Vol 24 – Issue 35 – Page 5

E Ink and Plastic Logic Boost ePaper Partnership

by Alan Spencer

E Ink has announced it is renewing its master supply agreement with Plastic Logic. The agreement centres around flexible EPD production and with this partnership, the continued strength of the companies’ relationship to collaborate …

Glō Orders G5+ MOCVD System for Micro-LED Production

by Bob Raikes

Aixtron said that it has received an order for an AIX G5+ platform from Swedish-American company glō-USA, Inc. which is focusing on the commercialization of microLED products based on its proprietary defect-free GaN nanowires …

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South Korean Government May Block LGD’s New China Plant

by Andrew Fenn

LG Display’s recently-announced plans to build a $2.3 billion 8.5-Gen OLED fabrication in Guangzhou, China, may be in jeopardy, as the South Korean government is reported to be unhappy with the plans. According to …

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Hulu with Live TV Service Now Available on Select Roku Devices

by Andrew Fenn

Hulu has announced that its Live TV service has been rolled out to select Roku devices. Roku is the leading TV platform in the US. According to an official press release, Hulu’s decision to …

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IHS Predicts Cameras Will Replace Car Mirrors

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit has released a new report highlighting the potential for display technology to make a huge impact on road safety, by replacing traditional side and rear-view mirrors with high-definition cameras. In its new …

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TV Sales in Italy Dropped in First Half of 2017

by Andrew Fenn

TV sales in Italy have dropped by almost 10% year-on-year during the first seven months of 2017, according to a report in Advanced Television. Citing a new report from GfK, Advanced Television also revealed …

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AGC Has Curved Cover Glass for Audi A8

by Andrew Fenn

AGC Asahi Glass has announced that its curved cover glass is to be used in the newly redesigned Audi A8. The announcement makes the new A8 the first mass-produced car ever to incorporate curved …

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QH09 TV SoC HDR Processing

by Chris Chinnock

Erwin Bellers from Sigma Designs was the last speaker of the day and he came to discuss HDR processing in TVs and how Sigma is incorporating HDR10+ in its new SoC, He started by …

QH08 ST 2094-40 for Next Generation Broadcasting

by Chris Chinnock

Bill Mandel then gave a second presentation mainly prepared by his colleague, Jon Fairhurst. This talk began with an overview of some of the benefits of the ATSC 3.0 format with the expectation that …

QH07 HDR10 Plus – Beyond HDR10

by Chris Chinnock

Bill Mandel of the Samsung Research Center in Irvine, California helped deliver a presentation co-authored with Yeong Taeg Kim that provided more insight into the HDR10+ standard. Samsung’s dynamic metadata approach has been standardized …

QH06 Overview of HDR

by Chris Chinnock

Chris Chinnock began the focused discussion on HDR10/10+ by delivering an overview on HDR for attendees who were not too familiar with the terms, principle and standards around HDR. This started with an explanation …

QH05 Current state of HDR Calibration for Post-Production, Broadcast, and Home Entertainment Displays

by Chris Chinnock

Marcel Gonska from the SpectraCal division of Portrait Displays started his presentation by noting that professional monitors with different display technologies need slight different calibration procedures. RGB OLEDs for example, use a Judd modified …