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Pimax Adds a Console that Becomes a Headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Several weeks ago, VR headset maker Pimax released a new device that is called the Pimax Portal that has been described as a Nintendo Switch that can be used for VR. …

CE Flat in Germany – Smartphone Value up but Other Segments Down

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU in Germany said that the market for home electronics in Germany was stable in the first three quarters of 2022 and was up just 0.1% on last year at …

Tags:Germany| Market Data

DSCC Webinar Updates on Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Sweta recently gave a summary of the recent DSCC Global Display Supply Chain Dynamics and Technology Outlook Conference, which took place virtually last month. She covered the TV and IT segments (DSCC Supply Chain …

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 25th November 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 middle of this week. HT to FlatPanelsTV.com – here is the Tiny …

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 18th November 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 middle of this week. Samsung QN900B 8k QLED TV Review (RTings looks …

TV Market Declining – GfU

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU published data for the World Television day – November 21st and highlighted research from ARD/ZDF in Germany that showed that daily usage time for moving images is 214 minutes …

Tags:Germany| Market Data| TV Viewing| TVs (TV Sets)

Meta Abandons its Portal Smart Displays and Smartwatch Project

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that in a ‘townhall meeting’ with staff, Meta said that it would stop developing smart displays (the Portal product range) and smartwatches and that half the 11,000 positions it …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Reorganisation & Restructuring

Links Week Starting 14th November 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. Interested in VFX? – BorisFX held a …

MediaTek announces Pentonic 1000 SoC for 4K 120Hz TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mediatek has added a new SoC to its Pentonic line for premium 4K HDR 120Hz TVs with support for up to 144Hz using VRR. The device features: hardware-based decoding of HEVC, …

Tags:Mediatek| SOCs| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD & 4K

Sony cooperates with Kramer (Again)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony is teaming with Kramer to work on combining Kramer’s software with its own analytics to address the education market. The Bravia display will become the control processor for all the …

Tags:Education| Pro AV| sony

Apple’s AR/VR headset will reportedly begin mass production in March.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes said that its sources have ‘hinted’ that Apple’s new headset will be made exclusively by Pegatron with planned sales of 750K units in 2023 and with production starting at the …

Tags:Apple| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Sharp to Restructure SDP

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharp reported its quarterly and half year result to the end of September. Overall sales were up 3.3% year on year for the first half at $9.02 billion with profits down …

Tags:Financial Data| sharp