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Ray Soneira Loves the iPhone 14 Pro Max

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has put the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max through his barrage of tests and found it to be very good. It has exceptionally high peak brightness (low …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| OLEDs| Smartphones| Testing

Sky Stream will launch in the UK

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky said that it would sell its Sky Stream service and ‘puck’ in the UK. Up to now, the service has only been available to buyers of the Sky Glass TV …

Tags:Pay TV| Satellite| Sky| Streaming Video| UK (United Kingdom)

McKinsey Values Immersive Opportunity

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its round-up of innovation and technology opportunities, McKinsey has ‘immersive-reality’ technologies as #9 in its list based on $30 billion of investment in 2021. Interest in the technology has declined …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Financial Data| Forecasts| Virtual Reality

Innolux Aggressive on Auto Displays – Inks Deal with Corning

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Innolux has posted a press release highlighting a deal between its CarUX business unit and Corning. CarUX will supply Corning’s ColdForm technology which can act as a cover for large vehicle …

Tags:Automotive| Corning| Glass| Innolux

LG Display betting on the recovery of TV demand in 2023

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec highlighted that LG Display will ship fewer OLED TV panels than it had initially hoped – at around 7.8 million units, with 5.4 million being made in Guangzhou, China …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Samsung

Links Week Starting 26th September 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 – only a few as I have …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Broadcast| Colour Grading| Desktop Monitors| Epson| Game Playing| Google| iPhone| LCD Projectors (3LCD)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Nvidia| Retail| Streaming Dongles| Testing

Pico 4 VR Headset Coming with October Release Date

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pico, the start-up that is owned by TikTok’s parent, ByteDance, has released details of its new headset, the Pico 4. The unit is smaller and lighter than the Pico3 but has …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Study: Screens help cognitive development in children

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We’ve all seen reports that too much screen time is bad for children, in particular. However in a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, a team from the UK and France …

Tags:Smartphones| tablets| TV Viewing

Drone Show at Burning Man uses 1,000 Drones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AV Magazine reported that a presentation at the Burning Man event in the US used 1000 drones to create a light show that was controlled by 400 Starlink terminals (the SpaceX …

Tags:Drone Displays

Google’s Project Caviar Aims at Dolby

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment has revealed that Google has developed alternatives for Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision in a project it is calling ‘Project Caviar’. The formats are intended to be open and …

Tags:Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| Google| HDR - High Dynamic Range