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Samsung Announces a Self-repair Programme

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung US said that it is expanding the range of parts, repair tools and guides that will be available to consumers. The repair guides are being developed with the iFixit website. …

Tags:Apple| Repair| Right to Repair| Samsung| Smartphones

WayRay’s AR Car Display Shows Objects on Windscreen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say WayRay has released a video showing its ‘Deep Reality’ display technology showing information on an AR HUD including directional guidance shown as lines on the ground. It also highlights objects and …

Tags:Automotive| GPS| Head Up Displays HUDs

NIL Technology launches flat optics platform for ARVR glasses, headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Optics.org reported that a Danish optics firm, NIL Technology, is developing nanostructured flat optics for applications including AR/VR glasses and headsets. The firm told the site that its flat optics has …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Metasurfaces| Optics| Virtual Reality

HDTVTest Looks at new LG G2 OLED TV with EX Panel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HDTVTest had its first look at this year’s LG G2 OLED which features a heatsink to help dissipate heat and reduce image retention. Tester Vincent Teoh found that the technique worked …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)

LED Walls for Virtual Production With Gary Feather

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Broadcast Bridge reported a talk by Gary Feather at the HPA Tech Retreat in which he talked about the developments in virtual production made possible by the drop in LED …

Tags:Events| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Virtual Sets

Studio Display TearDown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit tore down the new Apple Studio Display and decided that inside it’s very like an iMac. The site identifies that the panel itself is exactly the same as the one …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Teardowns

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AR and VR are coming for the primary school crowd

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported that although Meta has said that its Quest 2 headset is for ages 13 and up (which gets around US regulations that apply to 12s and under), others …

Tags:Amazon| Augmented Reality

Research: NEXTGEN TV generating interest

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Research conducted by Magid, for Dolby Labs and the Pearl TV group found that a marketing campaign around ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV had generated a lot of interes. The research found …

Tags:ATSC| Market Data| USA

DCI Explains and Decides what HDR is in Cinemas

by Bob Raikes

In February, Sterling Silva of Paramount Pictures introduced an interesting webinar on what DCI, the organisation that coordinates digital content and systems in cinemas, thinks about what a true HDR experience is in theatres. …

Tags:Cinema| DCI Compliance| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Testing

Rare Samung-LG alliance imminent on OLED TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reports that there may have been some change in the discussions between Samsung and LG Display over the supply of OLEDs, with a deal becoming more likely after …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| Samsung| Samsung Display| WOLED (White OLED)

Samsung Talks Up its 2022 Neo QLED 8K TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung launched its Neo 8K QLED TVs with a webcast. Highlights were: The sets have Smart Home hub functions to allow them to be used for home control They have new …

Tags:Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

New Intel Arc GPUs support AV1 Hardware Encoding

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Intel announced its new Arc discrete GPU and Technology analyst and sometime Display Daily contributors, Bob O’Donnell and Dr Jon Peddie also reported on the GPU which is the first in …

Tags:AV1 Codec| Codecs| DisplayPort| Game Playing| GPUs| Intel| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Upscaling