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First look: Samsung’s 110″ microLED TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FlatpanelsHD had a chance to get a good look at the most recent version of the Samsung 110″ LED TV. The blog was impressed with the unit (“The TV is wildly …

Tags:LED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

IEEE Spectrum Explains Nanosheet Transistors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IEEE Spectrum had an interesting article on the next generation of IC transistors at the next ‘state of the art’ in chip fabrication, which it lists as a 3nm process. The …

Tags:Semiconductors

MacBook & iPad Supply Hits a Crunch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that some Apple MacBook and iPad production has been postponed because of chip supply issues. Some orders have been moved back from the first half of the year to …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Samsung| Semiconductors

Guidance on Touch Screens From US CDC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Centers for Disease Control have published new guidance on the use of touch screens that reports that there is less than a 1 in 10,000 chance of getting an …

Tags:Covid-19| Touch

Dell Adds VA and IPS Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell announced four gaming monitors along with its first Alienware gaming laptops in more than 10 years to use AMD CPUs. Model Size Resolution Curve Max Refresh Panel Type Available (US) …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing

Taiwan & China – “Action Sooner Rather than Later”?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg had an opinion piece that put the view that China could act against Taiwan ‘sooner rather than later’. The writer, a Professor of Economics, speculates that action could happen in …

Tags:China| Taiwan

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Spring Brings New Headsets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There seems to be a bit of acceleration in the arrival of new AR & VR hardware. HP is now taking orders for the Omnicept VR Headset at $1,249 and intended …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HP Inc| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Research: Smart TVs in majority of US homes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hub Entertainment Research published an excerpt of its latest survey of US media consumption. Ownership of smart TVs is now extended to 70% of homes and 52% of all TVs in …

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

Links Week Ending 9th April 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. Uber Looking at adding AR to App …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Financial Data| Lenovo| Litigation| Nokia| Patents| Pay TV| Pricing| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Links Week Ending 30th April 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. The ambiguity of 4K, UHD and Ultra …

Tags:AV Receivers| Covid-19| DVB-T & T2| Ergonomics| Events| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Li-Fi| Market Data| Military & Defence| OTT Video| Pay TV| UltraHD (4KTV)

Links Week Ending 16th April 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. A Typewriter with an E Ink display …

Tags:ATSC| Digital Menu Boards| E Ink| Electrochromic Displays| Google| LG Electronics (LGE)| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| QSRs & Menu Boards| Roku| Smart TV

Links Week Ending 23rd April 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. Previewing Q1’21 Display Supplier Earnings – What …

Tags:Awards| Dolby Atmos| Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Litigation| Lumens (Korea)| OLEDs| Panasonic| Quanta| R&D (Research & Development)| Remote Controls| Samsung| Security| Smart TV| Supply Chain| TVs (TV Sets)| VOD| warranty