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 HDMI 2.1a Adds SBTM

What They Say HDMI has introduced HDMI 2.1a which adds a single feature, “Source-Based Tone Mapping” which is a way for source and sink devices to communicate on optimum tone mapping. There are other minor ‘tweaks’ and bug fixes. SBTM allows a source device to find out the capability of the final display and can … Read more

Sisvel Signs an Agreement Under the VP9 Patents With Panasonic Corporation

Sisvel International S.A. announced that it has signed a worldwide patent license agreement with Panasonic Corporation for Sisvel’s VP9 Licensing Program covering the sale and distribution of Panasonic’s VP9 enabled products. “Sisvel has a longstanding partnership with Panasonic. The Company is already a licensee of other Sisvel licensing programs in different technological fields and we … Read more

CES Still Losing Support

What They Say CES looks less and less appealing as a number of big tech names have dropped out. Amazon, Meta and Twitter have dropped out and the latest we saw withdrawing was Lenovo which usually has a significant presence in the Venetian – hiring one of the restaurants for the whole event (and a … Read more

LeTV Restores Employee Benefits

What They Say The Caixin Chinese news source reports that LeTV, which hit really difficult financial conditions in the past (LeEco Still Struggling to Survive and LeEco Brags about its Debt), has decided to raise employee salaries and restore compensation for expenses to pre-pandemic levels. This has been enabled by a ‘financially sound year’. What … Read more

The Shape of (Monitor) Things to Come (Part 1)

I was struggling to come up with a topic for today’s column then I saw an interesting release (LG’s Award-Winning Premium Monitors Designed With Modern Home-Office Workers in Mind) about a new ‘Dual Up’ monitor that LG Electronics will commercialise using a new 16:18 aspect ratio panel previously shown by LG Display. The shape is … Read more

Links Week Ending 24th December 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Samsung 2022 TVs, Nvidia RTX 20/30 GPUs to support HDR10+ Gaming Sony to show new MicroLED in Barcelona Loewe launches colorful 4K LCD TVs under new ‘We’ sub-brand … Read more

Magic Leap Expects ML2 Next Year

What They Say Magic Leap CEO, Peggy Johnson, spoke to Bloomberg Technology in a 6 minute video and said that its next headset will be available in the middle of 2022. It will be intended for the enterprise market. She said that one of the applications that it is working on is the use of … Read more

MICLEDI Announces 300mm MicroLED Production Breakthrough Poised to Set the High-Water Mark for Augmented Reality Glasses

MICLEDI Microdisplays, a leading technology company in the field of microLED displays for high-end Augmented Reality (AR) glasses, has demonstrated the industry’s first microLED arrays-for-AR built on a 300mm CMOS manufacturing platform. The unparalleled manufacturing precision, performance and cost-efficiency offered by the 300mm product strategy distinguishes MICLEDI as a display partner of choice for AR … Read more

Parks Associates Announces Top 10 US Subscription OTT Video Services for 2021

Parks Associates, at the close of the fourth annual Future of Video conference, released its updated list of the top 10 US paid subscription over-the-top (OTT) video services, based on estimated numbers of subscribers through September 2021 from the firm’s OTT Video Market Tracker. The research firm reports that based on quarterly surveys of 10,000 … Read more

LG’s Award-Winning Premium Monitors Designed With Modern Home-Office Workers in Mind

Designed to meet the needs of professional users world-over, LG’s newest premium monitors for 2022 will make their debut at CES 2022 at LG’s virtual press conference on January 4. Both the LG UltraFine™ Display (model 32UQ85R) and LG DualUp Monitor (model 28MQ780) offer sleek and practical designs, enhanced connectivity and superior user experience for … Read more

LG’s First-Ever UltraGear Gaming Laptop Delivers Maximum Power and Convenience

LG Electronics (LG) unveiled its first gaming laptop (model 17G90Q), expanding its premium UltraGearTM lineup and bringing exciting news to gamers worldwide. A powerful performer with a seriously sleek design, the CES 2022 Innovation Award-winning laptop delivers sublime gaming experiences and the freedom to enjoy them anywhere, at any time. LG’s take-anywhere gaming rig features … Read more