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Innolux & AUO Report October Numbers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say This ‘stock chart’ has rarely looked so inappropriate!Innolux & AUO put out their monthly results for October. Innolux was down 8.0% MoM and 41.7% YoY to $521 million with large display …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Innolux| Large LCD Supply| LCD| Pricing

Links Week Ending 11th 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 end of this week.  Goertek, a maker of Apple AirPods and a …

Tags:Apple| Autodesk| Automotive| Italy| Military & Defence| Nvidia| ODMs & OEMs| OTT Video| Pay TV| Simulation| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums| Tivo| UltraHD & 4K| VideoConferencing| Virtual Reality

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 end of this week.  Rishi Sunak mansion projection mapped by Greenpeace  Samsung …

Tags:Apple| China| Desktop Monitors| iPhone| Market Data| Mergers & Acquisitions| Projection Mapping| Samsung| Semiconductors| Smart TV| Smartphones| STBs| tablets| Touch

Acer Reports Financials for Q3 2022 and October

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer announced its quarterly result for the year to September which showed that the firm is down 32.6% from YTD 2021 at $6.78 billion. Q3 was down to $2.01 billion and …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data

Microsoft Surface Studio 2+: all-in-one PC with touch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft has a new Surface Studio 2+ All-in-one PC which has a 3:2 aspect ratio 28″ IPS LCD with resolution of 4500 x 3000 (193ppi). Output is 500 cd/m² and contrast is …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Microsoft| PCs| Touch

Changes in Interfaces Could Really Help 8K Adoption

by Bob Raikes

There have been a number of significant developments in recent weeks in the world of display, and especially monitor, interfacing over recent weeks. It’s time for me to catch up. First, in September, the …

Tags:Display Stream (DSC)| DisplayPort| HDMI| Interfaces| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USB| VESA

Pimax VR headset Crystal will be cheaper than expected

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VR headset maker, Pimax, has revealed more details of its forthcoming Crystal VR headset. It will have eye and face tracking and use QLED displays with 2880 x 2880 resolution and …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 11th 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. Connected TV Advertising’s Big Secret: Two Can Be …

Tags:Application Processors| Augmented Reality| AVOD| Desktop Monitors| Financial Data| Investment| MMD (AOC Philips)| Roku| Samsung| Smart TV| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

YouTube Shorts now on TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say YouTube said that it wold bring its ‘Shorts’ vertical format short-form videos to TV screens. Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer, said: “When we introduced this new format, we optimised the experience for …

Tags:Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| YouTube

LG Confirms 27″ OLED Monitor Details

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported a Korean press article suggesting that LG would extend the range of its OLED monitors down to 27″ and now the firm has released details (LG Display to Extend …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED Monitors| USA

Apple Pushes Pegatron to India for iPhone Assembly

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg has reported that Apple is pushing Pegatron to assemble iPhone 14 models in India as it seeks to diversify away from production in China. Foxconn already assembles some units of the …

Tags:Apple| India| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain

What the Quest Pro tells us about Hollywood’s future

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A former Nickelodeon executive Chris Young, has been experimenting with the Meta Quest Pro and posted a video that showed him using the headset to reveal a view of his actual home …

Tags:3D Content Creation| | Motion Capture| Virtual Reality| Virtual Sets