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IPOs in the USA Way Down

by Bob Raikes

What They Say It’s not a display story, but there are plenty of start-ups in the industry, so I was interested to see this chart that highlights that raising funds via IPOs is very …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment

TCL Chairman Weighs Decision on Gen 8.5 IJP OLED Fab

by Barry Young

TCL enjoyed the fruits of years of investing heavily in displays, TVs, smartphones and appliances that together with extraordinary ASP growth saw Y/Y revenues in 2021 up 113%, gross margins up 7% and pretax …

Tags:China| InkJet Deposition| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| Samsung| Samsung Display| TCL

The 8K debate: Is 8K gaming worth the cost?

by Tristan J Perona

Gaming in 8K resolution has evolved from a pipe dream to reality during the past few years. When Nvidia released their Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 in September 2020, they opened up a massive number …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Game Playing| GPUs| Nvidia| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

The “René” is a new AR device for Theatre-goers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A group from South Korean Hongik University have developed a concept based on opera glasses that are designed to provide magnification of what is on stage as well as information such …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)

Gensler integrates LG transparent OLED into partitions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display has worked with a maker called Maars Living Walls to develop a digital modular partition wall system that includes a transparent OLED. What We Think Although there is a …

Tags:Architectural LED| LG Displays (LGD)| Transparent Displays

Streaming Ads Could Benefit the Total Entertainment System

by Andy Marken

It was a sign of our times! A few months ago, the industry held its annual upfronts where network and streaming execs tell potential buyers what a powerful draw they are going to be …

Tags:AVOD| Smart TV| Streaming Video

Ampere Gives its Thoughts on Gaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ampere Analysis is giving a pdf with some background data on the world of game play. The firm agrees with the comment by Paul Gray of Omdia that cloud gaming is …

Tags:Forecasts| Game Playing| The Metaverse

Global TV panel makers start the largest production cut in history

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We published a press release from Sigmaintell on the site today. To summarise the long release: Whereas Q1 and Q2 of the year are usually less than 50% of the total …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Pricing| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)

Samsung Buying Fewer TV panels from BOE due to Royalty Issue

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung and BOE have fallen out on the supply of TV LCD panels after Samsung is said to have demanded a royalty payment in return for BOE …

Tags:BOE| Large LCD Supply| Samsung| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

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Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 3% in 2022

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.5 trillion in 2022, an increase of 3% from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. While IT spending is expected to grow in 2022, …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Forecasts| Gartner