Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) – Page 5

Palomaki and Bertram Uncover LG’s “Nano Cell” Secret

by Ken Werner

In a tightly reasoned article on Peter Palomaki’s blog last week, Palomaki (who I will now call Sherlock Holmes) and collaborator Matt Bertram (Dr. Watson) convincingly argue that LG’s “Nano Cell” LCD-TV technology is …

Samsung Points to 2018 TV Direction, but Short on Detail

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages One of the key messages from the Samsung CES 2018 press conference was basically all in on AI and IoT. H.S. Kim explained that there are three elements of Samsung’s IoT strategy. …

Panasonic North America Chairman CEO Tom Gebhardt

Panasonic Keeps OLED for Studios in the US

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages Panasonic used its CES 2018 press conference to announce four new OLED TVs and to reinforce its support for the dynamic metadata HDR10+ standard. Panasonic is part of the HDR10+ consortium formed …

TCL Looking to Upgrade Brand

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages At TCL’s CES press conference, the company first highlighted their sales success in 2017. They are a top three global brand having sold 23M TVs, up 16% globally and 131% in North …

PixelDisplay Claims Advantages over QDs

by Chris Chinnock

PixelDisplay is a company that debuted at last year’s SID conference with a method to create narrow band RGB light for wide color gamut HDR displays. They showed a demo of an LED with …

Nanoco Looking to Commercialisation

by Chris Chinnock

We met with Quantum Dot developer Nanoco in their suite in the Venetian at CES 2018. The first thing they showed us were three displays that had been modified to remove quantum dot films …

UHD Alliance Working on Out-reach & Testing

by Chris Chinnock

The UHD Alliance was providing briefing to update the media and customers on current and future activities. The first thing that spokesperson Dan Schinasi from Samsung Electronics noted was that the organization now has …

Tags:CES 2018 TV| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

HDR10+ Continues to Gain Momentum

by Chris Chinnock

HDR10+, the alternative dynamic metadata-based HDR solution to Dolby Vision, was discussed broadly at CES for the first time. It was also bolstered with the addition of Warner Bros. to the initial supporters which …

Advanced HDR by Technicolor Develops

by Chris Chinnock

In the Technicolor suite in the Venetian, we learned that the HDR solution developed by Technicolor and Philips will be called Advanced HDR by Technicolor when communicating this to the media and consumers. When …

Dolby Vision Gets to Notebooks

by Chris Chinnock

Dolby used its CES suite at the Wynn to provide an update on its Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos roll outs. New highlights included new Lenovo laptops with Dolby Vision – the first in …

Philips Will Be First with Technicolor HDR

by Chris Chinnock

The Philips brand in North America is managed in the TV market by Japan-based Funai Electric, which has a US-based subsidiary called P&F USA. When we met with them in the Renaissance meeting room …

Skyworth Celebrates Birthday with Aggressive OLED Plans

by Chris Chinnock

In 2017, Skyworth opened a U.S office to explore entering the TV market and launched the U5 series in very limited distribution so far. These are Android TVs with IPS type UHD LCD panels …