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What They Say The 8K Association discussed ‘per-title’ encoding (“per-title encoding” is a Netflix term that refers to creating encoding parameters on a scene-by-scene basis) of 8K content with Jan Ozer. There were two sets of content: a stationary talking head scene along with a dance sequence, which showed a lot of motion blur due … Read more
PPDS, the industry’s leading provider of advanced professional displays and solutions, is delighted to announce that Otrum’s cloud-based hotel TV platform and interface, Mirage, is now fully compatible with Philips MediaSuite TVs. Founded in 1985, SaaS (software as a service) provider, Otrum, is a recognised leader in the hospitality world, specialising in creating innovative low … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reported on Sony’s annual update to its direction and took the chance to highlight how the firm’s strategy has developed over recent decades. The event was typically used in the past to announce financial and other ‘hard’ targets, but this year Sony Chairman Kenichiro Yoshida highlighted an expansion of the firm’s … Read more
For a number of years during college we shared a house with foreign physics and chemistry grad students. To avoid studying, we’d get in these deep philosophical discussions on what reality and being really was. You know, like “I’m real and you are a figment of my imagination or you’re real and I’m a figment … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell put out its report on LCD panel pricing in June. TV panels at 50″ and above, monitors and notebooks all saw rises, although smartphone and tablet panel pricing is level from May. Demand for notebook and monitor panels remain strong, while larger TV panels are still seeing some tightness of supply … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung System LSI is developing three TCons for QD-OLED displays that Samsung Display is planning to launch for: a 4K QD-OLED TV, a 8K QD-OLED TV and a QD-OLED monitor The paper reported that Samsung Display is sending final samples of QD-OLED panels to prospective customers this month. … Read more
What They Say LG Display had a competition with UK design magazine Dezeen, to create new OLED-based products and received 220 entries from more than 50 countries. The winner was ‘Scroll’ which was based on a a transparent OLED mounted above a wide shelf. The second prize went to ‘Signal’, a foldable OLED that doubles … Read more
What They Say Panasonic has pre-announced three new 1 chip DLP projectors that will be available in October and will have 8,000 (PT-RDQ80), 9,000 (PT-RDQ90) and 10,000 (PT-RDQ10) from 0.66″ (16.8mm) diagonal 2716 x 1528 chip and with ‘smooth pixel drive’ to support UltraHD resolution. Contrast is 10,000:1 full on/off and there is a powered … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reports that Hannstar has focused on making more low power reflective display panels this year. Target applications are smart retailing, education, transportation, fitness, and environmental protection as the firm expects the segment to enjoy CAGR of 12% between 2021 and 2026. At the moment, one of its G5 fabs is making … Read more
What They Say Although it doesn’t yet seem to be available in the US (according to my last check with B&H), Vincent Teoh at HDTV Test has got hold of a sample of the LG 32EP950 OLED Monitor (based on a JOLED RGB OLED panel) and reviewed it. The panel has more than 3840 x … Read more
eMagin COO Amal Ghosh (and former SID President) presented at the DisplayWeek’ symposium providing an update on the status and requirements for AR displays. Of particular note is that despite wild speculation, the # of AR devices shipped in 2020 was ~100k. IDC forecasts a volume of 24m by 2024 together with 20m VR headsets. … Read more
What They Say DTV Europe is running a number of webinars with Omdia – with a couple that I thought might be useful to some readers. Day One – Tuesday 15 June 3pm BST: 5G and video – the impact of the technology on video distribution and the new opportunities it brings for service providers … Read more
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