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DPVR announces new headset aimed at PC VR gamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Auganix.org reported that DPVR, based in Shanghai, is to show a new VR headset, the E4, at the Immersive Techweek VRdays in Rotterdam later this week. The set is aimed at …

Tags:Game Playing| Virtual Reality

Samsung Lost Ground in Advanced TV Market in Q3’22

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC posted a blog article that outlined that Samsung lost unit and revenue share in Q3 to its rivals, LG, Sony & TVL in the Advanced TV market as detailed in …

Tags:MiniLED| OLED TVs| QD OLEDs| Quantum Dots| TV Set Market

Bottom Up, ‘Cinematic’ Chemistry for Blue QDs

by Bob Raikes

Most quantum dot displays use a source of blue light (LEDs in nearly all cases except Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panels) but this means that you have to make the blue light emit from the …

Tags:Blue Light| EL (Electroluminescent)| Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)

Apple to lose 6 Million iPhone 14 Pros

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg quoted “a person familiar with assembly operations” as saying that Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro shipments could fall short by 6 million units after the disruption in Zhengzhou, China that we …

Tags:Apple| China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain

[China Trend Report] Further Delays to BOE Chengdu B16 Line Investment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UBI Research of Korea published a press release that said that there is a possibility that the investment in BOE’s B16 8.7G OLED line located in Chengdu will be further delayed. A …

Tags:BOE| China| Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPO TFT| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display

Links Week Starting 28th November 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.  Jon Peddie has written a farewell to …

Tags:Automotive| Cinema| Game Playing| LG Electronics (LGE)| Operating Systems| OTT Video| Simulation| Smart TV| Streaming Video| Tivo| Virtual Reality

MSI Teases New 49″ 32:9 QD-OLED Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MSI has teased a new 49″ 32:9 240Hz QD-OLED curved monitor that it will formally announce at CES 2023 and will be the 491C. What We Think Up to now, SDC …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| QD OLEDs| Samsung Display

Enjoying art with 1 million lumens in London

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis published an article that dug into the ‘Frameless’ digital art experience close to London’s Marble Arch. The installation uses more than 50 Panasonic 3-chip DLP projectors to show digital versions …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Panasonic| Pro AV| Projectors| UST Projectors

Thanksgiving ‘Pot Luck’ – HUDs & Colour Controlled Monitors

by Bob Raikes

News is a bit quiet today as our US friends recover from their Thanksgiving dinners and enjoy their retail experiences today. So we’ve got a couple of unrelated articles today – one about HUDs …

Tags:Automotive| Colour Certification| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| GPUs| Head Up Displays HUDs| ViewSonic

China Singles’ Day Smartphone Sales Drop 11%YoY

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that sales of smartphones on Chinas’ Singles’ Day on 11/11 were down 11% YoY as a result of the strict Covid-19 lockdowns. Apple was the main winner with …

Tags:Apple| China| Retail| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Survey: 86% Europeans will watch World Cup at home on TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Quoting a survey commissioned by TCL in five countries of Europe (UK, France, Germany, Poland and Spain), on TV and the World Cup, Advanced Television reported that  61% will follow the …

Tags:Europe| Market Data| Sports and Stadiums| TCL| TV Viewing