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Kopin to Participate in a Panel Discussion With Insight Media

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kopin will be taking part in a discussion on the topic “Is a 30K Nits OLED Microdisplay Possible?” to be run by Insight Media. The panel will include Chris Chinnock of …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Kopin| Microdisplays| OLEDs

Huawei Mate 40 Pro Spec is Leaked

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The details of the new Huawei Mate 40 series have been leaked with the P40 Pro reported to be using a 2772 x 1344 ‘waterfall’ display and an in-display fingerprint sensor. …

Tags:Huawei| Smartphones| TSMC

Apple releases iOS 14.1 with support for iPhone 12, 10-bit HDR, and bug fixes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld reported that Apple has released iOS 14.1 for the iPhone 12 and added support for 10 bit HDR playback to devices from the iPhone 8 onwards. Those with an iPhone …

Tags:Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| iPhone| Operating Systems

France confronts ‘planned obsolescence’ with repairability rating

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Sunday Times reports that the French government is introducing a ‘repairability rating’ for smartphones, televisions, laptop computers, front-loading washing machines and lawn mowers from 1st January. A rating from 1 …

Tags:France| Repair

Barco Numbers Show AV Market Impact of Covid

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Barco posted its Q3 results and said that orders although up 8.7% from Q2, were down nearly 43% on last year to €157.6 million. Invoiced sales were also down 37% from …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data

The largest indoor LED projects in the world

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis is trying to find out the largest indoor LED installations in the world. It comments on an LG LED cube in Terminal B Moscow Sheremetyevo, which at 670m² (4mm pitch) …

Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

A look at Epic’s Unreal Engine 5

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Unreal engine 5 – click for higher resolutionDr Jon Peddie explains the capabilities of the latest version of the Unreal Engine that will be supported in the upcoming PlayStation 5 (and …

Tags:3D software| Consoles| Graphics Software| UltraHD

Ultra HD Forum Tracks over 190 UHD services

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UltraHD Forum, on the release of its Version 2.4 Guidelines, said that it has now identified 190 channels and services worldwide that are offering UltraHD content. The latest version includes …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| UltraHD

HP Spectre x360 15 (2020) review: beauty at the expense of battery life

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Laptop magazine reviewed the HP Spectre x360 15 and found that the 15.6″ AMOLED UltraHD display was good enough to ‘take your breath away’. There are five display modes: Default, sRGB …

Tags:HP Inc| Notebooks| OLEDs

Researchers address the blue light issue of perovskite-based LEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers from Korea have developed a new Perovskite-based LED device that can emit blue light and that is claimed to be three times more efficient than previous devices, although at 10% …

Tags:Korea| PeLED (Perovskite LED)| R&D (Research & Development)

Comment on Today’s DD – The OLED Cost Curve looks Flat after 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although LG will eventually (when yields are better) reduce the price of its WOLED fab in Guangzhou below that in Korea, the firm will still see competition from miniLED + QD …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| OLED TVs| Pricing

TV Sales Down in China during National Day shopping

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported data from All View Cloud, a Chinese analyst firm, that TV sales around China’s National Day were down 8.3% to 2.684 million. Online sales also declined for the first …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)