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TCL CSOT Shows New 8K Panels and Technology

by Chris Chinnock

TCL CSOT, the world’s second-largest display panel maker, used the 2021 World UHD video industrial conference to unveil a number of new display solutions including two 8K panels and new backplane technology. The event …

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

LaSAR Alliance Formed to Advance Laser Scanning

by Chris Chinnock

A new industry organization has been formed called the LaSAR Alliance with the aim of bringing together a community around laser scanning technology and applications in the AR market. According the press release describing …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Laser

Better Distribution Methods Needed to Support Large ProAV Canvases

by Chris Chinnock

LED-based video walls are getting bigger and bigger and pixel pitches continue to shrink.That means these large canvases can have a lot more pixels. 30M, 50M even 100M pixels are not uncommon. The problem …

Tags:Editor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Video over IP (VIP)| Video Walls

TCL Offers Cool Display Innovations at CES 2021

by Chris Chinnock

CES always introduces interesting new display innovation and technology from big and small companies alike. TCL and it’s display subsidiary, CSOT, have both emerged as one of the more interesting innovators in the last …

Tags:Flexible Displays| MiniLED| tablets| TCL| Transflective Displays

EyeWay Looks to Solve AR Challenges

by Chris Chinnock

Creating an AR solution that meets the many requirements for performance, ergonomics and cost has been a major challenge for all in the field – let alone finding killer applications that can drive large …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Foveated Rendering| Laser

A Different Kind of Light Field Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Wooptix is a Spanish start-up company with a funny name, but a very interesting product They are developing a light field camera that does not use a microlens or an array of cameras Instead, …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Light Field Cameras| Light Field Displays

Light Field Streaming Milestone Reached

by Chris Chinnock

Cable operator Charter Communications and host of partners used the recent SCTE*ISBE Cable-Tec Expo to showcase a light field capture-transmission-display demonstration. This is the first time such an end-to-end demonstration has been attempted and …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Light Field Displays| Networks| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

VitreaLab Developing Laser Backlight

by Chris Chinnock

One of the presentations from the recent SID DisplayWeek virtual event was from Vienna-based VitreaLab. They described a new RGB laser light engine that can be used as a backlight for conventional LCD displays …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Laser| Laser TVs| LCD Backlights| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

9K x 7K Camera Debuts for High End Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Resolution on cameras keeps creeping up to enable sharper and sharper images on big screens. But in the IMax and domed-theater market, screens do not conform to the 16:9 or so ratio of most …

Tags:Cameras| Resolution| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

UHD Tracker Service Reveals Interesting Trends

by Chris Chinnock

The Ultra HD Forum has spent several years developing a UHD tracking service that they recently discussed in a wide-ranging webinar and panel discussion produced by the DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) organization. The database …

Tags:UltraHD (4KTV)

Changhong is All In on 8K

by Chris Chinnock

Chinese TV maker Changhong had a special launch event last month in China where it disclosed its plans to launch 5 series of 8K TVs. These models will launch first in China, but Changhong …

Tags:Changhong| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Is it Time to Standardize Metadata in the Broadcast Environment?

by Chris Chinnock

The addition of metadata in the capturing, production and distribution of file-based content has been a thing for years that has aided in reducing errors and production time while maintaining creative intent to the …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| sony| UltraHD (4KTV)