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One of the most popular ways to achieve a wide color gamut LCD display is with narrow-band red and green phosphors deposited directly on top of blue LEDs to create the LED backlight unit. Now, a new company, Lumenari, has developed a new and narrower green phosphor that can expand the LCD display’s color gamut … Read more
On October 15th, The New York chapter of SMPTE hosted Matthew Goldman who gave a talk titled, in part, “Broadcast Migration to IP [Internet Protocol]” Goldman is the current President of SMPTE and his day job is SVP Technology at MediaKind, which was formerly Ericsson Media Solutions. Matthew Goldman receiving a plaque for his SMPTE-NY … Read more
DxOMark has just published the results of its in-depth analysis of the LG G7 ThinQ smartphone camera. The handset features a dual-camera setup with an optically stabilised 16MP main camera with a f/1.6 lens and a secondary 16MP super-wide-angle lens. Powered by a Snapdragon 845 chipset and featuring a 6.1″ IPS display, the device also … Read more
At MIPCOM 2018, 4KUniverse, a 24-hour Ultra HD and HDR general entertainment TV channel, confirmed it will be launching on the Hotbird video neighbourhood on November 1st. Once positioned on Hotbird, the channel will be capable of reaching cable and IPTV networks in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. 4KUniverse is encrypted and encoded … Read more
Dell may have just killed the multimonitor market, well, at least, put a big dent in it. The U49 will put 7.4 megapixels in your face, and you’ll like it The company has just released a 49″, 5120 × 1440 resolution (32:9 aspect ratio) curved, brilliant 350 cd/m² monitor that supports 99% of sRGB (1.07 … Read more
Roku will resume sales of its devices in Mexico in the coming weeks, following a favourable ruling from the 11th Collegiate Court in Mexico City. Roku General Counsel Stephen Kay commented: “Today’s decision is an important victory for Roku, its Mexican distributor Latamel Distribuidora and Mexican retailers in the legal battle against an improper ban … Read more
Huawei has launched two new smartphones and two wearables, all with AMOLED displays. First, the Mate 20 X smartphone features a 7.2″ display with a small notch and HDR10, a resolution of 1080 × 2244, 346 ppi, an aspect ratio of 18.7:9 and an 88% screen-to-body ratio. It runs Android 9, powered by a Kirin … Read more
The South Korean government will invest a total of 528 billion Korean won (about $468 million) in a seven-year project to launch an OLED research and development centre and a four-story OLED manufacturing facility in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. There are 66 projects already in the pipeline for the R&D centre, with a focus on … Read more
The new iPhone models recently launched by Apple all feature the GF2 touch sensor, a double-sided indium tin oxide (DITO) film that relies on touch sensors on the top and bottom sides of the film substrate to provide better touch sensitivity. Used previously in the Apple iPad, the GF2 can now also be found in … Read more
Worldwide IT spending for devices — PCs, tablets and mobile phones — is forecast to grow 2.4% in 2019, reaching $706 billion, up from $689 billion in 2018, according to Gartner. Demand for PCs in the corporate sector has been strong, driven by Windows 10 PC hardware upgrades that should continue until 2020. However, the … Read more
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.8 trillion in 2019, an increase of 3.2 percent from expected spending of $3.7 trillion in 2018, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. “While currency volatility and the potential for trade wars are still playing a part in the outlook for IT spending, it is the … Read more
Digitimes Research has predicted that miniLED pixel pitch could be reduced to between 0.4 and 0.5mm in 2019. The smallest miniLED pixel pitch achieved so far in 2018 is 0.75mm. Several panel-makers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan are now using miniLED backlighting in their high-end products, including Samsung and Sony.
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