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Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 7 – HLG And PQ

What They Say The Broadcast Bridge published an interesting article on the differences between PQ- and HLG-based HDR EOTFs and contrasts them with the traditional gamma curves used in content development. What We Think The article doesn’t say anything new or revolutionary, but is a good explanation of the differences between the scene-referred and display-referred … Read more

Twinkly has an addressable Display…

What They Say I can’t remember how I got to it, but I was impressed with the Twinkly LED lights for festive trees and decorations. The system uses a smartphone camera to map its RGB LEDs to a grid which can then be used for animations and sophisticated displays. What We Think This is a … Read more

Apple to Fix Resolution Issue With Ultrawide Displays on M1 Macs in Future macOS Update

What They Say Mac Rumors spotted a support document from Apple that acknowledges that some ‘ultrawide or super-ultrawide’ displays are not supported at full resolution on Macs with the new M1 chip. The document doesn’t say which resolutions are not supported. Apple said it would support the resolutions in a future Mac OS update. There … Read more

Vuzix Enters into an Agreement with a Leading U.S. General Merchandise Retailer and Receives an Initial Deployment Order for M400 Smart Glasses

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced the Company has entered into a supply agreement for ongoing business with one of the largest general merchandise retailers in the United States, as well as received an initial deployment order for M400 Smart Glasses that has already shipped … Read more

EnnoStar to see mini LED taking up 20-30% of 2021 revenues, says Epistar chairman

What They Say Digitimes reported that EnnoStar, a J/V between Epistar and Lextar, belives that 20%-30% of its business will come from miniLED technology this year. The site also reports that Epistar will start making miniLEDs next month after investing around $200 million in upgrading its existing production lines in Taiwan. What We Think The … Read more

Cleaning Things Up III: Technical Hygiene Standards

As I wrote in my previous article, “Cleaning Things Up II: Technical Hygiene in the Covidian Age”, many of us are now hyperaware (almost to the point of bacillophobia) of cleaning often-used equipment surfaces in the education sector. One educator pleaded for guidance, asking: “Don’t we have any national disinfecting standards to follow?” Standards that … Read more

A closer look at DXOMARK Display testing

What They Say DXOMark released more details of the testing procedure for its DXOMark for smartphone displays. What We Think I have used the DXO software for raw conversion of digital photography for some years. The company developed lens-specific corrections that really made a very good job of correcting and improving my images. Because of … Read more