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MicroLEDs at the ADS – Part 1 – Overview

by Matthew Brennesholtz

MicroLEDs were a very popular topic at the QLED & Advanced Display Summit (ADS), with eight talks taking up most of the second day of the conference. One reason the topic was popular at …

HDR Cinema at the ADS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The first speaker on the HDR Cinema topic was Christopher Buchanan of Samsung Electronics America titled The (LED) Future Starts Today. His talk was mostly a pep talk about LED Cinema especially, of course, …

Tags:Cinema| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| QLED & Advanced Displays Summit 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Display & Mastering Tools at the ADS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

There were also four speakers in the Display & Mastering Tools section of the Advanced Display Summit. Mostly, the speakers discussed the tools their companies can provide to the production and post-production industry in …

Quantum Dots at the ADS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

There were four papers at the Advanced Display Summit specifically on Quantum Dots (QDs). Since these papers covered relatively familiar ground, I will discuss them only briefly. Several of the papers referred to QD …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QLED & Advanced Displays Summit 2018| Quantum Dots| Vol 25 - Issue 26

8K/UHD-2 at the ADS

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Chris Chinnock opened the ADS with his talk titled Addressing the Challenges of Selling 8K. This talk mostly addressed issues associated with UHD-2 TV, not 8K cinema systems. The transition from Standard Definition (SD) …

The Advanced Display Summit 2018

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Insight Media and Samsung hosted the QLED and Advanced Display Summit (ADS) in West Hollywood on June 27 and 28. The agenda included Quantum Dots (QDs), 8K, Display and Mastering Tools, High Dynamic Range …

6-8Mbps Optimal for Large TV Viewing

by Bob Raikes

Several months ago, Eurofins Digital Testing said that it would work with Akamai to look at OTT quality of experience. Now, Akamai has said that based on the research, it believes that for good …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 27

Samsung Outdoor LED Signage Installed at Mall in South America

by Andrew Fenn

The Plaza Norte shopping mall in Lima, Peru is now home to LED signage from Samsung. The company’s engineers decided that the ideal LED screen product for the mall would be its XA160F outdoor …

Xiaomi Rolls Out Mi Box Oreo Update — New Model On the Way?

by Andrew Fenn

Rumours have surfaced regarding an updated version of Xiaomi’s Android-based Mi Box media player, following the roll-out of Android Oreo to its current iteration. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US has apparently …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 26| Xiaomi

Portugal DTT Frequency Change to Finish by June 2020

by Andrew Fenn

Portugal’s National Communications Authority has said that the country’s DTT frequency change — taking place all over Europe over the next two years, to free up the currently occupied 700MHz frequency band for 5G …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Portugal| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 25 - Issue 26

New Technology for Ultra-smooth Polymer Films from Fraunhofer

by Bob Raikes

The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP from Germany has said that as part of the EU-funded ‘OptiPerm’ project that it has developed a new technology for creating ultra-smooth …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 26

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Set for August 9th

by Bob Raikes

Once again, Samsung plans to anticipate IFA and will launch its ‘next smartphone’, expected to be the Note 9, on August 9th and will make the event available via live streaming. Live streaming of …

Tags:Events| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 26