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Dolby Surveys on Manual vs Automatic SDR Grading

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dolby conducted a survey of content professionals to find out what they thought of SDR content that was automatically derived from Dolby Vision mastered content. The background and results of the …

Tags:Colour Grading| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Rec 709

Spanish UHD TV Receiver Total Approaches 7m

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The number of UHD TV receivers sold in Spain is close to seven million, with almost one million of them distributed last year, according to José María Vázquez, product and quality …

Tags:Spain| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vestel

Counterpoint Publishes an Interesting Lead Time Chart

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research in its newsletter published guidance on the PC market and said that momenum would continue to push strong sales. Premium notebook PC demand may squeeze Chromebooks. Overall, the firm …

Tags:Production| Semiconductors| Supply Chain

Oculus Quest 2 Cumulative Sales Hit Record 4.6 m Units in Q2

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported last week on Counterpoint’s view of the XR market last week and now it has released data on brand shares in Q1 2021, which was almost three times the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

DigiLens Deepens Partnership With Mitsubishi Chemical

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DigiLens said that it has done a deal with Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. to develop the DigiLens plastic waveguide technology. The approach is claimed to be the only approach to making plastic …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Materials| Optics| Virtual Reality

Xbox Eyes a Different Path to VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say XBox chief Phil Spencer, speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast rated the Quest 2 headset as very good, partly because it works so well untethered. Microsoft still has no plan to …

Tags:Microsoft| Virtual Reality| xBox

Ultra HD Forum: “Hard to make business case for 8K”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced Television reported comments from Ben Schwarz, writing for the Ultra HD Forum as saying that it is very hard for broadcasters to justify 8K adoption. The article identifies just five …

Tags:OTT Video| Satellite| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Christie Mystique solves two multi-projector problems  

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AV Magazine reported that Christie’s camera-based Mystique system for automatic warping and blending of multiple projectors has been upgraded to version 2.5. There are two new features: The system can compensate …

Tags:Blend & Warp| Christie| Projectors| Software

Xiaomi Now #2 in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Preliminary data from Canalys for Q2 suggests that Xiaomi is now the second largest smartphone brand with 17%, after Samsung with 19% and ahead of Apple, Oppo and Vivo. The firm …

Tags:Market Data| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

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Mitsubishi Not So Clever….

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yesterday, I reported about Mitsubishi Electric and that links to its Diamond Vision business from its website didn’t seem to work. I followed up and got a response within a few …

Tags:internet| LED| Mitsubishi| USA

Samsung has an HDR Image Sensor for Automotive Applications

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung released details of a new ‘HDR’ imaging sensor that it expects to be used for automotive applications that need to be able to capture images with a high ratio between …

Tags:Automotive| Cameras| Samsung

Samsung to Introduce New MiniLED Gaming Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has released a teaser video about a new curved gaming monitor, the Odyssey Neo G9 which will be officially released on July 29th. What We Think The use of the …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Samsung