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Counterpoint Bullish on XR Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Analysts Counterpoint Research put out a forecast for XR devices as its ‘Chart of the Week’. The firm is very bullish about AR and VR usage and forecasts over 100 million …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data

Acer XB323K: 4K IPS monitor with 144 Hz and HDMI 2.1

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Prad.de reports that Acer has released a 32″ UltraHD monitor (XB323K) in China with a high refresh rate of 144Hz and certification to DisplayHDR 600. It is G-Sync Compatible. Native contrast …

Tags:Acer| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Elec Confirms SDC Notebook OLED Push

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported a couple of days ago on DSCC’s revision to its IT OLED panel forecast that put Samsung’s plans at more than 5 million this year. The Elec has added …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Notebooks| OLED Notebooks| OLEDs| Samsung Display

Monitor Makers Expected to Come Under More Pressure

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In digging around to follow up a brief article in the Elec about large panel pricing, based on data from Witsview, I found an interesting article from a couple of weeks …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large LCD Supply| Pricing

Samsung Electronics Announces Earnings Guidance for 2Q 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Samsung issued guidance on its Q2 financial result with sales forecast to be around $55 billion and with profits of close to $11 billion. Unusually, the firm highlighted a ‘one time …

Tags:Financial Data| Samsung

HDTV Test Reviews Samsung WCG Laser Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTV Test reviewed the Samsung ‘The Premiere’ LSP9T UST projector. The unit uses three laser diode sources for and a single chip (0.67″) DLP architecture and includes Samsung’s …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Samsung| Testing| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

More than $1.2 Trillion in CE Sales Worldwide in the Corona Year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GFU in Germany published data that showed the impact of the Coronavirus on the global and regional home electrical/electronics markets in 2020. Overall, spending was up 3.2% to $1.26 trillion …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Consumer Electronics Industry| Market Data

Q2 OLED Supply/Demand Update – Oversupply to Persist

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC has published two new blog articles covering its revised Quarterly OLED Supply/Demand and Capital Spending Report. One of the triggers for the revision was the news that Apple will use …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Display Supply & Demand| Forecasts| Notebooks| OLEDs

Digital experiences for Olympic visitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to Invidis of Germany for pointing me to an interesting display application. The Tokyo Olympics will include yachting events and to enhance the experience, a 50M LED display with …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| LED| Olympics| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Sports and Stadiums

Keyboard with 12.6″ screen Meets Kickstarter Goal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A Kickstarter project by Shenzen Pengling Zhichuang Technology, a new company, has started to create a keyboard with an integrated 12.6″ touchscreen with 1920 x 515 resolution. The keyboard can connect …

Tags:Android| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Keyboards| Touch Displays

“Right to repair” Rules Introduced in the UK

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite Brexit, the UK is introducing regulations to match EU requirements that mandate that spare parts should be available to professional repairers for up to ten years. It currently applies to …

Tags:Right to Repair| UK (United Kingdom)| warranty