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TV Streaming’s Fait Accompli

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, here in the US, headlines continue the cry for pay TV’s demise. In September 2017 Variety shouts: “Cord-Cutting Explodes: 22 Million U.S. Adults Will Have Canceled Cable, Satellite TV …

Tags:Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Market Data| OTT Video| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 07

Byton e-Car Launch Exploits Next Gen Displays

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, at the CES 2018 press day, new kid on the block, China car maker Future Mobility Corp. (FMC), launched its new electric car brand, Byton, that features a completely …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2018| Curved Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 05

VR AR Conference at CES 2018

by Steve Sechrist

One of the “transformational technologies” at CES 2018 (sometimes called the darling of the industry du jour) was VR / AR technology. Both technologies came to CES complete with a conference track, a dedicated …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2018| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Press Events| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Advent of the Qbit (Quantum Bit) at CES

by Steve Sechrist

Ok we are officially off topic and hopefully not pushing the bounds of DD publisher, Bob Raikes beyond his tolerance for non-display coverage… That said, for me the most compelling and yes perhaps long …

Tags:CES 2018| IBM| Visual Computing| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Intel Stumbles as Samsung Dominates Worldwide Chip Revenue

by Steve Sechrist

For the first time in a quarter century, there is a new semiconductor chip leader according to market research firm, Gartner which recently announced Samsung has bested the 25 year long reign of Santa …

Tags:Gartner| Intel| Market Data| Semiconductors| Vol 25 - Issue 02| warranty

Netflix Hits Parity with Pay TV

by Steve Sechrist

In caseA recent report from Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLC (PwC), the “Consumer Intelligence Series Video Survey, 2017 report” claims that the same number of people who subscribe to pay-TV also subscribe to the Netflix video …

Tags:Market Data| Movies & Content| Netflix| Pay TV| Vol 25 - Issue 01

The Advent of Full Display Dashboards

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, from the last week in October to early November Tokyo, Japan turns that nation’s love of cars to reality and beyond with the week long Auto extravaganza AKA “The …

Tags:Automotive| Curved Displays| IHS Markit| Vol 24 - Issue 47

Will Turkey Day à la Amazon Trump Retail Sales?

by Steve Sechrist

Technology in the palm of your hand has hit an inflection point in retail with high quality displays, faster processing and wi-fi broadband now good enough to boost Thanksgiving day online shopping into preeminent …

Tags:Amazon| Black Friday| Market Data| Retail Data| Retailers| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 45

DisplayMate Says iPhone X Breaks New Mobile Display Ground

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, there is a new mobile display king on the block that has come as Apple has exploited Samsung’s state of the art active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| iPhone| Vol 24 - Issue 43

iPhone X Sell-out Pushes AMOLED Screens

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it (…and anyone on-line at 12:15 AM PST last Friday did) the pre-order party for Apple’s newest iPhone X with 5.85-inch full edge-to-edge AMOLED screen sold out in the first …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 41

AR to Hit 900M Users as Facebook Stumbles on VR Adoption

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, at the most recent Facebook virtual reality developer event last week, the top social network founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced in his keynote the aggressive goal of 1 billion VR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Emerging Markets| Market Data| Oculus VR| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Micro-LED Display to Double as Sensor Platform

by Steve Sechrist

Ok Here is an interesting confluence of ideas, probably not lost on most, but new to me… Digitimes posted an interesting research note this week, stating that, “…a major advantage for Micro LEDs is …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Flexible Displays| LED| MicroLED| Vol 24 - Issue 37