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Taiwan & China – “Action Sooner Rather than Later”?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg had an opinion piece that put the view that China could act against Taiwan ‘sooner rather than later’. The writer, a Professor of Economics, speculates that action could happen in …

Tags:China| Taiwan

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Spring Brings New Headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There seems to be a bit of acceleration in the arrival of new AR & VR hardware. HP is now taking orders for the Omnicept VR Headset at $1,249 and intended …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HP Inc| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Research: Smart TVs in majority of US homes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hub Entertainment Research published an excerpt of its latest survey of US media consumption. Ownership of smart TVs is now extended to 70% of homes and 52% of all TVs in …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Market Data| USA

Links Week Ending 9th April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Uber Looking at adding AR to App …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Financial Data| Lenovo| Litigation| Nokia| Patents| Pay TV| Pricing| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Links Week Ending 16th April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. A Typewriter with an E Ink display …

Tags:ATSC| Digital Menu Boards| E Ink| Electrochromic Displays| Google| LG Electronics (LGE)| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| QSRs & Menu Boards| Roku| Smart TV

Links Week Ending 23rd April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Previewing Q1’21 Display Supplier Earnings – What …

Tags:Awards| Dolby Atmos| Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Litigation| Lumens (Korea)| OLEDs| Panasonic| Quanta| R&D (Research & Development)| Remote Controls| Samsung| Security| Smart TV| Supply Chain| TVs (TV Sets)| VOD| warranty

Links Week Ending 30th April 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. The ambiguity of 4K, UHD and Ultra …

Tags:AV Receivers| Covid-19| DVB-T & T2| Ergonomics| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Li-Fi| Market Data| Military & Defence| OTT Video| Pay TV| UltraHD (4KTV)

Unilumin Claims top Spot In China LED Exports

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sixteen-nine.net spotted that Unilumin in Brazil had posted some interesting data on exports of LED displays from China. It was originally posted on LinkedIn The data shows that Unilumin was the …

Tags:LED| Market Data

8K TV Owning Households to Reach 72 Million Worldwide by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics said that it saw 8K TV sets reaching 70 million households by 2025, with only just under 350K being sold globally in 2020. The sales level should rise to …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

Poynton Defines “Scene Referred” Video

by Bob Raikes

My second article from the HPA Tech Retreat is a little ‘down in the weeds’ of HDR and the talk I’m covering was given by Dr. Charles Poynton, whose book on digital video I …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| HPA Tech Retreat 2021| Video Quality

MediaTek and Samsung Introduce World’s First Wi-Fi 6E Enabled 8K TV

by Artem Alekseenko

MediaTek and Samsung introduced the world’s first 8K QLED TV – the flagship Samsung 8K QLED Y21 – powered by MediaTek’s MT7921AU, delivering the fastest connectivity experiences through its cutting-edge Wi-Fi 6E capabilities. Following …

Tags:Mediatek| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Wi-Fi