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What They Say Fierce Video reported that YouTube has been offering free Chromecast or TiVo devices to some subscribers to allow the display of UltraHD content. “To ensure our loyal YouTube TV members have a great watch experience (including the ability to watch 4K content on our optional new add-on service coming soon!), we want … Read more
As both California and New York have now lifted a majority of their pandemic-induced restrictions for stores, restaurants, businesses, and other indoor environments, it is hard not to think about the potential impact to companies that will now begin to fully reopen their offices. Interestingly, I think one of the biggest impacts of return-to-office will … Read more
In 2012, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an international agency regulating telecommunications under the umbrella of the U.N., released its recommendations for the Ultra HD market to help define the parameters for future video broadcast technology. These recommendations are commonly referred to as BT.2020. Figure 1: Rec. 709 vs. BT.2020 Source XDA (of course, the … Read more
As part of its ongoing research on the workstation market, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released its JPR Workstation Report Market Quarterly for Q1’21. Overall in Q1’21, workstation market volume grew about 27.7% YoY to establish a new record level. The strong rebound in workstation shipments was no surprise, as positive signs regarding the pandemic … Read more
When virtual production and, in particular, mixed reality production took flight in early 2020 ARRI and ROE Visual came into contact and connected to develop a better understanding of the impact of this technology on both LED volumes and camera performance. This mutual understanding has led to the development of a continuous testing program. Early … Read more
Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a global leader in the projector and display market, announced the availability of the PA804UL LCD laser projector. The ideal projection solution for corporate, higher education and rental/staging applications, the upgraded PA Series projector delivers powerful brightness with 8,200 lumens, filling screen size and ensuring readability, with the ability to utilize … Read more
Macroblock has partnered with Moonshine Animation, a famous artist-centered VFX company based in Taiwan, to build an LED wall XR studio in Taipei, Taiwan. The studio is equipped with real-time camera tracking system and high quality 4x4K LED displays of P1.25 (1.25mm pitch) with 3840 visual refresh rate, which allows video shooting at up to … Read more
What They Say Infocomm has opened registrations for its event which is due to take place in Orlando, Florida from October 23 to 29th 2021. What We Think Well, I don’t think I’ll be going to this one, although as they say ‘Never say never!’. After 18 months of some degree of lockdown and having … Read more
What They Say Acer reported that it May sales revenues were the best for seven years at $897 million, up 22.9% year on year. YTD sales were $4.38 billion, up 36.6% year on year. Chromebooks sakes grew by 30.1% YoY and the gaming line was up by 15.3% YoY. Acer continues to see demand for … Read more
Vestel Visual Solutions has marked the launch of its next-generation IFX Series of 4K interactive displays with the creation and showcase of its own NFT art collection. Depicting some of the greatest thought leaders of all time, including Aristotle, Socrates, and Hippocrates, the tokenized artwork has been designed using the IFX displays’ intuitive Whiteboard application. … Read more
What They Say The US developer of amorphous metal semiconductor devices, Amorphyx, has been awarded $256K as a grant to help develop the company’s technology for driving AMOLED and microLED displays. The news was reported by MicorLED-info and the grant was part of a NSF SBIRT phase 1 grant. The company’s technology improves on the … Read more
What They Say MicroLED-info published a video with a demonstration of a transparent microLED display from VueReal. The transparency is quoted as 85% with brightness at 3,000 cd/m². What We Think The transparency comes from the ‘sparse matrix’ advantage of microLED that I mentioned the other day. (BR)
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