SID Display Week 2016 – Page 3

ICDM Updates Contrast Metrology Text

by Chris Chinnock

SID’s International Committee on Display Metrology (ICDM) held an evening meeting at DisplayWeek. The main business was to vote on some new language that was added to one measurement technique and a second section …

LCOS Device Advancements

by Chris Chinnock

Single panel projection, HMD or HUD solutions require a very fast response time from the imager if they operate in a color sequential mode. This mode is preferred as it can increase resolution by …

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Tianma Highlights Automotive at SID

by Bob Raikes

Tianma had plenty new to show us, even though we have met up with the firm at CES and MWC already this year. Automotive is a strong area for the firm and the first …

Mitsubishi Adds to its Range

by Bob Raikes

We reported quite a lot of new products from Mitsubishi in our Embedded World report, so we were quite surprised to see how much was new at SID. First, we looked at a 4.3″ …

Canatu Integrates with E Ink

by Bob Raikes

When we met Canatu at CES, the company expressed frustration at the number of design wins that it has achieved, but that which it cannot publicise for contractual reasons. However, at SID, the company …

Speckle Metrology Gets Attention

by Chris Chinnock

The characterization of speckle is an on-going area of development and becoming more critical as laser-based projection systems expand beyond their initial deployments in digital cinema. There were four papers in session 10 on …

BOE Shows a Wide Range of Panels

by Bob Raikes

BOE has gradually been boosting its marketing around the world and had a good array of different panels for a range of applications this year. although CSOT of China, which came to San Jose …

IGZO & Touch are Sharp Focus

by Bob Raikes

Sharp was highlighting its technology in IGZO backplanes and its touch integration at the SID. IGZO will be important, Sharp believes, because it meets the needs that are developing in IT and PCs. The …

Samsung Back at SID – but ‘No Meetings’

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display was missed at the SID event last year (it was concentrating on promoting its branded products last year, rather than components, we heard), so we were pleased to see the company back …

Kyocera Highlights Touch and Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Kyocera explained its expanded Procap line of products for industrial and automotive applications, which are now available optically bonded up to 12.1″. The company has also upgraded its wide viewing angle technology from AWV …

SID Showfloor Round Up

by Bob Raikes

3M was showing a 31″ 2560 x 1440 monitor reference design that supports 94% of the Rec 2020 using the company’s QD-based QDEF film in an edge-lit configuration and using an optimised DBEF. Brightness …

IC12 Microsoft Summarises AR & VR Developments

by Bob Raikes

The final talk was by Dr Bernard Kress from the Microsoft Hololens Team. He gave a very, very ‘high bandwidth’ overview of what is happening in VR and AR. There were 175 slides! Before …