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DVB adds VVC to its Video Coding Toolbox

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The DVB Project has added VVC to the specifications to the DVB-AVC specification which has been approved by the DVB Steering Board and is available now as DVB BlueBook A001r19. Further …

Tags:Broadcast| Codecs| DVB| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K

AOC/MMD Busy in Gaming Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TPV’s monitor business has been pushing out more gaming monitors using its Philips and AOC brands. The Philips Momentum 276M1RPE is a 27″ QuadHD nanoIPS panel with 240Hz refresh and DisplayHDR …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| MMD (AOC Philips)

MWC Preview

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MWC is taking place this week and John Strand, a forthright writer on the topic of telecommunications has published a preview. His topics include 5G, OpenRAN, AI, Cloud, IoT, Green, and …

Tags:5G| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| MWC 2022| Telecomms

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Dangbei Projector Obtained Visual Low Fatigue Certification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A new name to us was Dangbei Projector which issued a press release to highlight that its F3 projector has passed a test of China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) and obtained …

Tags:China| LED Projectors| Osram

HTC VIVE and holoride Unveil VR in-car entertainment at MWC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HTC Vive said in a blog post that is working with Holoride to allow support of the Vive Flow VR headset in vehicles. The two companies are working together to demonstrate …

Tags:Automotive| HTC| MWC 2022| Virtual Reality

AyaNeo Next Pricing Announced, Starts at $1,285 for Early Birds

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tom’s Hardware reported on a new Indiegogo project for a hand-held gaming PC called the AyaNeo Next/Pro. Although Tom’s likes the AMD Ryzen 7 5800U and Radeon RX Vega 8 GPU, …

Tags:Consoles| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Game Playing| Handhelds| PCs

Sanctions on Russia from the West and Industrialised Asia

by Bob Raikes

As widely reported, there have been severe restrictions placed on the Russian financial system in retaliation by the West to the unprovoked invasion of the Ukraine. Korea, Japan and Singapore have joined in the …

Tags:Macroeconomics| Russia| Taiwan| Ukraine

GfKResearch: Smartphone market recovers in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GfK put out a press release on the global smartphone market which it valued at $365.5 billion, up 13.4% on 2020 and with further recovery in 2022. Most of the growth …

Tags:Market Data| Smartphones

Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team …

Tags:Android| Augmented Reality| | Interfaces| Operating Systems| PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Technicolor to split in two with TCS spin-off

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Technicolor is to split in two and spin-off its Creative Studios business. Technicolor Creative Studios (TCS) will be split off with shares issue to Technicolor shareholders, with the remaining business listed …

Tags:Reorganisation & Restructuring| Technicolor