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Links Week Starting 25th April 2022

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. Pete takes an amusing dig at those that make portrait mode video – it’s worth the 75 seconds! ‘Data’ from Parks Associates about SmartTV was widely reported this … Read more

Harmonic Boosts Streaming Video Experiences with HDR10+

Harmonic announced that it has added support for HDR10+ technology to its VOS®360 cloud streaming platform and XOS software-based advanced media processing solution, enabling richer video experiences with punchier, more dynamic images. “Harmonic has always fostered innovations that fuel exceptional-quality viewing experiences,” said Shahar Bar, senior vice president, video products and corporate development, at Harmonic. … Read more

Innolux to showcase innovative display solutions at Touch Taiwan 2022

What They Say Innolux put out a press release that explained what the firm was planning to show at Touch Taiwan, but Digitimes added an item or two to that. Innolux said it would show: A ‘large size floating image displays’ A 2.08″ lightweight flagship VR with high contrast and high refresh and 2,016ppi to … Read more

Ennnostar Subsidiaries to Showcase LED Products at Touch Taiwan 2022

What They Say Digitimes said that Ennostar’s subsidiaries, Epistar, Lextar Electronics, Unikorn Semiconductor, Yenrich Technology and ProLight, will showcase LED products at Touch Taiwan 2022. Highlights will be: Epistar: COB (chip on board) and POB (package on board) miniLED backlighting for LCD TVs, automotive displays, monitors and notebooks as well as microLED chip-on-wafer technology and … Read more

Royole Still in Trouble

What They Say A report in the Chinese media suggests that flexible OLED developer Royole remains close to failing. (Flexible-screen Maker Royole Delays Employee Salaries) One of the directors has posted a blog that highlighted that it may not have enough funds and asked that government ‘at all levels’ actively helps the firm which, the … Read more

Holobricks: An Approach to Producing Large Holographic Displays

Daping Chu, within the Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK), is leading a team that includes collaborators from Disney Research (Glendale, CA) in the development of a new method to produce large holographic displays. The approach used by the team is based on stacking so-called Holobrick devices. Two … Read more

TiVo and TELEV8 Deliver Reimagined TV Experience for Hospitality and Visitor-based Venues

TiVo®, the company that brings entertainment together and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER), announced that TELEV8 will leverage TiVo’s Managed IPTV Service to deliver a new and compelling entertainment experience for hotels and other commercial venues. Using TiVo’s technology platform, known for delivering a content-first entertainment experience with intuitive and personalized … Read more

SK IE Technology to supply PI film for HP’s foldable OLED notebook

What They Say The Elec reported that SK IE Technology is to supply polyimide film for a foldable notebook that HP is said to be developing, based on a 17″ 3840 x 2160 when open, 11″ when folded. (Ya Gotta Know When to Fold ‘Em) The website reports that LG Display is planning to make … Read more

EU Adopts USB-C for Chargers

What They Say Following a recommendation by the European Commission last year, the European Parliament decided to go to an assembly vote over whether to mandate the USB-C connector as a universal charging standard for devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops, digital cameras, headphones, handheld game consoles, and portable speakers, but excludes smaller devices like smartwatches. … Read more