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A Big Display in the Back of the BMW 2022 i7

BMW 31 inch touchscreen proc

What They Say BMW has unveiled its 2023 i7 top-of-the-range electric vehicle and revealed a drop down 30.9″ ‘8k’ touch-enabled OLED display. You can buy the car for only €135,900 ($147,384) and it will be delivered in November (although the display is an optional extra). The BMW Theater Screen has resolution of 7680 x 2160. … Read more

TFT Central Looks at the LG 42C2 OLED as a Desktop Monitor

What They Say Although it’s promoted as a TV, TFT Central reviewed (subscription required) the LG 42C2 as a desktop monitor. The first challenge was that the stand does not allow any tilt and can be hard to use close up without this. Although it’s wide, the stand doesn’t take up much space on the … Read more

Parks Associates: Sony’s Share of Smart TV Purchases Grew in 2021 While the Top Three Brands Samsung, LG, and Vizio Cooled

Ahead of NAB next week, Parks Associates announced the latest update of its Consumer Insights Dashboard, an ongoing service that tracks adoption of consumer electronic devices and services through its quarterly surveys of 10,000 US internet households. The firm’s Consumer Electronics Dashboard, published biannually, reveals that out of the top five brands, Sony showed clear … Read more

Links Week Ending 22nd April 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Amazon is quietly developing a ‘new-to-world’ AR product Dayang D3-Edit 5 integrates intoPIX JPEG XS technology for ultimate performances (especially in 8K) ‘World’s tallest holograms’ bring TV … Read more

Pico Headset Comes to Europe

What They Say UploadVR reports a Chinese analyst, who has been a good source of information in the past, as saying that Pico (owned by ByteDance, which also owns TikTok) plans to get its next headset to market before the ‘Cambria’ from Meta. The current Pico Neo 3 is similar to Meta’s Quest 2 in … Read more

E Ink Joins Forces with Six Module Partners to Promote Color ePaper and Aim to Reduce CO2 Emissions

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E Ink, the originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, today announced they are working with six ePaper module partners, including BOE Technology Group, DKE Co., Ltd., Jiangxi Xing Tai Technology Co., Ltd., Innolux Corporation, Qingyue Technology, and Yes Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. to promote E Ink GalleryTM Palette and E Ink GalleryTM … Read more

AUO Defines New Automotive Era with Micro LED and AmLED Creating New Experience for Future Smart Cockpits

The trends of electric vehicles and smart cars are drastically altering vehicle architecture, manufacturing models and supplier ecosystem. In response to such trends, AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) continues to dedicate in the research and design of high quality displays for automotive featuring Micro LED and AmLED, and will debut at Touch Taiwan 2022 the future … Read more

Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with ISE, NAB and Display Week all on the horizon) VueReal Announces Oversubscribed $14 million Series B Round Of Financing M1 Ultra … Read more

Consumer 8K TV Buying Intentions are Up

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What They Say We reported on some market research among US consumers by Hub Entertainment Research a couple of weeks ago. (Research: 76% US homes have smart TV) The 8K Association followed up the news and got a bit more background on the particular issue of the trends in the desire for 8K. The article … Read more

Live Production 8K Video is Down to 48 Mbps With 40 Mbps Already in Spin Digital’s Sights

What They Say The 8K Association has, understandably, digging into the required bandwidth needed to transmit high quality (Estimating the Bitrate for 8K Videos When Encoding with HEVC and AV1). The Association has moved on to discussions with Spin Digital about how much bandwidth you need to transmit 8K at 60Hz and with 10 bit … Read more

Pearl TV Launches RUN3TV, a New TV Web Platform That Brings Interactive Experiences and Streaming Content To Over-the-Air Viewers for the First Time

Pearl TV, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV, announced the launch of the RUN3TV web platform that enables broadcasters to offer a brand-new hybrid TV service to over-the-air (OTA) viewers. RUN3TV was built to support NEXTGEN TV, otherwise known as ATSC 3.0, and bring content to life through two-way web interactivity. … Read more