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Sharp/NEC and BirdDog Create SDM-Based AV Streaming Signage Solution Powered by NDI Technology

June 29, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched its latest NEC MESSAGE Series lineup, supporting three different performance levels while all incorporating the Intel® Smart Display Module (Intel® SDM) interface specification. After teaming up with BirdDog to develop an NDI-powered decoder and encoder solution based on the Intel® SDM form factor specification, Sharp/NEC together with BirdDog … Read more

Virtual Production Comes of Age in Covid

June 29, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Last week at the ISE event in London, Lang AG told me that small pitch LED sales had been better than might have been expected and that there was one particular application that was booming. So the session on Virtual Production by the Royal Television Society in the UK yesterday was particularly well timed! The … Read more

Gaming On LG Premium TVs Reaches New Heights With Latest Dolby Vision Update

June 29, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

LG Electronics USA is proud to announce that it’s the first TV manufacturer to offer the ability to support coveted Dolby Vision® HDR at 4K 120Hz for gaming on select platforms, reaffirming its commitment to providing the best big-screen gaming experience. With enhanced gaming capabilities and convenient, user-friendly controls, LG’s premium TVs are ready to … Read more

Baltimore Audiences Can Now Enjoy Advanced HDR by Technicolor on WNUV – the CW Baltimore

June 29, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Advanced HDR by Technicolor, the leader in cutting edge high dynamic range technology, announced it will continue to provide its HDR technology to Sinclair Broadcast Group operated stations, with WNUV the CW Baltimore the latest station to incorporate ATSC 3.0-Powered NEXTGEN TV capabilities featuring Advanced HDR. With WNUV’s ATSC 3.0 features, viewers will be immersed … Read more

OLED Smartphone Panel Revenues Expected to Increase 39% Y/Y in 1H 2021

June 29, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC has released a new version of its Advanced Smartphone Feature Report and published some useful charts from the report on its blog. The charts highlight the strong seasonal nature of the market mainly due to Apple’s typical product release timings. As well as the charts we have published below, DSCC released … Read more

ZetaDisplay To Be Acquired

June 29, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reports that ZetaDisplay, long the most acquisitive company in digital signage in Europe, is itself a target for an acquisition by Hanover Investment. The move has been backed by ZetaDisplay management and directors. The offer is at a premium to the share price when an offer for sale was made earlier … Read more

Philips 498P9Z: DQHD monitor with 165 Hz and KVM switch

June 29, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Philips (MMD) has a new 49″ curved VA-based monitor aimed at gamers, the 498P9Z that has 5120 x 1440 resolution and 1800R radius. Refresh is up to 165Hz, and the monitor is certified to DisplayHDR 400, although maximum luminance is 550 cd/m². Colour coverage is 122% sRGB, 91% DCI-P3, 89% AdobeRGB and … Read more

Asus PA328CGV: ProArt monitor with FreeSync Premium Pro

June 29, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus has a new 32″ monitor in the ProArt series that PA328CGV has support for DisplayHDR 600. The 32″ IPS display has QuadHD resolution and a maximum refresh rate of 165Hz. Native contrast is 1,000:1, response time is 5ms GtG and the set has Calman certification and FreeSync Premium Pro. Colour coverage … Read more

TV unit sales fall during 618 shopping festival in China

June 29, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that sales during the 618 shopping period in China fell in volume (online by 19.6% year on year to 2.655 million and offline down 26.9% to 868K ), but market value grew to $1.224 billion (+25.7%) for online. Offline sales value dropped 5.2% to $740 million. ASPs have risen by … Read more

XR Stage Selects ROE Visual for ICVFX Studio

June 28, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

XR stage opens its largest ICVFX sound stage in June. Again, XR Stage has selected ROE Visual to supply the LED volume for this stage. The new purposed-built stage, located at Line 204 studios, a brand new 5-acre multi-stage facility in Pacoima, Los Angeles, is a custom Live-Action stage with LED Volumes to accommodate virtual … Read more

Hands on Review of the Reinkstone R1 Color E-paper E-note

June 28, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to DSCC for pointing me to a couple of articles on GoodEreader that cover the Reinkstone R1 colour eReader, a Kickstarter project, that uses a new reflective colour epaper technology called DES from Dalian Good Display (Goodisplay) that is called CofferDam* or ‘electronic slurry’. A white paper on the technology can … Read more

Get Ready for Years of Chaos in Container Shipping

June 28, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg Opinion (no fee) has an interesting interview with a shipping specialist that summarised the problems in shipping at the moment. Some nuggets from the talk: After years of over-investment and excess capacity, the market is now suffering from under investment, and like building LCD fabs, it takes three years or so … Read more