Bob Raikes

subscribe

The Shape of (Monitor) Things to Come (Part 1)

by Bob Raikes

I was struggling to come up with a topic for today’s column then I saw an interesting release (LG’s Award-Winning Premium Monitors Designed With Modern Home-Office Workers in Mind) about a new ‘Dual Up’ …

Tags:Aspect Ratios| CRT| Desktop Monitors| Visual Ergonomics

Links Week Ending 24th December 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 second part of this week. Samsung 2022 TVs, Nvidia RTX 20/30 GPUs …

Tags:Amazon| GPUs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Microdisplays| MicroLED| OLEDs| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smartphones| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| VideoConferencing

Magic Leap Expects ML2 Next Year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap CEO, Peggy Johnson, spoke to Bloomberg Technology in a 6 minute video and said that its next headset will be available in the middle of 2022. It will be …

Tags:Augmented Reality

TCL Resumes Google TV Sales in the US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported that TCL’s Google-based TVs were no longer on sale in Best Buy in the US after some problems, but the sets have now been updated with new firmware that …

Tags:Best Buy| Google| Operating Systems| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

LG Display aims to take transparent OLEDs to Europe and the U.S.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that LG Display has been promoting sales of its transparent OLEDs to the architectural industry with executives also promoting the idea to the automotive segment. The firm sees Europe …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Transparent Displays

Samsung Patent Depicts a Rollable, Camera-Equipped Smartwatch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LetsGoDigital in the Netherlands has reported on a patent awarded to Samsung for a rollable watch that extends a circular shape to an oval under motor control. A camera would be …

Tags:Patents| Rollable Devices| Rollable Displays| Samsung| Smartwatches

Garmin To Show New Smartwatches at CES

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A German website, Winfuture, has carried leaked images of new Garmin smartwatches that are expected at CES. The Epix Gen 2 has a round display and has sensors including a blood …

Tags:CES 2022| E Ink| Garmin| OLEDs| Smartwatches

Virgin Responds to Sky Glass with a Dongle

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Sunday Times interviewed Virgin Media O2 CEO Lutz Schüler who sees a challenge to the new business as he tries to turn round Virgin’s poor reputation for customer service. He …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Virgin Media

More Experiences of UltraHD at Euro 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UltraHD Forum issued a newsletter that focused on the experiences of some of its members with the Euro 2020 soccer tournament. We have previously covered some of the feedback from …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Sports and Stadiums| UltraHD & 4K

Technicolor Highlights Continuing HDR & SDR Challenges

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Technicolor published a 20 minute discussion between Guy Ducos of Advanced HDR by Technicolor and Guillaume Arthuis of BBright, a Rennes, France-based maker of tools for broadcasters. Arthuis said that the …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Technicolor