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LCD vs. OLED: Why your next laptop should have an OLED display (according to Asus)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say While digging around on the Asus site, we spotted a blog article that went through the reasons why buyers should look at a notebook using an OLED display. While most of …

Tags:Asus| Colour Quality| Notebooks| OLEDs| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

New LG OLED TV update will give owners a Dolby Vision boost

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG has said that TVs with its Alpha 9 Gen 5 processor will be upgraded to support Dolby Vision IQ with Precision Rendering, the version of Dolby Vision intended to optimise …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)| TVs (TV Sets)| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

QDEF to Boom or ‘Steady as She Goes’?

by Bob Raikes

Last week DSCC released some interesting data and a forecast for the market of QDEF films for use in LCDs. It got me thinking. QDEF (Quantum Dot Enhancement Film) has been the main way …

Looking Back on My Display Daily Year

by Bob Raikes

Like many others, at this time of year, I thought I’d look back and a bit forward to see if I could see any patterns in what I have written over the last year …

Creating color from blue miniLEDs. Investigating the inner workings of Apple’s new iPad and MacBook Pro

by Peter Palomaki

With miniLEDs now squarely in the passing lane as the next big display revolution, it’s important to consider how these miniLEDs are currently being implemented in LCD technology. More specifically, how they are creating …

Tags:Apple| Phosphors| Quantum Dots| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Lenovo Unveils 27-Inch Thunderbolt 4 Monitor with Built-In Dock

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo has a new monitor, the P27u-20, a 27″ unit with UltraHD and optimised for WCG with 99.1% of DCI-P3 and 99.5% of AdobeRGB and DisplayHDR 400 certification from an 8 …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Lenovo| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Are New Displays Always Better? Like MicroLEDs?

by Bob Raikes

We display enthusiasts always love new technologies and look forward to the ‘next big thing’ with enthusiasm. But sometimes, we assume that everything will improve, but that’s not always the case, especially early in …

Acer XB323K: 4K IPS monitor with 144 Hz and HDMI 2.1

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Prad.de reports that Acer has released a 32″ UltraHD monitor (XB323K) in China with a high refresh rate of 144Hz and certification to DisplayHDR 600. It is G-Sync Compatible. Native contrast …

Tags:Acer| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

HDTV Test Reviews Samsung WCG Laser Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTV Test reviewed the Samsung ‘The Premiere’ LSP9T UST projector. The unit uses three laser diode sources for and a single chip (0.67″) DLP architecture and includes Samsung’s …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Samsung| Testing| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

WCG Heavyweights Slug it Out at Display Week

by Bob Raikes

Although Quantum Dots (QDs) often get the headlines on extending colour gamuts, the market reality is that phosphors have often been the materials that have allowed wider colour coverage, usually for reasons of cost. …

Does WCG Make More People Colour Blind?

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Barry wrote about the developments in wide colour gamut displays and the trend to move to narrow primaries to enable the showing of as much as possible of the Rec. 2020 gamut. …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Multi-Primary| SID Display Week 2021| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Baylor 6P & SMPTE Conference Focus on Multi-Primary Colour

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SMPTE held an event on colour with a focus on multi-primary colour. Among the topics covered was a proposal by scientists from Baylor University for a six primary system, adding cyan, …

Tags:Colour Quality| Multi-Primary| SMPTE| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)