and Sports and Event …
Tags:Financial Data| Satellite
Spain bans retail digital signage after 10pm to save energy
by Bob Raikes
What They Say AVInteractive reports that the Spanish government has banned retail digital signage after 10.00pm to save energy. This, of course, is driven by the plan to reduce gas consumption after the Russian …
Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Environment| Retail| Spain
SDC Publishes Paper on NanoRod LEDs
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Nature has published an article from Samsung Display describing blue InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well (MQW) nanoRod LEDs (nLEDs) that have high EQE (20.2±0.6%). The group studied the interaction between the GaN …
Tags:LED| QNED| Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung
NuEyes and Samsung Partner for AR Glasses
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Samsung Electronics America has done a deal with NuEyes Technologies to deliver healthcare solutions using Samsung smartphones and smartglasses from NuEyes NuEyes Technologies PRO Series Augmented Reality smartglasses are lightweight glasses …
Tags:Medical| Samsung| Virtual Reality
A Deeper Dive into the Hidden Display in ShyTech
by Bob Raikes
Earlier this year, top tier automotive supplier Continental announced a new technology that it called ‘Shytech’ – the idea being that the display in a dashboard disappears behind a ‘natural’ (wood, leather etc) surface …
Tags:AUO| Automotive| Privacy| SID Display Week 2022
Real-time VVC/H.266 UHD Encoder Announced by Spin Digital
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Spin Digital said that it has a new real time encoder for 4K and 8K streaming for the VVC/H.266 codec. The VVC codec is able to compress to lower bitrates than …
Tags:Broadcast| Codecs| Intel| Streaming Video
Games Market to Decline in 2022
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Highlighting a research report from Ampere Analysis, Protocol Entertainment dug into the tough coming year for the games business, especially console makers Microsoft and Sony. What We Think As I have …
Tags:Consoles| Forecasts| | Market Data
