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What They Say What Hi-Fi in the UK looked at the new Sony KD-48A9 OLED TV and thought that it was ‘extraordinarily good’ with ‘Striking picture performance’ and ‘Strong sound’ although it criticised the high price (£1,799 in the UK which is $1,940 + tax). What We Think HDTV Test also thought that the 48″ … Read more
What They Say Asobo Studios has opened sign-ups for a closed beta test of playing Microsoft’s latest flight simulator program in VR using a Windows Mixed Reality headset like the HP Reverb G2 and a suitable PC. There is a later plan to add other headsets. What We Think This is the kind of application … Read more
What They Say The Elec, quoting SankeiBiz in Japan, reports that Sharp plans to split off its display business into a new subsidiary Sharp Display Technology (SDTC) based in Kameyama, Japan. The factory in Kameyama will be used for automotive and medical displays. The move may help the company to raise money for future technology … Read more
What They Say Display market research specialist, Ross Young, has got hold of a Galaxy Z Flip (not the Flip 2) on a special deal and gives his thoughts on the product. He was impressed with the quality despite the criticism of this product when it was released. What We Think Ross has been digging … Read more
What They Say JerryRigEverything did a stress test on the Samsung Z Fold 2. The front display uses Corning Victus glass and has hardness on the mho scale around 6 or 7. The internal screen scratches at level 2 or 3 which is under the hard coat layer and it can be damaged by a … Read more
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Samsung has dropped its plan to put an under-display camera in the Galaxy S21 series due next year because of low yield in production. The company will try to adopt the concept in the Galaxy Z Fold 3, due later in 2021. The paper reports that … Read more
What They Say Imagination Technology has developed a system to classify ray tracing performance to help developers understand how ray tracing can be supported, at appropriate levels of efficiency (e.g. for mobile apps). Level 0 – Legacy Solutions Level 1 – Software on Traditional GPUs Level 2 – Ray/Box and Ray/Tri Testers in Hardware Level … Read more
V-Nova, a leading provider of video compression solutions, has announced that after a comprehensive peer review process, the VC-6 video codec has now been fully ratified and published by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). Published as SMPTE ST-2117, VC-6 is the first video codec to leverage AI as part of its … Read more
The highly anticipated advanced interactive Philips C-Line display is now available in warehouses across EMEA. This new range of Crestron Connected® V2 and Windows-powered range of collaborative displays brings all new levels of usability, creativity and compatibility to inspire any meeting environment, big or small. Unveiled at ISE 2020 and updated to meet the unprecedented … Read more
What They Say Google has officially ended support for the Daydream VR platform, four years after its introduction and there is no guarantee that Android 11 will support compatible headsets. Google ended its sales of headsets a year ago. Google said “… asking people to put their phone in a headset and lose access to … Read more
What They Say Apple has updated its macOS to ‘Big Sur’ and will allow some 2018/2019 and 2020 Apple systems to replay Netflix content in UltraHD. The article suggests that this is because the systems have a T2 security chip which has integrated video processing and better support for the HEVC codec. What We Think … Read more
This is a challenging year, and that applies to us at Display Daily. Unfortunately, our long term advertising revenues have been impacted by the economic difficulties of Covid-19. We have been in discussions with potential sponsors for the site, but haven’t been able to finalise a support package to keep all the content on the … Read more
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