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Links Week Ending 31st December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. A bit of fun with some interesting …

Tags:CES 2022| Digital Signage| Foldable Devices| Intel| Investment| Kopin| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones| Visual Ergonomics| Voice Input

Links 7th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the last day or so! As you can imagine with the ‘firehose of …

Tags:Asus| Augmented Reality| Automotive| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Google| MiniLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartphones| Testing| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Latency Free Hybrid Events Developed by Fraunhofer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 3it Institute in Berlin has worked with three Fraunhofer Institutes (Fraunhofer Fokus, Fraunhofer HHI and Fraunhofer IIS) to develop hybrid live and online music systems to allow musicians to collaborate …

Tags:360 Degree Video| audio| Streaming Video

LG Adds Two More OLED Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG has added two more OLED monitors, the 32BP95E and 27BP95E which are both UltraHD units with 99% of DCI P3, 99% of AdobeRGB and DisplayHDR400 True Black certification. They have …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs

Apple may be making standalone 4K monitors to match the iMac

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld quoted a previously accurate leaker who said that LG has developed two ‘unbranded enclosures’ for monitors that match the display specifications of the 24″ and 27″ iMac Displays. The 27″ …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors

First Samsung kiosk solution for Europe

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Samsung’s new kiosk solution, which we saw at the Peerless event in London, is being supported by a French software provider, Intuiface. The firm is enabling fully functional …

Tags:Germany| Kiosks| Samsung

Roku & UEI Slug it Out over Patents

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Universal Electronics (UEI), the remote control specialist, said that it has won a dispute with Roku over a patent issue. The decision was given by the US ITC and applies also …

Tags:Funai| Hisense| Litigation| Patents| Roku| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

HDMI 2.0 Is Being Relabeled as HDMI 2.1

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TFTCentral published a story about a Chinese monitor that claimed to have HDMI 2.1 ports, although the interfaces seemed to be HDMI2.0. The story was picked up by Toms Hardware and …

Tags:HDMI| Standards

AA to Equip A321XLR, 787-9 Fleet with 4K IFE Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say American Airlines is to use UltraHD Optiq in-flight-entertainment (IFE) displays from Thales that are based on Samsung QLED LCD technology in five new aircraft. The displays have support for dynamic HDR …

Tags:Aviation| HDR - High Dynamic Range| In Flight Entertainment| QLED

Sigmaintell sees Price Declines Continuing but slowing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell Research sent us its data on panel price changes in November and its December forecast. The firm expects all ‘large area’ LCD applications – TV, monitors and TN notebook panels …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large LCD Supply| Pricing

Open-source Vizio lawsuit takes an ugly turn

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio is in trouble with the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) over a decision not to release its Linux software. The firm uses Linux open-source software which is released under the GPL …

Tags:Litigation| Operating Systems| Software| Vizio

Links Week Ending 17th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. It’s Awkward Being a Woman in the …

Tags:Acer| Apple| audio| Batteries| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| Germany| Kiosks| Market Data| Mediatek| MiniLED| Outdoor Displays| Semiconductor Market| The Metaverse| TVs (TV Sets)| Vestel| Virtual Reality| Wearable Market