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CEA-Leti Researchers Break Throughput Record for LiFi Communications Using Single GaN Blue Micro-Light-Emitting Diode

CEA-Leti announced its researchers have broken the throughput world record of 5.1 Gbps in visible light communications (VLC) using a single GaN blue micro- light-emitting diode (LED). Their data transmission rate of 7.7 Gbps achieved with a 10 µm microLED marks another step toward commercialization and widespread use of LiFi communication. VLC, commonly called LiFi … Read more

LG Display Will Lead Korean Government’s Project To Develop Stretchable Displays

LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced that it has been selected by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) to lead its national project to develop stretchable displays. LG Display will oversee the large-scale R&D project which is a major part of MOTIE’s push since 2019 to propel South … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Western Europe Smartphone Revenues Dip 10% to US$10 Billion in Q1 2020.

Strategy Analytics released the Wireless Smartphone Strategies (WSS) service report, Smartphone Vendor ASP and Revenue Share by Region: Q1 2020. Despite ASP nudging upwards, wholesale revenues in the Western European region declined by -10% YoY on COVID-19 limited demand. Western Europe is the third largest region by value globally. Apple and Samsung continue to have … Read more

Covid-19 Impact Knocks China Out Of The Lead In The Worldwide Public Display Market In Q1

China’s public display market suffered the largest decline of any region due to the COVID-19 pandemic—a development that knocked the nation out of its worldwide leadership position. Unit shipments of public-display products in China in the first quarter fell by 54.9 percent on a quarter-over-quarter basis and dropped by 34.6 percent year-over-year, according to the … Read more

I-Zone Accepting Applications to Virtual Display Week 2020 through June 30, 2020.

As you may know, due to COVID-19 and its unprecedented and unanticipated effect on all of our lives, Display Week 2020, August 3-7, has been reformatted as a virtual event. Although the new format presents challenges, it also offers opportunities. We are therefore delighted to extend I-Zone applications through June 30, 2020. I-Zone provides a … Read more

Portrait Displays Releases Calman 2020 Software

Portrait Displays, the global leader in color calibration solutions and advanced display control, is proud to announce the release of Calman 2020. Portrait Displays’ Calman color calibration solutions are largely recognized by color professionals across the globe as the foremost software to ensure that content is accurately displayed across all screens. Calman is designed to … Read more

LED Video Display Market Defies the COVID-19 Pandemic to Achieve 18.8 Percent Year-Over-Year Unit Growth in Q1

The worldwide LED video display market continued to expand on a year-over-year unit basis during the first quarter of 2020, with 255,648 square meters shipped, up 18.8 percent from 215,148 during the same quarter in 2019. “While most technology markets suffered declines in the first quarter, LED video displays managed to buck the trend as … Read more

NEC Supports its Cinema Customers

NEC Display Solutions Europe is offering a free 4-month extension to its existing NEC projector warranty contracts throughout EMEA. At a time when the leisure industry is facing its greatest challenge, NEC is true to its friends, colleagues and partners across the cinema world by extending the warranty status on all its DCI projectors in … Read more

Frame Rate, HDR and Creative Intent

The “Creatives” in the motion picture industry have always taken technology, sometimes reluctantly, and used it to tell stories. Some of the technologies incorporated over the last 100 years into the cinema include sound, color, digital special effects, digital production and post-production, electronic projection, 4K resolution, High Dynamic Range (HDR), etc. Other technologies embraced by … Read more

ATEME Joins Forces with SES to Trial First-Ever Live Over-The-Air UHD Broadcast Using VVC

ATEME, the leader in video delivery solutions for Broadcast, Cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced that it has partnered with SES, VideoLabs and IETR for the first end-to-end UHD satellite broadcast transmission using the new Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard. The test transmission has been launched on SES’ 28.2° East orbital position carrying … Read more