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HTC Teases Next VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTRC has teased a small Vive headset in social media and emails. The image is very dark but if you try to brighten it to get more details, it just reveals …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Virtual Reality

Quest Pro Features Shown in Leaked Gif

by Bob Raikes

What They Say RoadtoVR published a since deleted clip that seems to show the view when a Meta Quest Pro headset is used in the Immersed app and that makes us of its hand …

Tags:| Virtual Reality

Shenzen Timewaying Technology Wins DCI Approval

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Shenzen Timewaying Technology has been granted DCI approval for its LA4K-20 display. The test used a Dolby Vision IMB and the system is the second from the firm to be approved, …

Tags:3D Cinema| 4K DCI| DCI Compliance| LED Cinema

Links Week Starting 10th October 2022

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. For the next couple of weeks, we …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Right to Repair| Samsung| Smart TV| Smartphone Market| warranty

Intel ARC A750

GPUs are Damn Tricky

by Omid Rahmat

As you may know, we have had the privilege and pleasure of reuniting with our pal and colleague Bob Raikes and have acquired Display Daily. One of our journalist friends commented, “Nice. Displays are tricky …

Tags:GPUs| Intel

Innolux & AUO Continue to Suffer in Q3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Innolux and AUO released their monthly data and unsurprisingly, given the weak market conditions, the firms were both well down.  Innolux said that its revenues were up 11.1% on August in …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Innolux| Large LCD Supply| Small Medium LCDs| Supply Chain

Google makes AV1 codec support mandatory for Android 14

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has said that it plans to require hardware makers to support the AV1 codec in tablets and smartphones to allow support for Android 14, which is due to be in …

Tags:Android| AV1 Codec| Google| Smartphones| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)

It’s back to square one for Amazon’s projection efforts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported that Amazon has canned the Glow projection devices after poor sales. The aim of the device was to enable video interaction with children remotely for caregivers, grandparents and …

Tags:Amazon| Projectors| VideoConferencing

LG advances smart TV platform business

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG said that its webOS is now available on up to 200 partner brands including Seiki, Eko, Stream System, Konka, Aiwa and Hyundai – a ten-fold increase from when LG commenced licensing …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Operating Systems| Samsung| Smart TV| Tizen| WebOS

Fire protection layer for LED displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reports that Screen Experts of Münster in Germany has developed a patented coating process for making LED displays fireproof and called, imaginitively enough ‘Screen Fire Protectio’ or SFP. No details of …

Tags:Health and Safety| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Intel Smooth Sync Fixes Tearing in the GPU

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tom’s Hardware reviewed the Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition GPU and add-in board. The review suggests it might be an alternative to AMD or Nvidia, especially for AV1 and VP9 encoding. However, …

Tags:GPUs| Intel| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Links Week Ending 14th October 2022

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 end of this week.  Intel has released the long-awaited Intel Arc A750 …

Tags:Aviation| Dell| Desktop Monitors| GPUs| Graphics Cards| Intel| Samsung| Smart Home & Home Networks| Smart TV