The publicity for a recent update of JPR’s TV Gaming Report included a headline predicting 20 million gamers will switch to streaming gaming. The headline achieved its goals and has received considerable comment. In response Ted and Jon have seen fit to defend their report. Ted began by making a list; it’s not in precise order of importance or relevance. … Read more
The Pro monitor market has a 5% CAGR
Let’s bring back the biggest and warmest
A noted Apple watcher, Ming-Chi Kuo recently posted (and was echoed) that he thought Apple would among other things be introducing a 31.6-inch 6K monitor. A few of my display-expert friends and I speculated on what that might look like. For example, what would be the aspect ratio and hence the resolution parameters? If offered in a conventional 31.5-inch monitor … Read more
An inexpensive personal eye test system
With the introduction of the Apple iPhone’s Retina display, the industry moved into high-resolution, large, bright, fast refresh displays on a smartphone. That was around 2012. Other companies like Samsung followed the trend and some The EyeQue in-home vision testing system is a miniature optical scope, smartphone application, and cloud-based processor for people to gather corrective vision measurements at their … Read more
The U49 will put 7.4 megapixels in your face, and you’ll like it
But it Can Get You a Curved Display You’ll Fall in Love With
In computer graphics, too much is not enough. I first said that in 1980 I think, and its been true ever since. That’s why I’m such a pixel pig, sitting here writing this with 50 megapixels spread across three 31-inch monitors in front of me (4K-8K-4K), and I’d take more if I could get it (and an AIB to drive … Read more
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
