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Links Week Ending 22nd April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Amazon is quietly developing a ‘new-to-world’ …

Tags:Acer| Amazon| Augmented Reality| Awards| Codecs| Desktop Monitors| Fibre optics| Fitness Trackers| Game Playing| MMD (AOC Philips)| Optics| Outdoor Displays| Samsung| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TVs (TV Sets)

Pico Headset Comes to Europe

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UploadVR reports a Chinese analyst, who has been a good source of information in the past, as saying that Pico (owned by ByteDance, which also owns TikTok) plans to get its …

Tags:| Virtual Reality

Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Broadcast| CPUs| Digital Signage| Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| GPUs| Investment| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Testing| UK (United Kingdom)

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Consumer 8K TV Buying Intentions are Up

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say We reported on some market research among US consumers by Hub Entertainment Research a couple of weeks ago. (Research: 76% US homes have smart TV) The 8K Association followed up the …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USA

Pearl TV, MediaTek Introduce ‘FastTrack to NEXTGEN TV’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chip maker Mediatek said that it has worked with Pearl TV, which has been developing the ATSC 3.0 Nextgen technology, to include technology to support the specification in the Mediatek Reference …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Semiconductor Market| SOCs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USA

Dynascan To Present New High-brightness Displays at ISE 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After LG Electronics revealed new 4,000 cd/m² outdoor-facing displays (LG Creates 4K Nit Signage Displays), high brightness specialist Dynascan said that it would show its own 4,000 cd/m² 65″ LCD and …

Tags:High Brightness Displays| ISE 2022| LCD displays| Outdoor Displays

LG 28MQ780: Key data for the 16:18 display with SDQHD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Prad.de reported that the LG 16:18 display with 2560 x 2880 resolution has been given a specification and model number in a monitor from LG Electronics. However, the delivery date and …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)

ams Osram to Invest €800 million in Malaysia for MicroLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiconductor Today reported that ams Osram GmbH said at a recent investors’ day that it will build a new 8″ wafer LED front-end fab in its existing site at Kulim, Malaysia. …

Tags:MicroLED| Osram| Production Capacity

LG Creates 4K Nit Signage Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to sixteen-nine.net for spotting an announcement by LG Business Solutions USA of new high brightness displays for applications in bright environments (but we couldn’t find a press release on LG’s …

Tags:Digital Signage| Outdoor Displays