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What Bob Saw on the Net 08/05/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) NEC …

Soccer’s World Cup is Colourful

by Bob Raikes

One of the big influences on the TV market is the soccer world cup with estimates that 3.4 billion viewers (according to GlobalWebIndex) and the world cup can also be a challenge for programme …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 29| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Webinar Presents Principles of Light and Colour Measurement

by Andrew Fenn

Radiant Vision Systems, a provider of test and measurement solutions for lighting and displays, will host a webinar to present the background, principles and applications of light and colour measurement methods. “Principles of Light …

Report: “HDTVs Can’t Reproduce the True Colours of the World Cup”

by Andrew Fenn

Last year, it was announced that the World Cup 2018 is being shot and broadcast in Ultra HD and HDR for the first time ever. More recently, Jeff Yurek, of quantum dot technology provider, …

Colorimetry at Display Week – Roundup

by Matthew Brennesholtz

The Color Gamut Session at Display week (Session 78) had four papers in it. The session did not focus on improving the color gamut of displays. Instead, it focused on the evaluation and representation …

VR Used to Test Emotional Response to Colour

by Andrew Fenn

A recent initiative by Australian-based virtual reality company, Liminal VR, in conjunction with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, is using VR to test emotional responses to colours in different environments. The …

Tags:AR/VR| Colour (Color)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 48

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Samsung Launches SeeColors App for QLED TV

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has announced the launch of its SeeColors app, compatible with its entire range of QLED TVs. The app is available to download from the Smart TV app store, and from the Google Play …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Highlights from the 2017 SMPTE Conference

by Chris Chinnock

As has been the case for several years, the SMPTE conference was held above the Dolby Theater in Hollywood California. There was a record turnout this year and because of the growth of the …

Frontiers of Mobile Display and Color Reproduction

by Steve Sechrist

Is the color sensitivity of a smart phone camera CCD components, and image reproduction of the display good enough to serve as a viable photometry and colorimetry matching device for common use? After all, …

Tags:business| Colour (Color)| Mobile Apps| Vol 24 - Issue 32

UK Celebrates 50 years of colour TV

by Bob Raikes

The UK has just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of colour TV services in the country. On 30th June 1967, the BBC started transmission of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in colour. Check …

Three Premium 2017 LCD-TVs Plot Different Paths to Enhanced Performance

by Ken Werner

The white LEDs used in conventional LCD-TV backlight units — which are actually blue LEDs with a broadband yellow phosphor inside the package — produce a white light that has insufficient output and purity …

Tags:Colour (Color)| LCD Backlights| LED| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 16

LDM Vol 24 #16 Product Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Arris announced two new commercial satellite receivers that support the DVB-S2X satellite technology and the HEVC codec with resolutions up to UltraHD. The DSR-7412 Integrated Receiver/Transcoder and DSR-4470 Integrated Receiver/Decoder are both intended for …