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Universal Display Corporation to Present Next Generation OLED Platform Technology Developments at SID Display Week

May 14, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Universal Display Corporation, enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED® technology and materials, announced that the Company will present at the Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2021 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition being held virtually May 17-21. “We are excited to be share some of the next generation platform technology developments in … Read more

Links Week Ending 14th April 2021

May 14, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. We’ve been asked to help with this survey about storage for media (for info on the survey, look here) Roku Express 4K Plus review: The new go-to Roku … Read more

Intel Develops New Technique for Photorealistic Games

May 14, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR reports on work done by Intel to use machine learning to boost the photorealism of generated ray-traced graphics using machine learning based on data from actual captures by a dashboard camera. The video is in the Cityscapes dataset. What We Think The system is still to slow for real time use … Read more

Webinar: The Five W’s of Holographic Displays – Part I of II

May 14, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

So what is a Holographic Display? Avalon Holographics will set the record straight beginning with the first of two webinars entitled: The Five W’s of Holographic Displays. This informative webinar takes place on June 2nd at 12pm Eastern Daylight Time. Part II will take place on June 29 at the same time. Join the webinar … Read more

SID Reveals Those behind the DIA Awards

May 14, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The SID has published more details and details of its Display Industry Annual Awards. It includes pictures of the teams involved. What We Think At one time, the Display of the Year award was not good news, early stage companies seemed to struggle after winning it, but for established companies, it is … Read more

TCL goes big with 85-inch XL Collection 4K and 8K Roku TVs

May 14, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL has three new 85″ TVs in what it is calling its XL Collection. They are all based on the Roku TV platform. The three versions are: an UltraHD HDR set based on LCD. the 85S435 which is selling for $1,600, a low price for the size. A step-up version using FALD … Read more

Top-5 notebook vendors see combined shipments drop 4% in April

May 14, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes said that the top five notebook brands (excluding Apple) saw shipments down 4% in April, despite strong demand from education and enterprise. The main issue was component shortages. HP is said to be tight on semiconductors and panels. Lenovo was down as a big education project in Japan, the Giga school … Read more

C|Net Tests Apple’s iPhone Colour Balance Feature

May 13, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple recently announced a system to use an iPhone to adjust the colour balance of a TV connected to an Apple TV box. CNet tested the system and found, basically, that if the TV is in a mode that is not intended to be accurate to D65 white point, it does generally … Read more

LG Pro:centric Catena Simplifies Public Space TV Management

May 13, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

LG Business Solutions USA is making it easier than ever for businesses with public area digital displays to control their entire portfolio of screens through its new system called Pro:Centric Catena®. Operating on LG’s Pro:Centric smart televisions, Catena provides a browser-based user interface to enable simple and convenient control of multiple commercial displays by staff … Read more

LG Expands Diagnostic Medical Monitor Line With New 12-megapixel Multimodality Display

May 13, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apologies, we missed a new diagnostic medical monitor from LG. The 31HN713D unit is a 31″ IPS unit with 4200 x 2800 resolution (12 megapixels) and up to 1080 cd/m² of output. The monitor is suitable for all modalities ( (Mammography, CR, DR, CT, MR, Ultrasound, etc.) as well as office applications. … Read more

SMPTE: “Trim the UHD codecs”

May 13, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say In the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal is new paper “Ultrahigh-Definition Production Codecs – The Agony of Choice”. A team from the EBU and IRT pointed out that there are really too many codec choices for broadcasters at the moment. UltraHD and HDR adds extra complications. At IBC in 2019, 200 possible codec … Read more

NewerTech Announces USB-C to HDMI And USB-C to DisplayPort Adapters

May 13, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

NewerTech, a leading provider of performance upgrades and accessories for Macs, PCs, iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices since 1984, announced the availability of the NewerTech USB-C to HDMI and USB-C to DisplayPort Adapters. Stream sports, watch videos, play games, or browse the internet on up to a 4K HDMI or display, TV, or projector … Read more