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Attending CES 2022 was one of the stranger experiences I’ve had in a lifetime for a multitude of reasons (like flying out to Vegas on a nearly-empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner). Although I didn’t spend as much time at CES this year as my colleagues Ken Werner and Chris Chinnock did, I was able to catch … Read more
Global visual technology leader RealD Inc. announced the revolutionary RealD Ultimate Screen® has been installed in 500 screens worldwide. The latest and 500th Ultimate Screen is located at the spectacular Wanda Cinema Xiamen Guankou branch. The cinema location, which features the premium brand named Prime at Wanda utilizing RealD’s 500th Ultimate Screen, celebrated its launch … Read more
MPEG LA, LLC announced the availability of the ATSC 3.0 Patent Portfolio License (“ATSC 3.0 License” or “License”), providing one-stop access to patents that are essential to the next generation broadcast standard developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). ATSC 3.0, already available in South Korea and many U.S. television markets, improves the television … Read more
What They Say Amazon is planning to open a high-tech apparel store in California in 2022. The location is The Americana at Brand shopping mall in Glendale and it will be called the Amazon Style store. The idea is that there will be a single display item for each piece of clothing and customers can … Read more
What They Say The Verge had a look at what Google is doing in augmented reality in a project known as ‘Project Iris’. The project, which has a team of around 300 people, is said to be focussing on mixed reality with video captured of the real world that is mixed with virtual content. It … Read more
What They Say Groups from ETRI and KAIST have had a paper published in ‘Nature’ that explains how the groups have developed a new metal oxide charge transfer complex that can boost the efficiency of OLEDs, by 189% for green and 17% for blue. What We Think We’re planning a deeper dive into this topic, … Read more
What They Say Quoting a forecast from Sigmaintell, Digitimes said that LCD panels for TVs may hit a low point at the end of Q1 2022. The report said that 232 million TVs were shipped globally in 2021, down 7.1% and it expects a further drop by 3.1% to 225 million units. For panels, the … Read more
Today, I’m going to return to a topic that I have covered a fair amount and really had high hopes for, at one time. That topic is dual cell LCDs and CES 2022 was noteworthy in that I didn’t spot any announcements in the TV area this year. Here’s a brief introduction for those that … Read more
What They Say Omdia published a blog article by analyst Calvin Hsieh that highlighted that the supply chains for VR and AR have ‘key differences’. He pointed out that the supply chain for VR devices is ‘more mature’ with makers such as JDI, Sharp, and Samsung Display already present. On the other hand, volumes of … Read more
New Vision Display, a Shenzhen-based company, is proud to announce the release of its 3D Gesture Touch sensor feature, based on Microchip’s patented GestIC® technology. 3D Gesture Touch allows users to interact with a device using simple hand gestures a short distance from the screen. No physical contact is required. NVD can achieve both 2D … Read more
What They Say C|Net reported a summary of rumours about the Google Pixel Fold smartphone. However, as we reported in November, Google has at least postponed or may have cancelled the unit completely. (Has Google Dropped the Pixel Fold?) Other reports suggest that the firm may use the ‘Notebook’ name for the device to differentiate … Read more
What They Say Parks Associates said that in Q3 2021, 27% of US broadband subscribers reported the Samsung Tizen Smart TV is their primary device for consuming video content. Eric Sorensen, Senior Contributing Analyst, said “The smart TV will cement its status as the default streaming platform in the households. We will see many more … Read more
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