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What They Say Vice.com forecast that the right-to-repair movement is ‘poised to explode‘ in 2021 in the US, with 25 states in the country considering legislation on the topic. What We Think Considering legislation is not the same as introducing laws and even less the same as introducing appropriate laws. However this report suggests that … Read more
What They Say A rumour shot around the market this week that the XBox might support a Microsoft VR headset after some Italian XBox users saw a message that said “An update for the VR headset is available”. However later in the week, Microsoft said “VR for console is not a focus for us at … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell of China published an article about the market for medical monitors. The firm said that the global medical device industry’s demand for TFT-LCD displays was about 29 million in 2019, an increase of about 7.2% year-on-year. it is expected that the total will rise to 33 million this year. However, after … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell reported that Suzhou Samsung Display has now changed its name to Suzhou Huaxing Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd and its shares are now 100% held by TCL Huaxing Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. The researcher said that Samsung Display had said that it received approval for the sale from the Korean Ministry of … Read more
Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has announced the availability of its latest NEC MediaPlayer purpose-built for digital signage applications. Pre-installed on the NEC Raspberry Pi Compute Module at no additional charge, the MediaPlayer software features advanced customisation capabilities suitable for digital display boards in retail, digital menu boards, corporate communication displays, and more. Sharp/NEC has … Read more
One of the perils of having a job title that includes the word ‘Editor’ is that some PR people can be very persistent. However, sometimes that persistence may be merited so in the end, I’m grateful to the person that prodded me into this article! A few weeks ago, I was contacted by that person … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced that the 2021 Neo QLED became the first TV to receive certification for Gaming TV Performance from Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE), a well-regarded electrical engineering certification institute in Germany. Four models from the 2021 Neo QLED lineup (QN900, QN800, QN90, QN85) received the certification, a distinction given for ‘Low Input Lag’ and … Read more
What They Say Invidis reported that Telekom of Germany has started to sell the Nreal Light XR glasses. The glasses weigh 106 gms (3.75oz) and uses 1080P displays. There are ‘gotchas’, however. For now, the glasses can ionly be used with the Oppo Find X3 Pro smartphone (via a USB Type-C cable). According to Telekom, … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that Samsung has raised pricing for its rigid AMOLED panels by 5% to 8% because of driver supply issues. Samsung is yet to resume production in Austin after the storms last month, as Sigmaintell reported in an SID webinar this week on drivers (more later!). Quotes for 6.5-inch a-Si HD+ … Read more
An international team of researchers headed by Xiang Shi of Fudan University (Shanghai, China) is developing an interactive display made in the form of an electronic fabric. The fabric has the potential for use in smart clothing. Up to now, development of such a fabric display has had limited success. One problem is that the … Read more
What They Say Our own Chris Chinnock was on the Sixteen-Nine.net podcast where he talked about the challenges and advantages of 8K for Pro/AV applications. He emphasises the challenges, but also the opportunities for the use of video-over-ip and the creative use of 8K. What We Think In the discussion there is a brief mention … Read more
Today, I’m going to dig down into the weeds of a topic that has become important in the display industry in recent years, especially since the arrival of HDR, and that is colour volumes. It’s a topic that keeps coming around and my most recent Display Daily article on the topic was in December (You … Read more
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