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Dangbei LP UltraHD Projector Offers a Lot of Value

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported first on Chinese projector brand Dangbei a few months ago and the firm now has an UltraHD DLP laser phosphor (ALPD technology) projector with a claimed 3,200 Ansi lumens …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Laser Phosphor Projectors

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Meta to Drop Project Nazare AR Glasses Plan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta appears to have made a couple of changes to its device plans, with the Portal video conferencing product moving from the consumer to be developed for the B2B market. The …

Tags:Augmented Reality| | Smartwatches| VideoConferencing| Voice Input

Display revenue to drop 15% this year – Omdia

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Quoting Omdia as the source, the Elec said that display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion with LCD revenues falling 32% from $38.3 billion to …

Tags:BOE| CSOT| Innolux| Large LCD Supply| LCD TVs| LG Displays (LGD)

Smartphone Sales Positive in Germany in Q1 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the global gloom in the smartphone market, Germany seems to still be seeing growth. The GfU said that the re-opening of specialist retail stores had helped the sales of smartphones …

Tags:Germany| Smartphone Market

IDC Warns of Strong PC market Decline

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say IDC expects PC shipments to be weak this year, falling by 8.2% from 2021 to 321.2 million units. Tablets are expected to decline by 6.2% to 158 million units. That will …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| tablets

Zato Connect Monitor is for Streamers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Atomos has a new 5″ touchscreen device, the Zato Connect, that is intended to capture and manage video from HDMI or USB UVC cameras (USB UVC cameras send video in YUV …

Tags:Field Monitors| Streaming Video| Video Editing & Production

HoloLens Teams are Reorganised

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reports that HoloLens co-creator Alex Kipman is to depart from Microsoft after allegations of misconduct. The hardware teams will be absorbed by the “Windows + Devices” organization …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| Samsung

Guetskens Updates his HDR Ecosystem Tracker

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yoeri Geutskens has posted the latest version of his HDR ecosystem tracker on Twitter. He also said that he thinks (although it’s not certain) that the Apple TV 4K with tvOS …

Tags:Apple| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| STBs

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4: Everything we know so far

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Laptop Magazine had a look at the current state of rumours about the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4. It concludes that it will be released in August It is likely to …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Pricing| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones

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Lumus Brings out its Latest AR headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lumus, a waveguide specialist, has been showing its latest AR headset at AWE in Santa Clara. It is now using what it calls 2D expansion (which sounds like the same kind …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Micro Projectors| Microdisplays| Waveguide Display