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Nintendo Plans Switch Model With Bigger Samsung OLED Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that the next version of the Nintendo Switch console will use a 7″ OLED from Samsung Display which will be put into production in June. The 720P panel is …

Tags:Consoles| Nintendo Consoles| OLEDs| Samsung Display

What Vizio’s S-1 filing tells us about the TV Set business

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol newsletter had a dig into Vizio’s S-1 prospectus that includes the story of how the founder, William Wang, was in a plane crash before founding the company. It also …

Tags:Financial Data| TVs (TV Sets)| Vizio

Taiwan’s Acer says component shortage squeezes PC makers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Nikkei has published a report on supply chain issues for technology companies, with quotes from Acer. Issues that are impacting device and display makers include: Semiconductors, water & glass (as …

Tags:Glass| Polarisers| Production Equipment| Semiconductor Market

Pervoskite Green Achieves Close to OLED EQE

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from European, US and several Korean universities has produced a paper, published in the prestigious ‘Nature’ journal, that highlights the development perovskite nanocrystal LEDs of colour-stable red emissions, centred …

Tags:PeLED (Perovskite LED)| R&D (Research & Development)

Sony PlayStation moves further away from video

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has said that from the end of August, the PlayStation Store will no longer offer film and TV purchases and rentals, taking PlayStation out of the TVOD market. Fierce Video …

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LG Applies for Patent for Extendable TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LetsGoDigital reports that LG has applied for a patent for an ‘extendable’ OLED TV. When not in use, the TV drops back into the case, with just a small part of …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Patents| TVs (TV Sets)

Baanto Announces ShadowSense Slim Product Family

by Artem Alekseenko

Baanto is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive line-up of products designed specifically for mid-sized touch display markets. This family incorporates our patented ShadowSense sensor technology using our thinnest bezel yet, starting …

Tags:Baanto| Sensors

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Varjo’s Next Generation VR-3 and XR-3 Headsets Now Shipping Worldwide  

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo™, the leader in industrial-grade VR/XR hardware and software, began shipping its next generation professional-grade virtual reality and mixed reality headsets – the VR-3 and XR-3. Suitable for any professional immersive workflow, both headsets …

Tags:Head Up Displays HUDs| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

New Architecture for OLED Displays from Dresden

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers at the Institute for Applied Physics at TU Dresden have had a paper published in ‘Nature Materials’ that suggests a new device concept for high-efficiency and low-voltage vertical organic lighting-emitting …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Germany| OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)

Eric Schmidt: Urgent That US Counters China

by Barry Young

The semiconductor industry drew the world’s attention last week as shipments were forecast to be up 20% Y/Y in Q121, while demand grew 30% faster than supply in 2020. The gap is causing shortages …

Tags:China| Semiconductor Market| USA

LG and Sony Led OLED TV Gains in Advanced TV Market in Q4

by Artem Alekseenko

While in recent years OLED TV has seen its share of the premium TV market deteriorate, OLED TVs and the brands that sell them regained much of that lost ground in the fourth quarter …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| sony