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SmallHD Launches OLED 27, Their Biggest, Brightest 4K OLED Monitor Yet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SmallHD launched its biggest brightest OLED monitor. It has 10 bit colour and up to 550 cd/m² of output. The firm said that this means a dynamic range of 12.3 stops. …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Field Monitors| OLEDs

Meta’s Next Headset Has a ‘Secret Superpower’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment’s Janko Roettgers got a chance to try a pre-release version of the Meta Cambria headset, which is intended as a higher specified headset after the Quest 2. He said …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Google concluded its I/O presentation with a preview

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At the end of its I/O event, Google showed a video of its glasses being used to perform real time translation and transcription between languages, a feature it calls ‘sub-titles for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Google

Gigabyte Unveils S55U 55-Inch Android-Powered 4K Gaming Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Gigabyte of Taiwan has a new 55″ 120Hz UltraHD gaming monitor that uses a QD VA panel with a claimed 2ms response time and 96% of DCI-P3 coverage. It also supports …

Tags:Game Playing| LCD displays| TVs (TV Sets)

Meta’s State Law AR Problem

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta had to disable some AR features on Instagram recently following the adoption of new laws in Texas and Illinois in the US that limit the storage and distribution of personal …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Legislation| Privacy| USA

ASUS OLED Laptops Refreshed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus has a new range of notebooks, with OLED options. The top of the range is a Zenbook Pro 16X OLED, a 2.5kg (5.6lb) model with a 16″, 16:10, 60Hz 3840 …

Tags:Asus| Notebooks| OLEDs

Useful essay from Mike Darcy, ex-CEO of Sky, on Netflix and the streaming model

by Bob Raikes

What They Say If you are interested in the world of streaming, its challenges, and how it affects traditional PayTV, I strongly recommend reading this great article by Mike Darcey of Sky which really …

VOD Visual launches ‘industry-first’ fine-pitch LED display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AVMagazine reported on a new monolithic LED display from Edge Connect that is claimed to be the first to use a single HDMI connection. The firm’s cabinets are also claimed to …

Tags:ISE 2022| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Sharp/NEC To Announce New Laser Projector For Leisure Environments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharp/NEC Display Solutions Europe pre-announced a new UST DLP FullHD projector that can create images up to 5,000 Ansi lumens and with images up to 150″. The throw ratio is 0.23:1. …

Tags:Digital Signage| DLP Projectors| NEC| sharp| UST Projectors

M7 Group integrates TV platforms into smart TVs – Philips First to Adopt

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The M7 Group, part of Canal+, said that it has worked with Mediatek to ensure that its M7 channel mechanism FST (Fast Scan Tables), full compliance with the M7 CAM (Conditional …

Tags:Pay TV| Smart TV| STBs| Streaming Dongles| TPV (TP Vision)

Links Week Starting 16th May 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. This may be our first look at …

HEMIX Home Electronics Market Index Q1/2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU in Germany said that the German market for consumer electronics was up in Q1 2022 by 7.5% over last year and almost reached €12 billion. ‘Private IT’ was down …