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Looking Glass Updates its Hardware

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auto-stereoscopic display provider Looking Glass Factory has new 15.6″ UltraHD and 32″ 8K ‘light field’ displays (also described as ‘holographic’) and with the suffix Gen2. Both displays are said to provide …

Tags:Autostereo 3D

Redbox Looking to Move more to Streaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DVD & Blu-ray kiosk operator, Redbox is looking for its investors to support a plan to transform is current user base of 40 million to using online streaming. The firm’s revenues …

Tags:DVD| Streaming Video| USA

Samsung Display may make LTPS TFT for Micro LED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung is looking at supplying LTPS TFT modules for its direct LED-based TVs. Up to now, the paper reported, the firm has used PCBs for displays above …

Tags:LTPS TFT| MicroLED| Samsung Display| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

US TV Price Inflation Hits Record High

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported a little while ago how DSCC had looked at the US CPI for TV (Greatest Hits of the 70s). Now the firm has published another blog article highlighting the …

Tags:Pricing| TV Set Market| USA

DSCC Updates on Advanced Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its weekly release of market information, DSCC has shared some details from its latest Advanced Smartphone Features Report. 90Hz and higher panels are taking significant unit share in 2021, with …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| LTPO TFT| Market Data| Smartphone Market

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FSI Boosts HDR Grading to 5,000 Nits

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mastering and reference monitor specialist, Flanders Scientific, has a new XM312U UltraHD monitor that has a peak brightness of 5,000 cd/m². Bram Desmet, CEO of Flanders Scientific said that some projects …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Colour Grading| HDR - High Dynamic Range

Links Week Commencing 19th July 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. This Adidas liquid billboard is straight out …

Tags:Android| Augmented Reality| Digital Signage| Gaze Recognition| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| OTT Video| Outdoor Displays| TVs (TV Sets)

Absen Prevails in LED Patent Case

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Absen’s lawyers posted a detailed article about the defeat of a patent dispute brought by Ultravision against Absen. The firm said that all of the claims were defeated and that Ultravision …

Tags:Absen| Litigation| Patents| USA

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Barco Rejigs its Top Management

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We don’t often report personnel changes, but we noted that Barco’s CEO of the last five years, Jan de Witte, has resigned and that he will be replaced by co-CEOs Charles …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data| Recruitment & Appointments

Large OLED panels to likely face shortage in 2024

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Korean OLED analyst specialist, UBI Research, quoted in The Elec, has forecast that there will be a shortage of supply of large OLED panels for TVs by 2024. Demand will increase …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Supply Chain

LG Near to Shipping LG 32EP950

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I registered interest in the LG 31.5″ OLED monitor with BH Photo in the US and it has been sending me regular updates confirming that it was not yet available – …

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