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The World’s First Under-display Selfie Camera Isn’t Very Good

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge has got hold of the new ZTE Axon 20 5G and is the first phone to have its front-facing camera underneath the OLED. The smartphone has a 6.92″ 1080P …

Tags:5G| Cameras| Smartphones| Under-Display Cameras| ZTE

Sony Teases ‘next breakthrough in direct-view display technology’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has issued a teaser about its direct-view display technology, with a development to be announced on January 6th 2021. What We Think The teaser strongly suggests to us that the …

Tags:MicroLED| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

KONKA Releases the APHAEA Watch, the World’s First Micro LED Watch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Konka has announced a new smartwatch, the AphaeaWatch that uses a 2″ microdisplay with a pitch of 0.12mm (P0.12), which we calculate as giving 300 x 300 resolution (212ppi), although some …

Tags:Konka| MicroLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartwatches

Oxford spin-out Bodle secures Series A funding extension

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bodle Technologies has received funding through an extension to its £6m ($8m) Series A funding round. (Bodle Moves Onto the Next Stage) What We Think Bodle is still in the early …

Tags:Investment| Reflective Display

Riot threatens to derail Wistron, Apple and India plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Contract manufacturer Wistron Corp has suffered a riot at an iPhone factory in India, reportedly over unpaid wages, although the company had commissioned employment agencies to pay the workers, according to …

Tags:India| ODMs & OEMs| Smartphone Market

Analyst: Will SVoDs replace pay-TV?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV blog published an article based on a presentation by Tristan Veale of Futuresouce Consulting that sets out the competition between Pay TV ($127 billion in 2020) and SVoD ($55 …

Tags:Broadcast| SVOD| TV Viewing

Pasta-shaped structures explain chiral light emission in polymers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Imperial College, London, have developed a way to make OLEDs that emit chiral light (efficiently polarised. The material is based on ‘fusilli pasta’-shaped layers which can be created using …

Tags:OLEDs| Polarisers| R&D (Research & Development)

Interesting Links for W/E 25th December 2020

by Bob Raikes

Every week, we see interesting articles where we can’t really add value or they are just interesting and not related to displays, so we put them in a round-up list. French startup is preparing …

LG to Make Bigger and Brighter OLED Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AVCesar, a website in France, has reported that LG will make a new size of 83″ in its range of OLED panels. The company has also confirmed information in the Japanese …

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

Leaked Photos Reveal Possible Lenovo AR Glasses Ahead of CES 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Some leaked photos have been published of new AR glasses from Lenovo. The glasses may use the ‘ThinkReality’ sub-brand. It was unclear if the glasses are just another prototype or a …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo

ATSC 3.0 set for cable TV test

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pearl TV and brodcasters around Phoenix, Arizona, have started testing Nextgen TV over limited cable infrastructure, collaborating with Comcast. ATSC 3.0 is being used to blend OTA and OTT content. The …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Streaming Video| USA

InterDigital completes VVC and V-PCC standards

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Interdigital said that it has finalised the VVC and V-PCC video standards at MPEG. The VVC standard is claimed to improve video compression by 50%. V-PCC is a significant step forward …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Codecs| VVC (H.266)