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Samsung introduces HDR10+ Gaming with VRR, HDR auto-calibration

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At the Samsung Developer Conference, the firm said that it is developing an extension to HDR10+ with better features for gaming, in particular: VRR (Variable Refresh Rates) (up to 120Hz) Automated …

Tags:Game Playing| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

E Ink Co-Develops Paper Like Display “Standard” with TÜV Rheinland

by Bob Raikes

What They Say E Ink has worked with (for which read ‘paid’) TÜV Rheinland to develop a ‘paper-like’ certification and, surprise surprise, the company is the first recipient of the certification. The firms said …

Tags:E Ink| ePaper| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Testing

Ultraleap Launches its Fifth-generation Hand Tracking Platform

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ultraleap (the merged company from Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion) put out a press release that highlighted how the firm’s technology for finger tracking can be used to create a ‘touchless’ touch …

Tags:Haptics| Kiosks| Touch

Innolux & AUO Quarterly Results Out

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AUO and Innolux released their quarterly financials for Q3 2021. AUO was up in revenue by 3.6% QoQ to 3.56 billion with profit of $694 million. Area shipped was 6.44 million …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Innolux

LGD Expects new WOLED Customers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display held its quarterly briefing for analysts and, as usual, there was some useful information. Highlights for us were: IT panels represented 45% of revenue, while TV was 32%, down …

Tags:Financial Data| Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

Research: 71% US homes still pay-TV subs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say US analyst Leichtman Research Group said that 71% of US TV households have some form of pay TV service – down from 82% in 2016, 87% in 2011, and 86% in …

Tags:Pay TV| USA

Why There are Supply Chain Problems

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Economist Paul Kedrosky included an interesting chart on his daily feed of such things. It is from the US Bureau of Economic Activity (BEA) and highlighted the dramatic change in the …

Tags:Macroeconomics| Supply Chain

Links Week Ending 29th October 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. Sixteen-nine’s Dave Haynes has a look a …

Tags:Apple| Cable| Infocomm 2021| iPhone| Pay TV| Samsung| sharp| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

LG With a Problem in LED Backlights?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen:Nine.net for sending me an interesting collection of images of LG digital signs which seem to be very blue (see a few of the images …

Tags:Direct Backlights| LED| LG Electronics (LGE)| warranty

Best Buy stores will soon offer Samsung foldable repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Best Buy in the US is now offering repairs for Samsung’s foldable smartphones as well as the Galaxy S and Note ranges. Some stores have done this …

Tags:Apple| Batteries| Best Buy| Foldable Devices| Repair| Right to Repair| Samsung| warranty