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Omdia Releases MicroLED Forecast

What They Say Hat tip to MicroLED-info for spotting an article by David Hsieh of Omdia that set out his view on the future of MicroLED. The article was published in mid-March and includes Omdia’s forecast by application (below). His key findings were: Micro LED displays are projected to reach $7 billion in 2025 on … Read more

Espirit Wins Westfield Mall of the Netherlands – but Ambilight?

What They Say The Westfield Mall of the Netherlands is the largest in the country and has had new displays supplied by Espirit Digital. It has a large external LED (5760 x 3200 mm) display that uses new ED Lumos 6.67mm pitch tiles with reduced angle LEDs to concentrate the field of vision at full … Read more

FSI Introduces Upgraded AM211 and BM211

What They Say Flanders Scientific has updated its AM210 and BM210 monitors to the AM211 and BM211, which are direct replacements at the same price, but with 96% of P3 coverage compared to Rec. 709 and better black levels, giving an increase of 30% in contrast. The improvements come from revised backlights and FSI said … Read more

Sharp/NEC Completes Cinema Projector Portfolio with New NEC NC2443ML

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched the newest addition to its range of modular laser cinema projectors – the NEC NC2443ML. This projector model uses RB laser technology, providing crisp, nearly speckle-free images with natural, life-like colours and is part of the new ML Series. The ML Projector Series uses a flexible, modular design … Read more

Facebook Keen to Get VR Headsets into the Hands of More Consumers

What They Say Mark Zuckerberg continued his promotion of the importance of XR with an interview with CNet in which he said that the firm may bring out a Quest Pro higher end product that might include gaze technology and face/mouth tracking. Mouth tracking would allow more realistic avatar interactions. On pricing, he said that … Read more

CPU Market Q1 2021: AMD’s Fastest Growth in Servers Against Intel in 15 Years

What They Say Tom’s Hardware published a number of interesting charts and (several) tables on the growth in AMD’s market share compared to Intel in recent years. The chart suggests that over the last couple of quarters, growth in share in a couple of segments has slowed, although server applications have continued to grow. Mercury … Read more

Broadcast TV: If It’s For Free, It’s For Me!

It’s been quite a few decades since I got my master’s degree in television and film at Syracuse University. I made many connections while there, but only one has survived four-plus decades, and that is my roommate for two of the three semesters. He had an expression I always thought amusing: “If it’s for free, … Read more

Sony Launches Several BRAVIA TV Models in Large Screen Sizes

Sony has announced the start of deliveries for several large-screen variants of its 2021 televisions. Customers looking to upgrade their home entertainment setup for a more immersive experience centred around a sizeable display will now have the opportunity to choose from a variety of entry and high-end models boasting some of Sony’s most advanced proprietary … Read more