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Links Week Ending 5th March 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 first part of this week. Sharp NEC Pulls out of ISE 2021 …

Tags:Barco| Market Data| NEC| OTT Video| Pricing| sharp| sony| tablets| TPV (TP Vision)| TV Viewing| TVs (TV Sets)| Wearable Market

Data: Smart TVs see 157% YoY increase in viewing hours

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Conviva said that in the last year the time spent streaming TV in Europe had grown 122% while globally there was an increase of 157% in viewing hours using SmartTVs. That …

Tags:Smart TV| TV Viewing

IDC

EMEA PC Market Set for its Strongest Growth on Record in 2021Q1, Says IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), shipments of traditional PCs (a combination of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) in EMEA will total 96.4 million in 2021, a 16.0% YoY growth. Once again, continuing …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Europe| IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Samsung has a 76″ LED TV Later This Year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung held an online event to talk about its TV plans for 2021 and gave more details of the 110″ and 99″ microLED TVs which will be available at the end …

Tags:MicroLED| MiniLED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

New Panasonic UST Zoom Lenses Enable New Immersive Experiences

by Artem Alekseenko

The location-based entertainment industry can now bring audiences even closer to the action with visually immersive experiences using Panasonic’s two new Zero-Offset Ultra Short Throw (UST) Zoom lenses for its LCD Laser Projectors. These …

Tags:Lenses| Panasonic| UST Projectors

Lenovo X1 Fold Gets A Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say One of the interesting experiments in using foldable displays is the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold and T3 has reviewed the unit. T3 found that the brightness was just under 300 cd/m² …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Lenovo

Global smartphone shipments to grow 50% in 1Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research is forecasting that smartphone sales will be up 50% year on year to 340 million units in Q1 2021 with sales of Apple handsets going well (forecast at >60 …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones