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The Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA) was represented by Greg Niven at SID, where he provided an update on regulatory action regarding laser-based displays. While the organization has had success in Europe (IEC) and Japan on regulations regarding laser and laser-phosphor projectors, it has not been as successful in the US. That is putting the … Read more
At Display Week 2015, in the prototype IZone booth, 3D display was alive and well. One such autostereoscopic (no glasses) technology came from a Shenzhen, China company, SuperD 3D technology, with its 3D mobile display monitor. SuperD has a 3D accessory display called 3D Box, shown most recently at CES 2015. It’s an autostereoscopic 3D … Read more
Winner of this year’s Best I-Zone Prototype at Display Week 2015 award was Ubiquitous Energy, an MIT start-up now based in Redwood City, CA that was showing a demo of “the world’s first truly transparent solar technology” they dub “Invisible ClearView Power.” It’s a film (about a micrometer thin) that covers displays bringing augmented power … Read more
ICDM, or the International Committee on Display Metrology, met at SID to discuss updates to measurement procedures and to discuss other topics where metrology techniques are still in flux. One of these areas was contrast measurement. There are two traditional measurements: full on/off white/black screen and a checkerboard pattern. However, neither represents an optimal way … Read more
Ricoh today continued pushing the boundaries of information mobility with a new big-screen interactive whiteboard enabling collaboration with more than 160 onsite and remote participants at once. The new RICOH Interactive Whiteboard D5510 – being demoed at InfoComm 2015 now through June 19 in Orlando, Florida, at Ricoh’s Booth #4043 – is ideal for a … Read more
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
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