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VESA Brings Clarity to Motion Blur in Digital Displays with New Compliance Test Specification and Logo Program

August 22, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) introduced the ClearMR Compliance Test Specification (ClearMR), an industry standard and logo program that provides a new quality metric for grading motion blur in digital displays. ClearMR is applicable to both LCD and emissive display products, including display panels, TVs, monitors, and computers with embedded displays, such as all-in-ones, … Read more

VESA Brings Clarity to Motion Blur in Digital Displays with New Compliance Test Specification and Logo Program

August 22, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say VESA has a new set of logos to certify what it is calling ClearMR (Clear Motion Ratio) which is intended to give buyers of displays a better sense of the likely look of blurring on displays with fast motion. ClearMR is intended to replace MPRT as a way of characterising motion blur. … Read more

TCL Result Sees GP Margin Rise

August 22, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL put out its interim result for the first half of 2022 to the end of June. The company saw revenues of $4.29 billion (down 3.5%) with a gross margin up by 1.3 points to 17.2%. The net profit was up 4.9% to $32.7 million. The firm said that although the overall … Read more

Xiaomi Result Shows Smartphone Sales Down

August 22, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi saw a 20% drop in revenue in Q2, year on year, below the predictions of analysts. Volume of handsets was down 22%, and revenues down 29%, further than the market drop and net income fell to $204 million (83% down). Bloomberg reported that Xiaomi has ceded ground to local rival brands … Read more

Links Week Starting 22nd August 2022

August 22, 2022 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 first part of this week. Hat tip to Jon Peddie for this way out way of receiving video via radio transmissions (live ‘video atoms’) Intel Details 3D Chip Packaging Tech for Meteor Lake, … Read more

Dolby Vision Precision Detail Now on LG Sets

December 21, 2022August 22, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG’s 2022 OLED and miniLED TVs that use the Alpha 9 Gen 5 silicon processor have been upgraded to add support for ‘Dolby Vision Precision Detail’. This is a switchable feature that works in combination with the Dolby Vision IQ technology which exploits ambient light sensors to optimise performance. The feature is … Read more

Foldable OLED Smartphones: On a Growth Path

August 22, 2022 by Sweta Dash

In the year 2022, foldable smartphone shipments are expected to follow a growth path, while the total global smartphone market is expected to decline. The total market is impacted by inflation, continued geopolitical risks and supply chain constraints. New product introductions, innovative designs, increased reliability, better features, higher performances and competitive pricing are helping to … Read more

AOC’s Chic V5 Series Now Expanded with Webcam-Equipped USB-C Monitors

August 22, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Display specialist AOC announces three new multi-functional monitors from its V5 series aimed at home office users and students just in time before the next term. The triple addition in three sizes (24?/60.4 cm 24V5CW, 27?/68.6 cm Q27V5CW and the 34?/86.4 cm ultrawide CU34V5CW) features 2 MP built-in webcams with Windows Hello support for easy … Read more

Sigmaintell Looks at Folding Smartphones

August 22, 2022 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Sigmaintell Research of China said that it expects the global shipments of ‘small’ folding smartphones to be 9 million with YoY growth of around 138% and with higher growth than larger models. The firm expects sales of folding sets to be around 14.3 million for the year, up 98%, In the first … Read more

Will Headworn AR Revenues Exceed $35 Billion by 2026?

December 21, 2022August 19, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A couple of weeks ago, ARtillery Intelligence released a new forecast that puts the value of the AR market at $35 billion by 2026 from $1.8 billion last year, after a doubling to $3.78 billion this year. Key events that the firm highlights are: A ‘meaningful’ turnaround for Magic Leap which has … Read more

Cineworld on the Brink?

August 19, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Just as we went to press, the BBC reported that CineWorld had seen its shares plunge 60% after a report in the WSJ said that the firm was preparing for bankruptcy. The company made no comment on the report. The problems of the group after Covid have been compounded by the ‘limited’ … Read more

Micledi and Qustom Dot Plan Collaboration

December 21, 2022August 19, 2022 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Micledi Microdisplays and QustomDot have announced a collaboration to make microdisplay exploiting the QustomDot QDs for colour conversion and based on Micledi’s 300mm wafer processing. (Micledi Collaborating with GlobalFoundries.) The latest architecture is said to have been optimized for high-aperture (>60% aperture at a 3µm pixel pitch) which is a key requisite … Read more