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Huawei Brings HarmonyOS to is Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei has rolled out its HarmonyOS V2.0 on its smartphones after it was barred by the US government from using Google’s software and a range of semiconductors. AP reports that about …

Tags:Huawei| Operating Systems| Smartphones

HTC Publishes Repair Manuals on iFixit

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The WSJ reported that HTC Corp has started started publishing repair manuals for its consoles and selling some replacement parts through the community repair site iFixit. “If you can design to …

Tags:HTC| Notebooks| Right to Repair| Smartphones

Vizio Releases its ‘2022’ TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio released its 2022 range of TVs. Features of the different series are: P Series – FALD (no miniLED) with up to 270 zones and up to 1,200cd/m². Variable Refresh Rate …

Tags:TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio

ViewSonic Reveals New Gaming Monitors with Nvidia Reflex Technology

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ViewSonic has new 24.5″ (XG251G – FullHD 360Hz) and 27″ (XG271QG QuadHD 240Hz) monitors that have G-Sync and support for Nvidia Reflex technology. They are both certified to DisplayHDR400 and cover …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| GPUs| PCs| ViewSonic

AV Outlook Available

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Installation International magazine has teamed up with Futuresource, Avixa, Cedia and others to create a report on the ‘Outlook for Pro AV’. The 90 page document is free to download (with …

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Links Week Commencing 7th June 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. New Implant Designed to Defeat Jet Lag …

Tags:Amazon| Cloud Gaming| Game Playing| MiniLED| Next Action| Nvidia| ray tracing| Samsung| Travel

Links Week Commencing 31st May 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. LG Gained, Samsung Lost Share in Booming …

Tags:Android| Apple| Dolby Vision| Game Playing| HDMI| Pay TV| sony| TVs (TV Sets)| warranty| xBox| Xiaomi

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MSI Adds Gaming Monitors – one with OLED Feature

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say MSI announced some new gaming monitors at Computex. They are: 38″ MEG381CQR Plus – 3840 x 1600 IPS with DisplayHDR 600, 2300R and 175Hz with G-Sync Ultimate. A small OLED display …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| MSI

ISE 2021 “Somehow so normal here”

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The first of the regional ISE events took place in Barcelona this week and Invidis went along and said: “in many ways, the ISE’s pandemic issue somehow feels so normal“. At …

Tags:ISE 2021| Spain

HP Inc. Reports Fiscal 2021 Second Quarter Results

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HP Inc reported revenue up 27.3% to $15.9 billion with net earnings up 61% to $1.2 billion. Non-GAAP operating margin was up from 7.5% to 9.1%. Personal Systems net revenue was …

Tags:Financial Data| HP Inc

Eizo Has New Feature & Packaging in New Radiology Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Eizo released a new 21.3″ 3 megapixel (1536 x 2048) RX370 monitor for medical applications with an integrated calibration sensor and Dicom Part 14 compliance. Brightness is quoted at 1,100 cd/m² …

Tags:Dicom Medical Calibration| Environment| Medical

LCD Capacity Upgraded on Numerous Expansions

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a blog detailing the changes in its forecast for LCD & OLED capacity as the LCD industry has become profitable again and makers try to squeeze out more production …

Tags:China| Large LCD Supply| OLED Fabs