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The Eurozone

by Bob Raikes

Last week’s big EU meeting of leaders to move a bit further along the road to solving the problems of the Eurozone has been a big topic in discussions, as currencies and their movement …

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The power of the megapixel

by Bob Raikes

I’m going to pick up on a subject that I have ranted about a lot. Looking back, however, it is actually 11 years since I devoted a whole editorial to the topic. One of …

Intimations of Mortality

by Bob Raikes

This week has been one for me of ‘intimations of mortality’, to slightly mis-quote Wordsworth. From the news last weekend that a friend and industry colleague has been diagnosed with cancer, through to the …

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Doom and Gloom – it must be the Q2 blues again

by Bob Raikes

I remember it well. Almost thirty years ago, in my second year in the computer business I was sitting in my car with a colleague who ran the PC division of the company that …

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Small LCDs, Panel Pricing and PC Demand

by Bob Raikes

One of the stories which caught my eye recently is the possible merger of Sony and Toshiba’s small panel business to create what would be the largest player in that space in the market. …

Tags:LCD| panels| PC demand| sony| toshiba

Apple and the iCloud

by Bob Raikes

I said a while ago that the days when a significant electronics category can be launched without an ‘ecosystem’ look numbered. The master of building an ecosystem to exploit and develop hardware has probably …

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Double Dips & Zombie Consumers

by Bob Raikes

I was musing today, while writing my editorial for Display Monitor, about the general state of the economy globally and the potential for a ‘double dip’.  It seems to me (and I’m not an …

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OLEDs, Oxides and Risk

by Bob Raikes

  One of the overall impressions of the SID this year was that there were few OLEDs on view. As I mention in the main report, published in Display Monitor, I think this is …

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Highlights from the SID 2011

by Bob Raikes

  The SID is one of my favourite shows, because of the sheer depth of technical content – it usually gives me a chance to see what will be at CES next January and …

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The end of geography for TV

by Bob Raikes

I managed a day at the Anga Cable show in Germany last week. That was interesting, especially as it highlighted both the clear trend for HbbTV, the Franco/German OTT system for TV, and it …

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Philips, TPV and the European TV market

by Bob Raikes

The deal between Philips and TPV deserves a mention. At one level, it is just an obvious final stage in the move of Philips out of the TV business that has been going on …

Tags:Europe| European TV market| Philips| TPV| TV

21:9 – Bah! Humbug!

by Bob Raikes

One of the key trends that we saw from panel makers LG Display and AU Optronics at the CES show is the release of more 21:9 aspect ratio panels and three new TVs using …