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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Joins HDR10+ Alliance

by Andrew Fenn

Warner Bros. will support HDR10+ to enable a dynamic metadata solution for its content for Samsung, Panasonic and other HDR10+ capable Ultra HD HDR TVs. The new HDR10+ technology optimises picture quality for next-generation …

Nintendo Switch Is Fastest-Selling Console in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Nintendo Switch has been named America’s fastest-selling home video game console, beating the previous record, also held by Nintendo with the Wii, released in 2006. The console-portable hybrid sold 4.8 million units in the …

Zecotek to Develop 3D HUD with Second Car Maker

by Andrew Fenn

We missed Zecotek’s announcement that it is now working with a second major European automobile manufacturer to integrate its 3D technology into a brand-specific 3D head-up display for consumer use. Zecotek’s 3D HUD technology …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

CyberLink Launches Power Media Player MR

by Andrew Fenn

CyberLink has launched Power Media Player MR, a new app designed to enable Microsoft Windows Mixed Reality headset users to enjoy both VR and conventional media content through the new devices. Available now on …

Tags:360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

MDM CES Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Boarding VAR is from France and was part of the French contingent in the Eureka Park. The company believes it has a solution to the problems caused by VR upsetting people by causing motion …

Next Samsung Smartwatch Could Have a Battery in its Strap

by Andrew Fenn

New patents for a potential future iteration of Samsung’s Gear smartwatch indicate that the device’s battery could be manufactured in a flexible material and moved into the strap. Not only does this mean that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Exelus Bringing Mixed Reality Telemedicine App Coming to CES 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Exelus has announced that it will showcase Nomadeec, its new telemedicine platform using HoloLens technology in Las Vegas at CES 2018, from January 9th to the 12th. The mixed reality telemedicine application was co-designed …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Plessey Attacks Monilithic MicroLED Target

by Bob Raikes

Plessey Semiconductor said that it expects to be the first to market with a monolithic microLED based display based on GaN-on-Silicon. Plessey also said that it has started an “extensive” licensing programme that will …

Tags:Microdisplays| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Fake News and CES

by Bob Raikes

We managed to get our first issue of the year finished on time and we’re heading off to CES. Even with four of us, it’s hard to cover everything. Because of the overload, we …

SDC launches 3.5″ QHD VR AMOLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display has a new panel for VR headsets, the SDC-350-VR. The 3.5″ AMOLED has 1440 x 1660 resolution at 90Hz and provides 615 ppi. Panel size is 62.47 x 73.28mm and the thickness …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

iPhone Wins OLED Burn-In Test Over Samsung Galaxy

by Andrew Fenn

Korean tech website Cetizen recently performed an extreme OLED burn-in test on three of the smartphone industry’s most popular handsets: the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and the Apple iPhone …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Apple Joins Alliance for Open Media

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has joined Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix, among others, in the Alliance for Open Media, the group of companies working together to develop the next-generation, open-source, royalty-free video format, AV1. …

Tags:Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 25 - Issue 01