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Some Useful Data on Medical Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell of China published an article about the market for medical monitors. The firm said that the global medical device industry’s demand for TFT-LCD displays was about 29 million in 2019, …

Tags:Market Data| Medical

Samsung Transfer of Suzhou to TCL Completed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell reported that Suzhou Samsung Display has now changed its name to Suzhou Huaxing Optoelectronics Display Co., Ltd and its shares are now 100% held by TCL Huaxing Optoelectronics Technology Co., …

Telekom launches the first XR glasses on the German market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported that Telekom of Germany has started to sell the Nreal Light XR glasses. The glasses weigh 106 gms (3.75oz) and uses 1080P displays. There are ‘gotchas’, however. For now, …

Tags:5G| Augmented Reality| Germany| Mixed Reality| Smartphones

Samsung raises quotes for rigid AMOLED panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Samsung has raised pricing for its rigid AMOLED panels by 5% to 8% because of driver supply issues. Samsung is yet to resume production in Austin after the …

Tags:Display Drivers| OLEDs| Pricing| Samsung Display

Chris Chinnock On 8K Being A Real Thing, And How Pro AV Gets Ready For It

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Our own Chris Chinnock was on the Sixteen-Nine.net podcast where he talked about the challenges and advantages of 8K for Pro/AV applications. He emphasises the challenges, but also the opportunities for …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Fraunhofer HHI’s OmniCam-360 Captures „Environment“ – the Opening Project of MaerzMusik by the Berliner Festspiele

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Our friends at 3IT in Berlin are hosting a 360° capture of the opening project of the Festival for Time Issues by the Berliner Festspiele. The festival is also available to …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Fraunhofer| Germany

New perovskite LED emits a circularly polarized glow

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at the University of Utah and the NREL have developed a new LED that is said to use spintronics to produce light that is circularly polarised. The LEDs do not …

Tags:PeLED (Perovskite LED)| Polarisers

San’an To Start Trial MicroLED Production

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Wixin of China, quoting the Hubei Daily, reports that San’an will start trial production at its new facility in Ezhou, Hubei Province. The development started in July 2019 and was at …

Strategy Analytics: Samsung’s Tizen Smart TV Streaming Platform Scaled New Heights in 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics put out a press release (Strategy Analytics: Samsung’s Tizen Smart TV Streaming Platform Scaled New Heights in 2020) with details of the global installed base of TV streaming platforms. …

IRT Closure almost Done

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The IRT (Institut für Rundfunktechnik) in Munich is in the process of liquidation and has closed more of its activities after a decision to close in the summer of 2020. The …

Tags:Broadcast| Germany

Consumer Enthusiasm for Wearable Devices Drives the Market to 28.4% Growth in 2020, According to IDC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IDC put out its data for wearables sales for 2020 and for Q4 2020. The good news was a boost of 27.2% year on year in Q4 to 153.5 million, but …

Tags:Wearable Market

Notebook demand easing?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes has published two reports suggesting that the demand for notebooks is weakening. First it reported that one top three notebook brand has asked chip suppliers to stop shipments and chassis …

Tags:Chromebooks| Notebooks