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by Bob Raikes
What They Say In its quarterly results, satellite operator SES Astra said that the number of HD channels that it is supporting is now 3,150 (+8% YoY) which “reflected early signs of broadcasters considering …
Tags:Financial Data| HDTV| Satellite| SES
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. DSCC Raises Display Equipment Spending Forecast on …
Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Market Data| Nintendo Consoles| Notebooks| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| TV Viewing| USA
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Kebotix Inc, a US chemistry company founded in 2017 and that has developed AI to design molecules, has said that it has targeting mid-2022 to start testing new solution-processable OLED materials. …
Tags:OLED Materials
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Warranty Week estimated that “the world’s largest extended warranty program(me)” run by Apple has reached a level of around $8.5 billion upo 20% in 2021. Despite the growth in its warranty …
Tags:Apple| warranty
by Bob Raikes
What They Say A YouTube vlogger, Sebastien Ang, took a look at a new VR headset from Arpara, a company that was new to us. The headset is based on dual 2560 x 2560 …
Tags:Microdisplays| OLEDs| Virtual Reality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The waveguide developer, DigiLens, has attracted an unspecified investment from Samsung Electronics that values the firm at $500 million. Also involved in the funding are Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Diamond Edge Ventures, the …
Tags:Investment| Samsung
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say UDC announced its Q3 result with record revenue of $143.6 million and confirmed its guidance of $530 million to $560 million for the year. The increase in revenue was due to …
Tags:Financial Data| OLEDs| UDC
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Despite reports of a weak global tablet market, the GFU said that sales of tablets in Germany for the year to the end of September are positive with 3.8 million units …
Tags:Germany| Market Data| tablets
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Protocol Next Up newsletter picked up on a comment by Mark Zuckerberg last week that “Lots of things that are physical today, like screens, will just be holograms in the …
Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| | TV Viewing| TVs (TV Sets)
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Phone Arena spotted a patent (“Electronic devices with fiber composite friction hinges”). Most of the rest of the article is speculation and quotes from the the patent application. What We Think …
Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Patents
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The New York Times looked at the barriers to a quick introduction of self-driving vehicles after the release of a book that pointed out that car makers have been promising to …
Tags:Automotive
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Microsoft, the most valuable company in the world when I last looked (and that’s not often!) has responded to Meta’s talk of the Facebookverse by talking up its plans to add …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| | Virtual Reality
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