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Could Quantum Dots improve night viewing?

Ray Soneira, the display expert behind DisplayMate, just posted a great, in-depth piece that looks at Apple's new Night Shift feature.

NanosysApril 7, 2016Quantum Dot, DisplayMate, Vizio, Nanosys, Ray Soneira

Can your TV accurately display your favorite NFL team's colors?

In honor of Super Bowl 50, featuring the Panthers vs the Broncos, I thought it would be fun to look back at a post I wrote in 2012 about NFL team colors. Turns out most TVs cannot accurately reproduce the Broncos uniforms...

Quantum Dots Everywhere at CES 2016

Quantum Dots were absolutely everywhere at CES this year as several TV makers announced new Quantum Dot-powered sets to bring HDR capabilities to their their 2016 TV lineups.

EventsNanosysJanuary 15, 2016CES 2016, Quantum Dot, Nanosys, Samsung

Quantum Dots go to Hollywood

Quantum Dots made a cameo appearance at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Annual Technical Conference in Hollywood, CA last month.

NanosysNovember 20, 20153M, Nanosys, Quantum Dot, SMPTE, rec.2020

IFA sets up a huge year for TVs with HDR, next-gen content and Quantum Dots

The big European fall shows for displays and broadcast technologies are in the books and, if you follow display technology, the stage is set for an exciting 2016.

Display Industry TrendsNanosysSeptember 23, 2015IFA, IBC

Pixar's 'Inside Out' in Dolby Vision– rec.2020's killer app

Inside Out shows-off what Dolby Vision can do with the full rec.2020 palette.

Interesting ColorsNanosysAugust 18, 2015rec.2020, Pixar, Inside Out, Dolby Vision, Quantum Dot, Color

DisplayWeek 2015 Wrap-up

Whew, DisplayWeek 2015 just wrapped-up in San Jose and it was another great show. Loaded, as always, with tons of display news.

Display Industry Trends, EventsNanosysJune 11, 2015Quantum Dot, UHD, Immersive, Nanosys, 3M, BOE, Tianma, DisplayWeek, SID

Content Comes to Life at NAB 2015

Just wrapped up a whirlwind week at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas.

Display Industry TrendsNanosysApril 17, 2015Samsung, Dolby, HDR, wide color gamut, ARRi, EIZO

Content creators respond as demand for UHD TV takes off: UPDATED

On this blog I've often written about the chicken and egg problem that exists between content creators, broadcasters and display makers.

Color, emotion and crowdsourcing?

Color is perhaps the most powerful tool that designers have to express emotion.

Interesting ColorsNanosysFebruary 20, 2015no-image, color, design, emotion

Hollywood backs better pixels with new color standard

At CES this year the key message from nearly all the top TV brands was that better pixels– with richer colors, brighter brights and deeper blacks– are about to take the UHD TV viewing experience to new heights.

Wide Color Gamut ContentNanosysJanuary 30, 2015no-image, ACES, ACES A1, rec.2020, Color Gamut, Quantum Dot, CES 2015

CES 2015 Display wrap-up

For each of the past six years, I’ve spent the second week in January immersed in all things consumer electronics at the legendary CES trade show in Las Vegas.

Display Industry Trends, EventsNanosysJanuary 13, 2015Quantum Dot, Better Pixels, CES 2015, rec.2020, HDR, UHD, Samsung, Netflix

Designing a disruptive display for the ASUS Zenbook NX500

Earlier this year ASUS came to Nanosys and 3M with a pretty audacious idea for a new product.

NanosysDecember 3, 2014no-image, ASUS, Zenbook NX500, Nanosys, Quantum Dot, Energy efficiency, Display Technology

Color, Consumers and Clicks

According to testing by Hubspot, you are 21% more likely to click on the red button than the green. Think about that for a second.

Interesting ColorsNanosysNovember 5, 2014no-image, Branding, iPad mini 3, iPad Air 2, wide color gamut, Display Technology

Better pixels coming to LCD, OLEDs still not easy to make

It’s mid-October, IFA’s in the rearview mirror, most of the holiday season products have been announced, and CES looms ahead in January.

Display Industry TrendsNanosysOctober 15, 2014no-image, OLED, Next Generation TV, UHD, TV, IFA, CES, Manufacturing cost

Canon adds support for rec.2020 capture, brings next gen video a step closer to mainstream

One of the first questions that consumers have about next generation Ultra HD (UHD) video features like wide color gamut and high dynamic range is the availability of optimized content.

Display Industry TrendsNanosysOctober 1, 2014no-image, rec.2020, Canon, Quantum Dot

UHD actually means better pixels, not just more pixels

Resolution is only a small part of the UHD story. That was my takeaway from Europe's massive late summer consumer electronics and broadcast trade shows IFA and IBC.

Display Industry TrendsNanosysSeptember 16, 2014no-image, UHD, TV industry, Quantum Dot, HDR, HFR, Hisense, ULED

Watching the World Cup finals this weekend? Your HDTV probably can't show off Messi's boots in all their bright blue glory

If you've been following the FIFA World Cup this summer you may have noticed many players wearing some seriously colorful cleats.

Interesting ColorsNanosysJuly 11, 2014no-image, World Cup 2014, Lionel Messi, Color gamut

NANOSYS QDEF WINS "BEST IN SHOW" AT 2014 DISPLAY INDUSTRY AWARDS FOR A THIRD TIME

AwardsNanosysJune 9, 2014no-image

Nanosys QDEF Wins Gold Award for Display Component of the Year at DisplayWeek 2012

Nanosys, Inc., an advanced materials architect, today received the 2012 Display Industry Awards Gold Display Component of the Year for its Quantum Dot Enhancement Film (QDEF) from the Society for Information Display (SID).

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