HDR

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

Acer and Nvidia BFGD

That’s Big-format gaming display if you were wondering Acer, Asus, and HP have taken AU optronics panels and made 65-inch large format 4k HDR gaming monitors, with 120Hz refresh rates 1,000-nit peak luminance and DCI-P3 color gamut. and Nvidia’s G-Sync technology. Acer showed its 65-inch Predator Big Format Gaming Display with Nvidia G-SYNC at CES, introducing big screens to PC … Read more

LG coolest of cool displays

Giant 8k, a big rollable 4k, and calibrated HDR When it comes to displays, too much is not enough with regard to pixels and color depth. However, physical size may have a practical limit, maybe . . .  As many of you know, for the Winter Olympics, and the country in general, Japan has skipped the 4k node and gone … Read more

Seeing more, seeing better Ben Q 3200U

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