Year: 2021

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Research: 55% US pay-TV homes swayed by sport to keep service

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Parks Associates said that 55% of US pay-TV households see live sports coverage as an important part of their decision to keep Pay TV services. Separately, a report on viewing of …

Tags:Pay TV| Sports and Stadiums| Streaming Video| TV Viewing

Another Name for Dual LCDs in Vehicles

by Bob Raikes

Please excuse me if I return to a particular interest of mine – dual cell LCDs. I have been intrigued by the idea when Sharp showed an LCD with ‘a million to one contrast …

Tags:Automotive| Dual Panel LCDs

Kramer Sold and Sees a Retirement

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A majority interest in Kramer Electronics has been acquired by Fortissimo Capital Fund, a private equity fund based in Israel. Michael and Ben-Zion Hochstein, two of the company’s founders, will retain …

Tags:AV Processors| Mergers & Acquisitions

Larry Tannas a Victim of Covid

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I heard this week via a friend the sad news that Larry Tannas, a renowned display technologist, has recently died from the Covid virus. Larry was a pioneer (and patent holder) …

Tags:LCD displays

This laptop has seven times the average number of screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A company called Expanscape has developed a notebook with 7 displays, the Aurora 7. There are four 17.3″ UltraHD displays, two 7″ 1200p displays and a third one, with touch, in …

Tags:Notebooks| R&D (Research & Development)

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Q4 Profits Rolled in for TV Brands

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a blog article on the TV business results of the top three brands, Samsung, LGE and Sony and the overall business of TCL, the fourth business. All of the …

Tags:Financial Data| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| Samsung| sony| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

More Than 75% of All Streaming Time in Q4 Was on Big Screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the long term trend towards consumption of video on mobile devices, Conviva’s State of Streaming Q4 2020 report shows 75% of all viewing time via connected devices was watched on …

Tags:Consoles| PCs| Smart TV| Smartphones| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| tablets

Links Round-up Week Ending 19th Feb 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. Modder Adds Ray Tracing to Super Mario …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| IMAX| MMD (AOC Philips)| Nintendo Consoles| ray tracing| Samsung| Virtual Reality

Links Round-up Week Starting 22nd Feb 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. Join the team at Canon Burbank as …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Game Playing| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Human Vision| Litigation| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)