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Lumus Uploads Schott Talk on Reflective Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lumus uploaded to YouTube part of a presentation by Rüdiger Sprengard, PhD. – Head of Augmented Reality at Schott that highlighted the cooperation between the companies in developing waveguides announced in …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Glass| Optics| Waveguide Display

Nintendo Switch Passes 100 Million Sales

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nintendo said that it had sold 100 million of its Switch gaming console by the end of 2021 since it was released in 2017, and has now sold more than the …

Tags:Consoles| Financial Data| Nintendo| PlayStation

What is SkyShowtime and where can you get it?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SkyShowtime, the new streaming service from Comcast and ViacomCBS has got approval to start in business in Europe and will launch in 20 countries later this year – mainly the countries …

Tags:Europe| Streaming Video| SVOD

CSOT place orders for equipment to use in LCD production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that CSOT has placed orders for equipment to allow the manufacture of Oxide TFT LCDs at its forthcoming T9 G8.6 (2250 x 2600mm) fab in Guangzhou. They will …

Tags:China| CSOT| Large LCD Supply| Oxide TFTs

Brompton Looks For Difficult Problems

by Bob Raikes

There are some companies that seem around an industry that I never seemed to catch up with, even when I was attending a lot of events. Often they are one step removed from the …

Tags:LED| Pixel Processing| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| UK (United Kingdom)| Video Wall Processors| Virtual Sets

Karl Guttag Digs Deep into Magic Leap Presentation

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Karl Guttag has reviewed the Magic Leap presentation presented last week and came to the conclusion that it doesn’t reveal much that couldn’t be discovered with a teardown. However, he also …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| LCOS

Links Week Ending 4th February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Amazon Prime Video overtakes Netflix in …

Tags:Amazon| Desktop Monitors| E Ink| Google| HP Inc| Iiyama| Netflix| OLED TVs| Operating Systems| Philips| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Samsung| sony| Testing| The Metaverse| ViewSonic| Xiaomi

NBC to Bring HDR, UltraHD and Atmos to Beijing 2022 Olympics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say NBC will cover the Winter Olympics in UltraHD and with HDR for US viewers. NBC Sports will provide live coverage of the NBC broadcast network’s Olympics primetime and Prime Plus shows …

Tags:Dolby Atmos| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Olympics| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD| USA

Sigmaintell Updates on January Panel Pricing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell released its late January forecast for TV pricing and said that panel prices continue to go down in all sizes for this application, with larger panels going down by larger …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply

LG Announces 2021 Financial Results

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Electronics reported its results for 2021 with sales overall of $63.16 billion (+28.7% over 2020) and with operating profit of $3.27 billion. The firm cited OLED TVs and premium home …

Tags:Financial Data| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data