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Mike Nesmith – A Technology Pioneer as Well

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Digital Cinema Society spotted an article by Mike Nesmith of the Monkees who died just before Christmas that was published in ‘Videography’ in 1990. The article is an intriguing forecast …

Tags:Forecasts| Virtual Reality

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LG Display Claims 30% Boost in OLEDs from Deuterium

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display put out a press release that said that it has improved its OLED technology which it is boosted in brightness by ‘up to 30%’ by using deuterium to improve …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials

HDR On-Set Monitoring: Considerations & Best Practices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Netflix has published a guide for its content partners on the advantages and considerations for HDR monitoring on-set, although such monitoring is not a requirement for the firm. The firm sees …

Tags:ACES| Colour Management & Processing| HDR - High Dynamic Range

LG 27″ OLED Comes into Stock

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have been tracking the availability (or lack thereof) of the LG 27″ 27EP950-B IJP OLED monitor by tracking B&H Photo in the US, which has an inventory tracking service. We …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs

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The Future of 3D display and the Emergence of Holographic TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A paper in Light:Advanced Manufacturing that looked at the development of different communication and display technologies based on their bit rates. The article highlights the challenges that need to be overcome …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| Stereo 3D| Stereopsis

Tasty TV: Japanese Professor Creates Flavourful Screen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that a Japanese academic has developed a system to use a transparent rollable film over a display to create a ‘lickable display’. The system uses 10 flavour canisters that …

Tags:Japan| R&D (Research & Development)

LG Made Some Wild Curved OLED Concepts for CES 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display will not be at CES next month (even if it goes ahead) but has shown some concepts for entertainment devices using curved OLEDs, one of which uses three 55″ …

Tags:Curved Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)

Reality Check Reports Execs Leaking from Magic Leap

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check newsletter reported that a ‘string of executives’ have left Magic Leap in the last few months, including a number that joined earlier in the year after the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Recruitment & Appointments

Echo Growth Slows – Displays Increase Engagement

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just before we broke for the holiday, Bloomberg reported that it had seen internal documents from Amazon that said that smart speakers are no longer in a growth phase and forecast …

Tags:Amazon| Forecasts| Market Data| Voice Input

China’s Luxshare builds iPhone mega-plant to challenge Foxconn

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Luxshare of China is building a ‘massive manufacturing complex’ in eastern China to break the hold of Pegatron and Foxconn have had on iPhone assembly. The factory will …

Tags:Apple| China| iPhone| ODMs & OEMs

Cord Cutting in 2021. Antennas Selling Well

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol newsletter posted an article that looked at developments in streaming this year and categorised 2021 as the ‘post-cable’ year. One of the interesting snippets was that the article said that …

Tags:Antennas| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Streaming Video| SVOD| TV Viewing| USA