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JNTC to begin wearable cover glass production in 1st half

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that JNTC will start making cover glass for wearables in the first half of this year, after it completes a new factory in Vietnam in Q2, delayed from …

Tags:Glass| Smartwatches| Wearables

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Apple TV: tvOS 14.5 to support both 24.000fps and 23.976fps

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say FlatPanelsHD reports that tvOS 14.5 from Apple will support both 24.000 and 23.976 fps without frame dropping. Currently, showing movies generated at 24fps at the broadcasting frequency of 23.976 fps (a …

Tags:Apple| Software| Streaming Dongles| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Let Dave Know your View

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dave Haynes of Sixteen-Nine.net is running a survey on whether it makes sense to revive the Digital Signage Expo as a separate event after the pandemic, or whether to simply fold …

Tags:Events

Korean Cinemas Hired for Game Play

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I reported when I visited the CineEurope show in 2018 that the market for private cinema rentals was a significant segment of the Chinese market – enough to justify an optimised …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Game Playing

Samsung SoC Displays Can Run AdMobilize Analytics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sixteen-nine.net has reported that a company called AdMobilize has developed software integration to support audience analytics on Samsung’s SoC (System-on-Chip) digital signage powered by Tizen OS1. The DailyDOOH blog said that …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Digital Signage| DOOH

Hinges for Z Flip2 and Z Fold3 in Planning

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GSMArena reported that S-Connect – identified as the maker of hinges for Samsung’s foldable phones – has said that it will start mass producing the hinges for the Galaxy Z Flip2 …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

Apple Wins Patent on HFR Devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple reports that Apple has won a patent (10,923,012 that was filed in March 2020) that covers devices that can be used at double or other multiples of their native …

Tags:Apple| HFR - High Frame Rate| Patents

Apple Starting to Re-Open Stores in the US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac reports that Apple is re-introducing in-store shopping appointments at many US Apple Stores that have been operating as Express storefronts. Other temporarily-closed locations are reopening for pickup of online orders. …

Tags:Apple| Retail| USA

VP9 Does Not Include Dynamic HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An interesting post on a French home cinema website, highlighted by Ultra HD 4K News, points out that the AV1 codec cannot supply dynamic HDR metadata, as the codec relies on …

Tags:AV1 Codec| Codecs| HDR - High Dynamic Range

LG Doing Well with 48″ OLED Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Chosun reports that high demand for TVs based on the panel have meant that LG plans to expand the production of 48″ OLEDs from 220KK in 2020 to one million …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

Sharp, TiVo Extend Deal in Japan

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tivo announced that it has extended its deal with Sharp Corp in Japan to use Tivo’s G-Guide products, including G-Guide HTML, G-Guide xD and remote schedule recording service across compatible television …

Tags:Japan| sharp| Tivo