Dell’s U3223QE ultra-black sharable 32-inch 4K monitor
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DaVinci’s tools get major update … and then some
Blackmagic Design is not the kind of company to let a worldwide pandemic and recession go to waste. The company kept a low (for them) profile throughout the NAB time frame, and now arrives with a revamped DaVinci Resolve with new tools and companion hardware. In the demo available on the Blackmagic site, CEO Grant Petty took the controls himself … Read more
Ambarella expands its platform to meet Intel’s challenge
CES, the land of dreams, hopes, and big promises. Ambarella was founded in 2004 on the basis of a massive semi-smart image sensor with video-compression. Four years later, the company introduced its flagship product, the H2 with an image processing pipeline that included a 10-bit HDR video processing and imaging that could handle challenging low-light conditions. In 2011, the company … Read more
Nokia puts Pixelworks in phones
The Nokia 7.2 and Nokia 6.2 smartphones launched at IFA 2019 feature PureDisplay technology using a Pixelworks visual processor. These new Nokia smartphones have big 6.3-inch screens with always-on HDR and a series of picture quality enhancements. The Nokia 7.2 and Nokia 6.2 smartphones are built with a 6.3-inch 19.5:9 FHD+ screen and PureDisplay technology and processor with the … Read more
Full color spec tightened by VESA
Before HDR, life was dull, bland, uninteresting, and uninspiring. Intel introduced HDR support with its 7th generation Intel Core processors that were launched in 2016. Both Nvidia and AMD also started to offer HDR support in 2016. In 2018, HDR monitors showed up at CES in 2017. In December 2017, VESA introduced the DisplayHDR specification, version 1.0. Finally, in 2018, … Read more
The foldable Thinkpad X1
I didn’t get to see this new machine from Lenovo, but like others, I am fascinated by its potential, and curious about its durability. The new PC was unveiled in a conference in Orlando, Florida, and comes with a foldable 13.3-inch touch screen display and a keyboard attachment. The display was made in collaboration with South Korean company LG and … Read more
Nvidia’s new RTX board’s test results
An average improvement of 31% over the previous generation
Nvidia’s new RTX board’s test results
The highly anticipated Turing GPU-based Nvidia RTC 2080-series AIBs were announced in late August at Gamecon 2018 and the top of the lines cards were promised for delivery in late September. They came out the week of the 17th, and everyone who could get their hands on one tested and compared them to the previous generation, the Pascal GPU-based 1080-series. … Read more
Making things, seeing things
The many ways content is being created is changing and so are the way we see things. This issue of TechWatch, has some stories that are continuing gifts from Siggraph as well as news that has come out ahead of IBC; and all that is in addition to the random stuff we stumble across — but a whole bunch of … Read more
Color calibration in TV displays
Samsung and Portrait displays team up for HDR calibration in your home Portrait Displays announced its expanded partnership with Samsung Electronics for color calibration in TV displays through its CalMAN software. The auto calibration tool is expected to become available simultaneously with Samsung’s 2018 QLED TV lineup. Portrait Displays‘ CalMAN software is the video calibration solution used by most professional … Read more
VESA is pushing the envelope of display tech
Compression, HDR, USB-c, automotive and more The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced that the growing trend of viewing higher-resolution digital content over mobile devices is fueling the adoption of DisplayPort and other VESA standards in the consumer electronics space. DisplayPort Alt Mode, which enables simultaneous video, power and data delivery to be carried over the USB Type-C connector (USB-C), … Read more
Projecting 4K images
Dollars per nit Three new 4K projectors were recently announced, Acer’s $4k, 4K 3K lumen VL7860, N-tech’s $0.47k, 4k, 1.5k lumen, and BenQ’s $1.5k, 4k, 2.2k lumen HT2550 projector. Acer’s and BenQ’s are also HDR compatible, Acer is supporting a wide color gamut of 110 percent of the Rec. 709 color space and is Rec. 2020 compatible, and BenQ offering … Read more