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FCC Approves STB Proposal

The USA’s Federal Communications Commission has published a proposal (FCC Wants to Open STB Market) that it says would break down ...

In-Car Infotainment Shifts to APAC

The Volvo XC90 has its own infotainment system, complemented with third-party productsThanks to a rapid expansion of connected navigation systems and ...

Informitv Confirms Perseus as Visually Lossless

Informitv has conducted an independent test of V-Nova’s Perseus codec. The results confirm that Perseus can be used for visually lossless ...

Recon Instruments Starts Shipping Jet Eyewear and Aims at Corporate Markets

Recon Instruments has been making near to eye displays for quite some time and while the first version was developed for ...

Sony Brings Digital to Denmark

A new gallery in the town of Østervrå, in Denmark, is using Sony’s Bravia professional displays to showcase the work of ...

Chinese SVoD Market Driven by the Young

According to Futuresource, the uptake of SVoD in China is being driven by the young consumers, with some 66% of SVoD ...

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Nanosys Wants 25% of the QD Market (IC2)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys, a competitor to QDVision. Nanosys was founded in 2001 and Hartlove said that it has produced 4 tonnes (enough for more than 1 million TVs) …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

4DD’s Refocus on SLM Business

by Steve Sechrist

4thDD’s Spatial Light Modulator components including the 2048 x 1536 pixel QXGA-3DM SLM shown at SID Display Week 2015At this year’s SID Display Week we took time to talk with ForthDD’s CEO Greg Truman …

Tags:Kopin| Large Display Monitor| LCOS| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Beam 6 2015

Visit AWE 2015 Conference via Robot – AWEsome!

by Norbert Hildebrand

This week the AWE 2015 conference in Santa Clara was the playground for all things AR/VR, wearable and IoT. The conference and exhibition is growing, drawing more and more attendance and mirroring the general …

Tags:AR Glasses| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Telepresence| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Special Wearables Address on Android Wear and Google’s Wish List (WF1)

by Phillip Wright

The opening presentation at the Wearable-Flexible Market Focus Conference organized by IHS at the 2015 SID Display Week was delivered by Sidney Chang, Head of Business Development for Android Wear at Google. Chang opened …

Tags:Android| Android Wear| Flexible Displays| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Smartwatches| Transflective Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wearables

Laser Phosphor Projector Makers Sell at their Own Risk

by Chris Chinnock

The Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA) was represented by Greg Niven at SID, where he provided an update on regulatory action regarding laser-based displays. While the organization has had success in Europe (IEC) and …

Tags:Health and Safety| Laser Projectors| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 24

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3D in IZone at Display Week 2015

by Steve Sechrist

At Display Week 2015, in the prototype IZone booth, 3D display was alive and well. One such autostereoscopic (no glasses) technology came from a Shenzhen, China company, SuperD 3D technology, with its 3D mobile …

Tags:3D Content| 3D Content Creation| 3D display| 3D software| Autostereo 3D| Digital Signage| DOOH| Gesture Recognition| Holographic Displays| Holography| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Stereo 3D| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Ubiquitous Energy is Display Week IZone Prototype Winner

by Steve Sechrist

Winner of this year’s Best I-Zone Prototype at Display Week 2015 award was Ubiquitous Energy, an MIT start-up now based in Redwood City, CA that was showing a demo of “the world’s first truly …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Solar Panels| Steve Sechrist

ICDM Meets at SID: Mulls Next Steps

by Chris Chinnock

ICDM, or the International Committee on Display Metrology, met at SID to discuss updates to measurement procedures and to discuss other topics where metrology techniques are still in flux. One of these areas was …

Tags:3M (MMM)| Colour (Color)| Dolby| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Measurement| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Tianma Focuses on Commercial Display Applications

by Chris Chinnock

Tianma, a joint Japanese-Chinese company, was at SID showing off a number of commercially-oriented display solutions. In automotive, the company showed a HUD display, for the first time, we believe. This is based upon …

Tags:AMOLED| Automotive| Autostereo 3D| LCD displays| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2015| Smartphones| Tianma| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Do RGBW Pixel Architectures Compromise Color Performance?

by Chris Chinnock

One would think that the mixing of a white subpixel element in an RGBW LCD (or OLED) architecture might “pollute” the color gamut of the display leading to washed out color performance. However, we …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| RGBW| SID Display Week 2015| Sub-pixel Rendering| Vol 22 - Issue 24

Is the Rec. 2020 Blue Primary at the Right Wavelength?

by Chris Chinnock

The current specification for the blue primary in the 2020 gamut is 467nm, but there is much industry discussion as to whether this is the best wavelength, given commercial considerations. The main concerns are …

Tags:Colour Quality| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Rec 2020| SID Display Week 2015| Vol 22 - Issue 24| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)