2022 – Page 178 – Display Daily

Omdia Forecasts OLED Area and Applications

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Omdia published a press release that highlighted an ‘explosive increase’ in AMOLED display demand in 2021 as the area demand in 2021 is expected to reach 14.2 m² million, a 52.0% …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Smartphones

Scanning the Horizon at SXSWedu 2022

by Len Scrogan

The annual SXSWedu conference typically serves as the most innovative, fresh, and predictive venue for envisioning the future of the ed-tech marketplace. This year, the SXSWedu® Conference & Festival will be held in face-to-face …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Education| Virtual Reality

Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Slowed in the Fourth Quarter but Saw Solid Growth for 2021, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide tablet shipments reached 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), posting a decline for the second time since the pandemic began in 2020. Shipments declined 11.9% year over year in …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Chromebooks| IDC| tablets

Philips New OLED807 Ambilight TV

by Artem Alekseenko

Philips new OLED807 brings PQ and SQ improvements to one of 2021’s most award-winning OLED TVs. Philips OLED807 features New 6th P5 Gen AI picture processing suite to guarantee superb picture quality. Next Gen …

Tags:Philips| TPV (TP Vision)

Counterpoint Releases Smartphone Data on World, China and US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research published some interesting data on the smartphone market in the US and China as well as looking at the overall development of the market over the last five years. …

Sky sheds 200,000 subs in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In the report on Q4 from parent company, Comcast, Sky is reported to have lost 198K subscribers in the UK, Germany and Italy. Revenue was down in Q4 by 2.4% to …

Tags:Comcast| Europe| Financial Data| Sky

Schott’s High-index AR Wafer Halves Waveguide Weight

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At Photonics West, Schott highlighted its high refractive index glass RealView 1.9 lightweight ultra which it said allows ‘up to 50% lighter’ waveguides without reducing image quality. It also said that …

Tags:AR Glasses| Glass| LED| MEMs Displays

7-Eleven Japan Tests Touchless Checkouts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that 7-Eleven Japan is experimenting in six stores in Tokyo with ‘holographic’ touch screens that feature a virtual touch screen but do not use physical touch. The terminals cannot …

Tags:Japan| Touchless Touch

Apple Enjoys the Holiday Quarter

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple published its Q4 and full year results and the firm hit a new record of $123.9 billion in Q4, up 11%, with $34.6 billion in profit. In a call, Tim …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| PCs

Strategy Analytics: Microsoft Breaks into Top Five Tablet Vendors amid Strong Productivity Demand

by Artem Alekseenko

Microsoft cashed in on the need for mobile productivity devices with its massive Surface portfolio refresh and joined the ranks of the top global tablet vendors for the first time ever. Meanwhile, most vendors …

MPEG LA Introduces Patent Pool License for Versatile Video Coding (VVC)

by Artem Alekseenko

MPEG LA, LLC announced the availability of the VVC Patent Portfolio License (“VVC License” or “License”). The joint license includes patents that are essential to the Versatile Video Coding (VVC, also known as H.266 …

Tags:MPEG| Patents| VVC (H.266)

RealD Looks at Entertainment on the Move

by Bob Raikes

I tend to think of RealD as a supplier of cinema technology in display or image processing, although it also has other technologies. I remember seeing a cool idea for changing the apparent direction …

Tags:Automotive| Dual Panel LCDs| Privacy| RealD

Year: 2022