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More Experiences of UltraHD at Euro 2020

What They Say The UltraHD Forum issued a newsletter that focused on the experiences of some of its members with the Euro 2020 soccer tournament. We have previously covered some of the feedback from the BBC (SMPTE Visits the BBC’s R&D for an HLG Update) but the UHD Forum had articles from KPN (Netherlands) and … Read more

Technicolor Highlights Continuing HDR & SDR Challenges

What They Say Technicolor published a 20 minute discussion between Guy Ducos of Advanced HDR by Technicolor and Guillaume Arthuis of BBright, a Rennes, France-based maker of tools for broadcasters. Arthuis said that the whole issue of TV production and ingestion has changed dramatically in recent years with a huge from just standardised SDR to … Read more

Mets Tap Samsung Electronics America to Create Most Technologically Advanced Ballpark in the Major Leagues

The New York Mets announced Samsung Electronics America as the ballpark’s official display and technology solutions partner, signing a multi-year deal to deliver a complete transformation of the famous ballpark’s screens to create an interactive fan experience like never before. Samsung – a leader in Digital Signage innovation – will bring the Mets vision of … Read more

B2B Flat Panel Volume Achieves Largest Quarter on Record, Front Projection sees Revenues Rise

B2B flat panel and front projection markets are on divergent trajectories, according to a series of new reports from Futuresource Consulting. While global flat panel market volumes increased by 3.1% year-on-year in Q3 2021, front projection fell by 13.2%. Yet market value figures tell the reverse story, with flat panel down 9% and front projection … Read more

CES 2022: Seoul Viosys’ WICOP mc, a Metaverse VR Display Technology, to Make Its Debut

Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd., a company specializing in optical semiconductors, will debut its WICOP mc (WICOP + Micro Pixel) products at CES 2022 in Las Vegas on January 5th, which adopt the world’s first No-Wire & No-Package WICOP technology. Seoul Viosys announced on the 16th that the WICOP mc, made in the form of a … Read more

Nreal Glasses Reviewed

What They Say The BBC reviewed the latest Nreal Light AR glasses and found them a bit heavy and disliked the need to use a tethered Android smartphone. The reviewer found they sat quite high on the nose and thought the games available were more like tech demoes than games you would keep coming back … Read more

Gurman wants an Apple ‘Echo Show 15’ and Calls for a New Monitor

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his subscription only Power On newsletter that he expects Apple to launch a new desktop monitor to go with new MacBook Pro systems that could be significantly cheaper than the current Pro Display XDR. In the newsletter, he also reported on his use of an Amazon Echo … Read more

Links Week Commencing 20th 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 first part of this week. 5G Threatens Aviation According to Boeing and Airbus KFC Yum! Center Debuts Dynamic AV Renovation (12,000 sq ft, 1100 m² of LEDs) Vewd files for voluntary Chapter 11 … Read more

Links 7th January 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the last day or so! As you can imagine with the ‘firehose of news’ that is CES, there are a lot this week. MSI Announces 27″ 300 Hz Rapid IPS Mini LED Monitor Black … Read more