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The technology behind Atlanta’s Illuminarium

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We’ve reported a couple of times on the Illuminarium and its partnership with Panasonic. The venue uses around 50 Panasonic projectors for ‘a combined projection of more than 3 billion pixels’. …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Panasonic

QLED/OLED TV shipments projected to break records this year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TrendForce put out its view of the high end TV market, where brands will focus, and away from the small/medium set market because of supply side and profitability issues. QLED sets …

Tags:Market Data| MiniLED| OLED TVs| Quantum Dots

Links Week Ending 2nd 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 second part of this week. Loewe: New 4K OLED TVs with Loewe …

Tags:Cinema| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| MiniLED| Samsung| Smart TV| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)| Vestel

New TXP Series MicroLED Collaboration Displays from Leyard

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Leyard released details of its TXP Series ‘MicroLED’ and miniLED Displays. The displays are intended for interactivity and are monolithic LED displays from 108″ to 162″ with pitches from 0.6mm to …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Leyard| MiniLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Brits have a need for speed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The reliability of displays are, of course, taken for granted. Still it was good to see that in a survey of UK Google Searches on PC problems, displays didn’t feature at …

Tags:PCs

Apple to launch 2 OLED iPads in 2023

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec has reported that Apple is planning to launch two iPads using OLEDs in 2023, after introducing a single model, based on a 10.86″ panel from SDC in 2022. Next …

Tags:Apple| iPad| OLEDs| Samsung Display

CReal Demoes AR with its Light Fields

by Bob Raikes

What They Say CReal has published another ‘through the display’ example of its headset light field technology in an AR headset. The video highlights the way that the focus at different depths is ‘natural’ …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Light Field Displays| R&D (Research & Development)

ICDM Updates Exec Committee

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ICDM (International Committee on Display Measurement) has a new committee. Chair: Mike Wilson, WestarSecretary: John Penczek, Luminex TechnologiesEditor: Johan Bergquist, Den ConsultingAt Large Members: Richard Austin, Gamma Scientific Michael Becker, …

Tags:Standards| Testing

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LCD panel prices to rise at slower pace in July

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported data from Sigmaintell Consulting on its forecast for panel prices. It expects small/medium panels to remain flat. TV panels up to 55″ are likely to be flat at 32″ …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply

Omdia Increases LGD OLED TV Panel Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say OLED-Info reports data from Omdia that forecasts production of 8.3 million OLED TV panels in 2021, up 86% on last year’s 4.5 million units. That’s a slight increase in the firm’s …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| OLEDs