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The IT OLED Hot Topic Self Selects Today

by Bob Raikes

I was just looking down my list of topics for Display Daily when I spotted a news item that immediately voted for itself as the hot topic today. The Yonhap News in Korea reported …

Tags:Apple| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| OLED Monitors| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| Samsung Display| tablets

Nearly one-third TVs sold worldwide are from Samsung

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported data, attributed to Omdia on the TV market globally and said that 92.6 million sets were sold globally in the first six months of this year. However …

Tags:Market Data| TVs (TV Sets)

Sony Sets Data for PlayStation VR2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Via its social media channels, Sony said that it would launch the PlayStation VR2 for the PS5 in 2023, in contrast to many of its launches that have taken place in …

Tags:PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

JVC Shines in Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say What Hi-Fi tested the JVC DLA-NZ7 projector which is able to support 8K display with JVC’s E-shift technology. The native contrast ratio of the 2,200 Ansi lumen set is said to …

Tags:JVC| LCOS| Projectors| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Links Week Ending 26th August 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. Best Outdoor Projector for 2022 Can you make …

Tags:BenQ| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| LED| MMD (AOC Philips)| Patents| Projectors| Testing| VideoConferencing| ViewSonic

Hisense NEXTGEN TVs come to retail

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense has released a pair of TVs that include an ATSC 3.0 tuner. The U7H and U8H are available from $799. What We Think This is the first ATSC 3.0 set …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Hisense| USA

Samsung has QA Problems with MicroLED TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Korea reports that Samsung is struggling with QA challenges in its microLED TVs and is selling ‘close to zero’ because of the combination of price and with defects showing in …

Tags:Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| warranty

E Ink Unveils Capacity Expansion Plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say E Ink is planning a capcity boost according to the Taipei Times with capex of around $165 million to $200 million per year based on continuing growth in the demand for …

Tags:E Ink| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Investment

SsimWave Can Detect Banding in Streaming

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SsimWave has been granted a US patent for image and video banding detection. The patent describes the method by which the firm’s products and metric address banding effects in an image …

Tags:Testing| Video Quality| Visual Quality

Automotive Knobs and Another ‘Shy’ Display

by Bob Raikes

CES is often described as like ‘trying to drink from the firehose’ for technical journalists. So when I got back from the event in 2020 and picked my highlight and wrote it up, blocking …

Tags:Automotive| Investment| Touch Displays

HEMIX Home Electronics Market Index Q1-2/2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GFU in Germany sent us details of its Hemix Home Electronics Market Index which was up 2.2% in the first half of 2022 at €22.6 billion. Consumer electronics was most …

Tags:Germany| Market Data