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What They Say IBC365 carries some information from Omdia on the state of VR with a report that consumers will have bought 6.4 million headsets during 2020 worth up to $1 billion. While that sounds positive, it represents household penetration of just 1.2% across the 32 countries tracked. Sales this year has been limited by … Read more
What They Say Korean sources said that AG-Ray of China has started a project to make OLED materials in Meishan, Sichuan province. The facility will make 30 tonnes of OLED materials and 200 tonnes of other functional materials, meeting around 25% of local demand. At the moment, local suppliers provide just 5% according to the … Read more
What They Say YouTube has extended its support for HDR from uploaded content to live HDR streams. Configuration details are here. Content can be based on HLG or PQ EOTFs. What We Think More support for HDR has to be a good idea, although as reported a few days ago, the ecosystem is pretty confused. … Read more
FLEx Lighting (FLEx), the supplier of the world’s thinnest front light technology, announced that it has raised $9 million in funding led by venture capital firm Anzu Partners. This round of financing will fuel FLEx’s global growth and the commercialization of its new, tablet-sized reflective displays. FLEx has developed LCD 2.0™ display technology, a new … Read more
Christie® is pleased to announce the next generation of Secure Series, a range of LCD displays designed with performance and security in mind. Secure Series II now includes multi-source viewing without a processor, and will be available in five sizes, from 55 to 98 inches. The hallmark of Christie’s Secure Series is non-RF video transmission, … Read more
What They Say Deloitte, the consultancy, put out its forecasts for a number of future trends. It included a forecast that by 2021, 8K TVs will still be less than 1% of the industry by volume, but will represent £2.5 billion ($3.32 billion) in revenues. This will be despite a lack of native 8K content … Read more
Apple launched its Pro Display XDR in June 2019 (Apple Pro Display XDR has 6K and HDR) and drew quite a few comments for the price of its stand ($999!), but there was relatively little discussion of the details of the miniLED backlight, although we did find out that the LEDs were from Nichia and … Read more
Display specialist and the world’s number one gaming monitor brand1 AOC launches the 49″ (124 cm) AGON AG493UCX with a jaw-dropping 32:9 aspect ratio. Essentially combining two 27″ QHD screens in one seamless panel, the AG493UCX with a 3-sides frameless design offers extraordinary immersion for ambitious gamers. Being a member of the AGON family, the … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced the launch and pre-sale of the groundbreaking 110” Samsung MicroLED beginning in Korea. Unlike any other displays currently available on the market, Samsung MicroLED delivers astonishing color vibrancy and brightness with self-emissive LED display technology. In 2018, Samsung’s first MicroLED display was introduced in the form of “The Wall”— a system of … Read more
What They Say Apple has been find €10 million in Italy for overstating its claims about waterproofing products. The company made claims about the depth and time that products would work, but these were based on very idealised tests in laboratory conditions and do not reflect what a user would experience. What We Think European … Read more
What They Say Quantum Solutions of the UK has released a video that highlights the performance of its perovskite-based quantum dots for use in LCDs for colour conversion. The article said that: Quantum Solutions now offers its QDot SharpGreen Perovskite QDs Film, which is a polymer composite with embedded QDot SharpGreen Perovskite QDs. It is … Read more
What They Say Yoeri Geutskens has published the latest update to his very useful HDR Ecosystem Tracker. In the article he explained that although Apple said that the iPhone 12 can capture HDR in Dolby Vision, it uses a new version of Dolby Vision described as Profile 8.4. The profile is based on HLG with … Read more
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