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Samsung The Wall Updated

What They Say Samsung announced the latest version of its latest commercial LED display “The Wall” with a number of improvements: 1,600 cd/m² peak brightness and new ‘Black Seal Technology’ for deeper blacks ‘Ultra Chroma’ technology with colours ‘twice as pure’ and more accurate in colour than traditional LEDs LEDs are 40% smaller (it’s unclear … Read more

New IDMS Approved

What They Say The ICDM has held a meeting to approve the latest version (v 1.1) of the IDMS standard which is now available for download. The effort has taken nine years to get from the first V1.0. What We Think I’m following this up for a Display Daily article with one of the key … Read more

HbbTV Releases Targeted Advertising Solution for TV Sets in Set-Top Box Markets

The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks to connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the publication of the second phase of its solution for Targeted Advertising (TA). This enables substitution of broadcast adverts with targeted adverts in … Read more

Looking Glass Updates its Hardware

What They Say Auto-stereoscopic display provider Looking Glass Factory has new 15.6″ UltraHD and 32″ 8K ‘light field’ displays (also described as ‘holographic’) and with the suffix Gen2. Both displays are said to provide from 45 to 100 views in a viewing cone of 53°. The 8K is available as an ‘advance Beta’ in August … Read more

Redbox Looking to Move more to Streaming

What They Say DVD & Blu-ray kiosk operator, Redbox is looking for its investors to support a plan to transform is current user base of 40 million to using online streaming. The firm’s revenues dropped by 34% to $546 million. 71% of the Redbox kiosk customer base of around 40 million users describes itself as … Read more

Theater Owners Blast Disney for Making ‘Black Widow’ Available Online

What They Say Last week we reported on an article that suggested that theatre and PPV streaming could co-exist (“Black Widow” Suggests that Streaming and Theaters Could Coexist). The Hollywood Reporter has since pointed out theatre owners were not happy because of a “stunning collapse in its second weekend in theatrical revenues”. There was also … Read more

Samsung’s 2021 The Wall Is Now Available Worldwide

Samsung Electronics launched the 2021 model of its boundary-pushing modular display The Wall (Model Name: IWA) globally. With the new AI processing technology, upgraded 120Hz frame rates, and versatile installation options, this year’s The Wall once again reimagines display technology to give businesses boundless flexibility to showcase content. “Samsung is dedicated to creating the most … Read more

Coming This Fall, The New XM312U

The XM312U is set to replace the award-winning XM310K as one of the world’s brightest commercially available professional reference displays. Bram Desmet, CEO of Flanders Scientific, shares that: “…for HDR projects our industry is typically requesting either 1,000nit or 4,000nit deliverables from colorists. Up until now our 3,000nit capable XM310K was one of the few … Read more