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BETT 2022: Part II – the Display Details

by Bob Raikes

Last week I reported on the ‘big picture’ view of what I learned at BETT in London last week. Today I’ll add some detail on the products and technology that I saw. ViewSonic updated …

Unity Cites Considerable Eye-Tracking Advantages With PS VR2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Reality Check from The Information reported that at the recent Game Developers’ Conference, software engine developer Unity went into some detail about the improvements that dynamic foveated rendering could make …

Tags:Foveated Rendering| Gaze Recognition

Huawei Suffers in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei saw its revenue drop by 28.5% in 2021 to $99.9 billion with consumer sales (including smartphones) down 50%. Wearables were actually up by 30% along with smart speakers, and, bizarrely …

Tags:Financial Data| Huawei

Apple Scaling Back iPhone SE Production?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei Asia reported that Apple has cut back its forecast for the iPhone SE production in Q2 2022 by around two to three million units as it sees markets reacting to …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Smartphone Market

Russia – Ukraine War Will Reduce TV Demand, per DiScien Analysis

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a forecast from its TV set research partner, DiScien Consulting that forecast that highlights that its forecast for global TVs this year will be reduced by 4.6 million units, …

Tags:Russia| TV Set Market| Ukraine

DSCC Report Reveals Advanced Monitor Market Rose 397% in 2021 – 241% Growth is Expected in 2022 Fueled by 42” WOLED, 34” QD-OLED and 27” MiniLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published extracts from its Advanced IT Display Market report on monitors (after tablets last week) and forecast 241% growth in the market for OLED and miniLED devices. Although both grew, …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| MiniLED| OLEDs

Commercial Flat Panel Display Volume Up 20.1% Year-on-year, Projection Flat

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat tip to Dave Haynes at sixteen-nine.net for spotting a release from Futuresource that reported that while projection grew by 0.2% year on year in 2021, flat panel commercial displays grew …

Tags:Digital Signage| Interactive Displays| Market Data

Eutelsat Organises a Webinar on UHD

by Bob Raikes

Satellite broadcaster, Eutelsat gave an update on the development of 4K and its impact on content creation and consumption in a webinar that you can view here. The panellists were: Andrea Michelozzi of Communicare …

Forget foldables — Samsung’s first scrollable phone could launch this year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Quoting ‘leaker’ sources and an unidentified ‘third form factor’ (on top of the B4 for the ZFold4 and Q4 for the ZFlip4, there’s an N4), Toms Hardware has speculated that Samsung …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung

IPS vs VA panel technology: the big LCD tech battle you’ve probably never heard of

by Bob Raikes

What They Say What HiFI published an article on the differences between VA and IPS LCD panels, used in TVs. What We Think The article is not the worst summary that I have ever …

Tags:LCD displays| TVs (TV Sets)

Apple’s redesigned MacBook Air laptop could Include 15″

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is reported to be working on a 15″ version of the MacBook Air to complement the 13″ version according to information released by DSCC to Macrumors and 9to5Mac. The Verge …

Tags:Apple| Notebooks

Could Apple Offer Hardware Subsciptions?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is widely reported to be considering subscriptions for the firm’s hardware. The plan would allow consumers to swap out their devices, possibly annually. It would not simply a pay over …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Pricing| Smartphones| tablets