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Samsung TVs Are Number One

by Omid Rahmat

According to market research firm Omdia, in 2022, Samsung ranked first in the TV market for the 17th consecutive year, selling 9.65 million units of QLED and Neo QLED TVs and dominating the ultra-large …

Tags:LG| QLED| Samsung| sony| XDR

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Sony Bravia 2023 Lineup Leaked Online

by Omid Rahmat

The company is supposed to be delivering an announcement shortly on the Bravia models for 2023 but a YouTube video, subsequently taken down, provided an early leak of information. At CES 2023, Sony was …

Tags:sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Snap AR Brings Real-Time Ray Tracing to Phones

by Omid Rahmat

Four years ago, Snap acquired Adshir’s real-time software-based ray-tracing technology and has now deployed it for use on any smartphone. It may not get the big press that Meta gets with every VR pronouncement, …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Snap

OLED Revenues Fall

by Omid Rahmat

The latest release of the OLED Shipment Report shows OLED panel revenues decreased 3% YoY in Q4’22 to $12.6B as a result of a 7% YoY shipment decline. TVs decreased 4% Y/Y in units …

Tags:DSCC| Forecasts| OLED

Automakers Angling Display Innovation Their Way

by Omid Rahmat

Electronic vehicles (EVs) are reshaping the in-car experience and the world’s biggest car makers are starting to roll and fold their dashboards, add display technologies to their windscreens and windows, and even skin their …

Tags:Audi| Automotive| BMW| Flexible Displays| GM| Mercedes-Benz| OLED

The Cost of Encoding: The Dependent TV

by Omid Rahmat

In an interview with Jan Ozer, a leading expert on audio/video encoding for live and on-demand production, we take a look at the one thing that can make or break the viewing experience: encoding. …

Tags:Streaming Games| Streaming Video| Video Encoders & Decoders