You asked: local dimming, bright TVs, and the future of RGB LED

From local dimming and HDR brightness to Mini LED, RGB LED, and Dolby Vision 2, we answer reader questions about modern TV picture quality and what display technology matters most in 2026.
Hackaday

Building An Escape Room Lockbox With The ESP32 Cheap Yellow Display (CYD)

Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called ...

A nanomaterial flex—MXene electrodes help OLED display technology shine, while bending and stretching

The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology behind flexible cell phones, curved monitors, and televisions could one ...

Micro RGB Is 2026’s Darling TV Technology—and It Might Outshine OLED. So What Is it?

After CES, everybody is talking about how beautiful Micro RGB TVs are. It’s not hype, but they’re also probably not coming to ...
GitHub

Advanced Real-Time Screen Translator

This project has a sibling called Lookupper — an on-screen dictionary for language learning. It is similar to Translumo but built for a different purpose. Lookupper is built to help you learn a ...
IEEE

Effect of Coloured Text and Background Combination on Visual Comfort for Reading on Display

Abstract: A psychophysical experiment was conducted to investigate visual comfort on displays. 107 images of coloured text on neutral backgrounds were assessed by 20 observers using a magnitude ...