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What They Say AUO said that it has worked with Acer to develop a new Predator Helios 500 Gaming Notebook with a 17.3 UltraHD resolution display using miniLED (with its AmLED adaptive miniLED technology) and that can meet the DisplayHDR1000 certification. It can also support 120Hz operation and uses a miniLED backlight. There is also … Read more
The Society of Information Displays (SID) recently had a virtual version of its main annual symposium and trade expo called DisplayWeek. This conference covers a wide range of display topics with some going deep into the display technology weeds. Below we summarize some of the highlights related to 8K displays from the symposium part of … Read more
The EMEA smartphone market grew to a first-quarter record of 93.060 million units, according to the latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). This was a 20.9% increase over 1Q20, while the value increase, at $31.676 billion, was 29.0% above that in the previous year. In Europe, the value increase over … Read more
What They Say It’s the Memorial Day holiday in the US today, and I had the very unusual experience of getting no English Language press releases today from my main press release source! What We Think Long time readers will know that I am fond of quoting a day in 1930 when the BBC reported … Read more
What They Say Associated Press (AP) said that the CineWorld cinema chain in the UK plans to add 100 new ScreenX multi-screen installations to its locations. That will boost the number of ScreenX installations from 151 to 251 globally. Cineworld says the idea is that “it makes you feel like you’re sitting in the action.” … Read more
An exuberant display industry showcased their next generation display technologies at Virtual DisplayWeek 2021 during May 17 to 21. The display industry is continuing along the path of innovations by bringing in new technologies, materials, and processes. The outlook for display industry revenue has never been better. Unprecedented demand due to work from home and … Read more
What They Say Barco published an article explaining that it has customised a 24″ display for an medical ultrasound system to boost backlight brightness and lifetime at high luminance. It also has a front sensor for luminance stability and faster power-up. What We Think I’ve tended to think of Barco as just a branded supplier … Read more
What They Say Analysts Yole Développement discussed the developoment of microdisplay microLEDs with Jade Bird Displays (JBD) and the companies covered a number of interesting points about the competition between microLED, LCOS and DLP solutions for headsets. There is some interesting discussion on some of the issues of using 8″ or 12″ CMOS wafers and … Read more
What They Say A number of sources, including Digitimes, have reported that the Indian government is looking to invest to build LCD production in the country. The Secretary of MeitY (the Ministry of Electronics & IT) in India is reported to have said that the government has received ‘expressions of interest’ in starting panel making … Read more
Atomos is proud to announce the New Atomos Shinobi 7. The new big, bright and beautiful monitor-only provides the expansive screen real estate of the large 7” screen with the lightweight Monitor-only function of the original Atomos Shinobi. The New Shinobi 7 Shinobi 7 is a bigger and brighter screen and takes the foundations of … Read more
What They Say Australian field monitor developer, Atomos, has a new 7″ Shinobi 7 touch monitor with calibrated peak brightness of 2,200 cd/m² and claimed to be able to show 10+ stops of dynamic range in real time from Log/PQ/HLG signals. To support the high brightness there is an adaptive cooling mode to allow a … Read more
What They Say SMPTE interviewed Matthew Goldman, a SMPTE Fellow and past SMPTE President and previously with MediaKind, about developments in codecs and why there is more proliferation of different technology. He pointed out that in the past, codecs were optimised to make the most of the hardware that was available to decode the stream. … Read more
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