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ICDM Has IDMS V1.1 and Other Acronyms

by Bob Raikes

One of my favourite sayings as a manager has always been “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. I’m not sure where the quote came from (Drucker and Deming are both widely …

Tags:Measurement| SID Society| Standards

What is the Resolution?

by Bob Raikes

Last week, I looked at ‘How Black is Black?‘ and today I’m reporting on another paper from SID (34-4), presented by Samsung Display , on a new way to specify resolution. Issues about defining …

Tags:Measurement| SID Display Week 2021| Standards| Testing

ICDM Updates Exec Committee

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ICDM (International Committee on Display Measurement) has a new committee. Chair: Mike Wilson, WestarSecretary: John Penczek, Luminex TechnologiesEditor: Johan Bergquist, Den ConsultingAt Large Members: Richard Austin, Gamma Scientific Michael Becker, …

Tags:Standards| Testing

Certified Logo Program to be Applied to 8K TVs Starting January 1, 2021

by Artem Alekseenko

The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has published an updated performance specification for the powerful 8K Association Certified mark program. TV shoppers looking for …

Tags:Certification| Standards| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Omniverse—work anywhere, in any program, with your colleagues

by Jon Peddie

It hasn’t been too many years since the siloed effects of specialists in the graphics production pipeline drove up a studio or company’s costs, and delayed projects because they used incompatible programs. At GDC …

Tags:3D software| Graphics Software| Nvidia| Standards

Design and Build the Future of MPEG

by Leonardo Chiariglione

Established in 1988, the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) has produced some 180 standards in the area of efficient distribution on broadcast, broadband, mobile and physica medial, and consum­ption of digital moving pictures and …

Tags:Codecs| MPEG| Standards

Moonshots and the Digital Age

by Steve Sechrist

This week past, marked the 50th (golden) anniversary of humanity’s first venture beyond our home planet with the successful landing of Apollo 11 on the surface of the moon, and the safe return of …

Tags:Aviation| Intel| MIT| R&D (Research & Development)| Standards| TI (Texas Instruments)

3IT Holds an Open Day

by Bob Raikes

3IT is focusing these days on AR and VR after starting as the 3D Centre. 3IT is a trade association that has close links to the Fraunhofer HHI in Berlin and each year it …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Codecs| IFA 2018| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Standards| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 34

FCC “Vigorously Enforcing” RF Equipment Rules

by Andrew Fenn

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is committed to vigorously enforcing its RF equipment rules, according to Digital Signage Today. This includes stepping up prosecutions and substantially increasing fines for suppliers who violate the rules. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Standards| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 30