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Rockets & Feathers in Display Pricing

by Bob Raikes

Hat-tip today to Paul Krugman, an economist that writes for the New York times who introduced me to the phrase “rockets and feathers”. It got me thinking about pricing. In using the phrase, which …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing

The Magic Leap 2 launches September 30th for $3,299

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap said that its V2 headset would go on sale in some countries on 30th September at $3,299, although there are also a “Developer Pro” ($4,099) and an “Enterprise” option …

Tags:Augmented Reality

MicroLED Industry Association is Formed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Publishing website MicroLED-Info’s Ron Mertens has started a new trade association – the MicroLED Industry Association. What We Think It will be interesting to see how the site manages to balance …

Links Mid Week Ending 15th July 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. AOC U28G2XU2: 4K IPS display with 144 Hz …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| Desktop Monitors| | Game Playing| GPUs| Intel| MMD (AOC Philips)| Operating Systems| Reflective Display| Samsung| Touch Displays| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 15th July 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. U.S. TV Homes Using a Smart TV to …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| LED| Lenovo| Litigation| Operating Systems| Outdoor Displays| PlayStation| Samsung| sony| STBs| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| USA

HYPHY Eases Pain Points for 8K Displays

by Bob Raikes

A favourite area of the Display Week show is the iZone which provides a way for small start-ups or not yet commercial research projects to show what they are doing with a low level …

Tags:Display Drivers| Interfaces| R&D (Research & Development)| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Apple XR Rumours from Ming-Chi Kuo

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he thinks there will be multiple MR headsets starting with an expensive high end device, and then with two further versions, one at a lower …

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Optics| Virtual Reality

LG to accelerate foray into WebOS TV platform market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily (KED) reported that LG is really trying to boost the number of brands using its WebOS TVs in their sets, with the article suggesting that the target …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Operating Systems| Smart TV| WebOS

If You Want to Find Your Monitor, Just Whistle!

by Bob Raikes

Display Daily, unapologetically, is mainly focused on output devices. However, I have long contended that one of the key initiatives that allowed the iPhone and other smartphones to dominate has been the inclusion of …

Tags:Ambient Sensors| Desktop Monitors| Gaze Recognition| Gesture Recognition| Interactive Displays| Sensors| Windows

Innocn 15A1F Portable Monitor Review: OLED Value

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tom’s Hardware tested a new portable USB monitor from a Chinese brand, Innocn, that is very unusual in using a 15.6″ FullHD OLED. It’s even more unusual in that it costs …

Tags:OLED Monitors| USB Monitors

Panasonic Astrova IFE System Adopts OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic Avionics has announced a new in-flight entertainment (IFE) system, Astrova, based on OLED displays. The displays are available in 13″, 16″ and, later, 22″, but they are said to have …

Tags:Aviation| OLEDs| Panasonic