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LCD TV Panel Prices Continue Rising in Q1 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC posted a blog that included a forecast that despite the substantial TV panel price increases in the second half of 2020, prices are set to rise by an average of …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)

Asus Adds OLED Notebook with Secondary Screen

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus has a new version of its ZenBook Pro Duo, the 15 OLED (UX582), that has a new tilting ‘4K’ secondary tilting full width touchscreen. The ‘ScreenPad Plus’ is a 14″ …

Tags:Asus| Desktop Monitors| Notebooks

Lenovo Updates its ThinkPads & Legion Notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga, said to be the thinnest ThinkPad ever, at 11.5mm thick It has a 3:2 aspect ratio 13.5″ touch 2256 x 1504 display with …

Tags:CES 2021| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Lenovo| Notebooks| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

New RTP + TADF OLED Material Developed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Research published in the journal ACS Applied Material Interfaces highlights the development of new OLED materials that avoid the use of heavy-atom-free materials. The material, called SiAz contains only carbon, hydrogen, …

Tags:Japan| OLED Materials| R&D (Research & Development)

Samsung Pushes OLED for Laptops – with Under-display Camera

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung Display has released a video showing a new under-OLED camera for laptops. This enables very narrow bezels and a 1mm lid thickness, saving 50gms in weight vs an LCD. What …

Tags:Notebooks| OLEDs| Samsung Display

MacBook Pros Will Scrap Touch Bar

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac quoted Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo as saying that all new 14″ and 16″ MacBook Pro models will have the OLED touch bar removed, with physical function keys only. The MagSafe …

Tags:Apple| Keyboards| Notebooks| OLEDs| Touch

Xiaomi foldable phone prototype leaks in spy photos

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GSMArena posted some ‘spy shots’ of a foldable smartphone from Xiaomi. The shots make the fold area look very visible. What We Think I have generally been very impressed with Xiaomi …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones| USA| Xiaomi

LG & Samsung Boost OLED Material Patents

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported on patents for OLED materials filed in South Korea. LG companies lodged 939 patent filings from 2015 to 2019. Samsung was second with 442 filings and Doosan …

Tags:Korea| OLED Materials| Patents

Samsung Galaxy 21 Finally Gets Here

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Well, it’s all over the net if you want to read a lot, but in quick summary, Samsung held its Unpacked event to launch the Galaxy 21 series of smartphones, a …

Tags:OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones

HTC GM Predicts ‘Rise Of All-In-Two’ VR Devices In 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In an interview with Upload VR, HTC’s Graham Wheeler forecast that while the self-contained Oculus Quest 2 is proving quite a success, headsets that are designed to work with 5G smartphones …

Tags:Augmented Reality| HTC| Smartphones

Asus Latte is Very Portable

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus has a new mini LED projector, the ZenBeam Latte that is around the size of a large coffe cup. It produces 300 lumens of output at 720p resolution. It has …

Tags:Game Playing| LED Projectors| Voice Input