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Tianma, a joint Japanese-Chinese company, was at SID showing off a number of commercially-oriented display solutions. In automotive, the company showed a HUD display, for the first time, we believe. This is based upon a 1.8” LTPS panel with a resolution of WQVGA (480 x 240) with a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and 18-bit color. … Read more
One would think that the mixing of a white subpixel element in an RGBW LCD (or OLED) architecture might “pollute” the color gamut of the display leading to washed out color performance. However, we know that Samsung mobile OLED panels and LG signage panels (both with RGBW pixels) have excellent color performance. At SID, Taiwan … Read more
The current specification for the blue primary in the 2020 gamut is 467nm, but there is much industry discussion as to whether this is the best wavelength, given commercial considerations. The main concerns are the blue and green color filters used in LCD displays. When a quantum dot solution is employed to reach the gamut … Read more
One of the big issues with the 2020 color gamut is that the specification calls for primaries that are located on the spectral locus without any tolerances. That means to be technically compliant, you have to use three lasers at those wavelengths which would produce a very speckly image. At SID, 3M presented a paper … Read more
This SID paper sounded quite interesting as I thought it might address some of the industry discussion around the benefits of a curved display. Alas, I was a bit disappointed as the paper described tests done on a curved sheet of paper and not an electronic display. Nevertheless, it does add some additional knowledge to … Read more
First, let me confess that I did not hear every paper, attend every side conference or visit every booth at SID 2015 – far from it. As a result, I have to confine my impressions to the stuff I did see and hear – but that included some pretty interesting items. The kick-off keynotes were … Read more
LG Electronics will help gamers take their experience* to a new level with the new LG 4K ULTRA HD monitor (model 27MU67) which will be available for the first time in the United States later this month. The 27-inch class monitor (26.3-inches diagonally), which is specifically designed to provide a premium gaming experience, boasts a … Read more
Whether consumers enjoy battling it out in adventure video games or prefer to be on the edge-of-their-seats during intense sports video games, the need to be part of the action instead of on the sidelines is rapidly growing for homeowners. According to a December 2014 study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 47 percent of … Read more
BT will launch an UltraHD sports channel in the UK this August. A new YouView+ set-top box, with 1TB of storage, will also be launched at the same time, and will be supplied to those taking BT’s UltraHD channel.
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) saw sales fall 10.3% sequentially and 21% year on year to NT$3.7 billion ($118.8 million), bringing sales so far this year to NT$21.1 billion ($677.8 million), 12.6% lower than the same period of last year. CPT’s large panel shipments were 37.3% lower month on month and 61.2% YoY at 69,000 units. … Read more
Click to enlargeA VR underwater landscape, set in the Arabian Sea, and a projection of a Middle Eastern kitchen were created by LM Productions for the Milan Expo (1st May – 31st October). The installations, in the Oman and Qatar pavilions, use Optoma’s EH770 projectors, with short-throw lenses and Chameleon GB-200 blending and warping processors. … Read more
Several German companies have organised a joint initiative for the introduction of the DVB-T2 platform in the country. Public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, with commercial broadcasters RTL and ProSieben Sat.1, industry association VPRT and media authorities are part of the group. They have created a new logo to indicate which devices can receive -T2 signals. … Read more
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