A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Daniel Smalley of the Electro-Holography Research Group within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) is developing a means for “using light to print full color graphics into thin air.” Dr. Smalley has said their target was the famous holographic image of Princess Leia in Star Wars. … Read more
If you’ve got the budget, these monitors can’t be beat I have something to admit; and I never thought this would come to pass. After a motorcycling crash UCL tear (thumb tendon injury) I temporarily and almost permanently became….a……a…….console gamer. There I said it as shameful as it is. Being able to sit back on my couch with multiple ice … Read more
If you’ve got the budget, these monitors can’t be beat I have something to admit; and I never thought this would come to pass. After a motorcycling crash UCL tear (thumb tendon injury) I temporarily and almost permanently became….a……a…….console gamer. There I said it as shameful as it is. Being able to sit back on my couch with multiple ice … Read more
Samsung's 2018 QLED TVs blend into the background when idle Since the TV is often the focal point of the living room, when it's off that blank black rectangle wastes a lot of space. To put it to better use, Samsung has introduced what it calls Ambient Mode, a low-power setting that lets the idle screen display news, weather, or … Read more
In one of the largest product launches outside of CES where Premium consumer products took center stage, HP is taking premium to the mainstream with its latest commercial product launch. The company has introduced three Elite commercial notebooks, two Z-series workstation notebooks, four high-res monitors, and docker for all. Elitebook 800 G5 series HP positions its EliteBook series as the … Read more
How many are there? 21 quadrillion pixels An old friend asked me, Hey Jon, how many pixels do you think there are in the world? TV’s, PC’s, smart phones, tablets. It’s going to be a lot! But how many? Twenty-one quadrillion, six hundred and thirty-four trillion pixels in use today: 21,634,876,802,016,700.00 To start the analysis, I started with what was … Read more
How many are there? 21 quadrillon pixels An old friend asked me, Hey Jon, how many pixels do you think there are in the world? TV’s, PC’s, smart phones, tablets. It’s going to be a lot! But how many? Twenty-one quadrillion, six hundred and thirty-four trillion pixels in use today: 21,634,876,802,016,700.00 To start the analysis, I started with what was shipped … Read more
Effort put into freedom from tether and screen door Once again CES saw a lot of VR announcements combined with what is being referred to as mixed reality, a term that seems to have become established without definition. On the resolution front there were HMDs claiming 4K and even 8K. That is, again, subject to definition. Pimax claims 8K resolution. … Read more
Like a good audio system, an HDR monitor needs tuning. LG OLED UHD TVs will have automatic calibration capability with Portrait Displays' CalMAN software. At CES, LG gave private showings to demonstrate a new capability they will be offering with their UHD displays—a photometer calibration system. If you’ve bought a medium to high-end AV system you know they come with … Read more
Alternate facts or hidden value? Remember, the more you can see, the more you can do? Well when HD monitors rolled on the scene that axiom started to catch the imagination of users, and their managers (“gee, do MORE, for just the cost of a monitor, hell yeah”). The higher the K to dollar ration, the better the deal, monitor … Read more
Seeing more isn’t just about spatial resolution The concept of being able to do more if you can see more by employing higher resolution, larger, and multiple monitors is now well understood and appreciated. A case in point is the recent 50 megapixel set up described in my review of 8K monitors. However, we are now in the realm of … Read more
I’m seeing more; am I doing more? Anyone who has known me has most likely heard me say, the more you can see, the more you can do. That rule applies to monitors, and almost any vehicle you can think of, where “doing” in a vehicle translates into staying out of danger. In monitors it translates into productivity. Most people … Read more
