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UK Picture Quality Complaints Fall to 0

by Tom Allen

UK regulator Ofcom has said that complaints about picture quality on public broadcasters’ channels have faded to almost nothing – in fact, there have been no complaints in the last three years. Ofcom is …

Tags:Broadcast| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Visual Quality| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Via Supplys Optical Bonding Materials & Processes (IC14)

by Bob Raikes

Juergen Eichner is from Via Optronics which started as a display enhancement company that quickly started to focus on optical bonding materials, technologies and processes. As a result it has become a supplier of …

Panel Session Looks at Display Improvement Implications (BC20B)

by Bob Raikes

In response to a question, Merck’s Maisch said that it has panels of interested parties to look at developments five to ten years out. The company also tracks social media to see what the …

BC Panel Session Asks “Is Good Enough, Good Enough”?

by Bob Raikes

The first panel session addressed the question “Is Good Enough, Good Enough: Can LCD Persevere?” Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys was the first to speak and he showed a slide that looked at efficiency …

Faroudja Enhances Epson Images

by Tom Allen

Epson’s Powerlite 4770W is a 3LCD unit with video enhancement technology from Faroudja. DCDi Cinema provides a range of features to improve image quality without introducing artefacts. One of DCDi Cinema’s technologies is directional …

OTT Demand Rises for Quality OTT Experience

by Tom Allen

According to OTT video optimisation company Conviva, the challenges to building a sustainable OTT service are rising. It is no longer enough to simply have a video play – the demand for quality is …

Faroudja Improves Quality Algorithms

by Tom Allen

Bandwidth restoration – before. Click for a larger image. Faroudja Enterprises, founded by industry veteran Yves Faroudja, demonstrated image quality improvement technologies to ‘protect the visual beauty of content from SD to UltraHD for …

Display Manufacturing Shifting from OCA to OCR Optical Bonding

by Bob Raikes

According to an article in ETNews, Samsung has changed part of its production for the Galaxy Note 4 from using OCA (optically clear adhesives) to using OCR (optically clear resin). From the two names …

Werner Questions OLED TV

by Raverstead

The second talk that Ken Werner was due to give was about quantum dots and their impact on the prospects for OLED TV. One of the claimed benefits of OLED TVs compared to LCD …

Director Calls for Stop to Motion Interpolation

by Raverstead

Director Reed Morano has begun a petition on Change.org (http://tinyurl.com/ntvnw97) to get TV manufacturers to get rid of motion interpolation (or at least to offer TVs with the option off by default). Interpolation is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Visual Quality| Vol 21 - Issue 45

SRI International Shows Visual Broadcast Test Methods at SMPTE

by Bob Raikes

SRI International offers test patterns that can look at bit depth, chroma sampling, frame rates, conversions, audio sync and much more – and provide visual feedback on compliance and errors.

Tags:SMPTE 2014| Visual Quality