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Sony MicroLED is a MiniLED. Probably.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony announced its new Crystal LED display and we reported on it. Sony Upgrades (and Downgrades) its Crystal LED. A correspondent pointed out that I had left in the Sony table …

Tags:LED| MicroLED| MiniLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| sony

LG’s 2021 Gram Laptops Have Large 16:10 Aspect Ratio Screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG has five new laptops in its Gram range which have 16:10 aspect ratio displays with up to 99% of DCI-P3 colour (95% minimum). LG gram 17 (model 17Z90P) 2560 x …

Tags:Glass| Notebooks

Minuscule demand isn’t stopping money-losing flexible-screen firm from eyeing Shanghai IPO

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reports that despite ‘miniscule sales’ and ‘astronomical financial losses’, shown in an IPO prospectus, Royole wants to raise $2.2 billion to devote half of it ‘replenish its capital supplies’ and …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Investment| OLEDs

NPD Research: US Installed TV Base Getting Bigger, Newer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Twice reported data from NPD that TV diagonals in the US continue to increase, with sets of 60″ and above now at 15% up from 11% a year ago. The average …

Tags:Market Data| TV Set Market| USA

Smartphone Display Shipments rise to 422 million in Q320 according to Omdia

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Omdia said that 422 million smatphone displays were shipped in Q3 2020, down from 432 million in 2019, but up 16% on Q2. The main reason was the recovery of production …

Tags:Market Data| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market

Samsung Expands on 2021 TV Trends

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say As expected, Samsung announced its Neo QLED backlight technology that is its entry in the miniLED backlight LCD TV market for 2021. The company said that it uses ‘Quantum mini LED’ …

Tags:MiniLED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

Lenovo Can’t Dodge 2-in-1 Hinge Case

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Law360 reported that Lenovo can’t dodge a putative class action claiming it sold defective two-in-one computer devices, a Maryland federal judge has ruled, saying the company’s assertions that the devices are …

Tags:Lenovo| Litigation| Notebooks| warranty

Global Smartphone Production Expected to Reach 1.36 Billion Units in 2021 as Huawei Drops Out of Top-Six Ranking, Says TrendForce (2)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Trendforce of Taiwan said that volumes of smartphones manufactured in 2021 will reach 1.36 billion units this year, up from 1.25 billion this year, up 9%. The big change in brand …

iQiyi Gets Funds to Develop VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin in China reported that iQiyi Smart, the VR-centred arm of iQiyi Inc, which Caixin describes as an ‘online video giant’ (Wikipedia reports that it has 500 million active monthly users …

Tags:China| Game Playing| Investment| Virtual Reality

Barco Adds New 12MP Display for Radiography

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Barco has a new 12MP Nio Fusion display that can be used for radiography (PACS and mammography), but is also suitable for general office applications. The display has a resolution of …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Dicom Medical Calibration| Medical

Lucyd Introduces Lyte Bluetooth E-glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lucyd said that it has developed new Lyte Bluetooth E-Glasses that are operated by voice, accessing services such as Siri or Google Assistant on companion devices. Custom lenses can be supplied …

Tags:Augmented Reality

Dell Has First 40″ Ultrawide Monitor & VideoConferencing Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell announced some new monitors along with new PCs. It also published a blog post about the new devices. The U4021QW is in the UltraSharp range and is a 40″ (well, …

Tags:Dell| Desktop Monitors| VideoConferencing