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Apple Watch Battery Problems

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that a class-action lawsuit has been started against Apple that claims that the lithium batteries in most Apple Watches are predisposed to swelling. Such swelling could cause the display …

Tags:Apple| Smartwatches| warranty

AR Boosts the Football Experience

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IBC sent out a video from AR³ that highlighted with what the firm could do to add data to soccer to improve the user experience. What We Think I’m a regular …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Sports and Stadiums| TV Viewing

Links Week Commencing 13th 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. https://youtu.be/WU0gvPcc3jQ – check out this 10 minute …

Tags:Android| BenQ| Consoles| Covid-19| Desktop Monitors| Graphics Software| LG Electronics (LGE)| The Metaverse| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Reality

LGD & Eyesafe Push Low Blue Light for OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display and Eyesafe have collaborated on a free to download whitepaper that highlights the advantages of OLED in reducing the level of the blue light that is seen by some …

Tags:Blue Light| Health and Safety

TCL Google TVs Pulled from Shelves in the US Due to Software Issues

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Best Buy in the US has withdrawn TCL TVs based on Google TV (TCL Introduces Award-Winning 5-Series and 6-Series TV Lines with Google TV) from its stores and TCL confirmed to …

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

Real Decisions Over OLED To Guide Industry to 2026

by Bob Raikes

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) held an event to give an update on global display market trends – set nicely half way between the SID Display Week Business Conferences and still available to purchase …

Tags:BOE| Desktop Monitors| Forecasts| LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)

Hisense Debuts its First 8K Roku TV, the 75-inch U800GR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense has a new Roku-based 75″ 8K TV, the U800GR, that will be promoted at CES, but has already started shipping from Best Buy in the US and Amazon at $2,700. …

Tags:Hisense| Roku| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USA

Dark Slope Studios pushes Virtual Production to its Limits

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dark Slope Studios based in Toronto has developed what it calls its Hyperreality Initiative that allows the virtual production to be integrated with live action and games engines to allow unscripted …

Tags:Game Playing| TV Production| Virtual Sets

Flexible-screen Maker Royole Delays Employee Salaries

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reported that Chinese flexible OLED maker, Royole Corp, has been delaying paying staff salaries after withdrawing its IPO planned for earlier this year. Staff were told that the pay due …

Tags:China| Financial Data| OLEDs