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Warranty Week on High Tech

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Warranty Week did its annual round-up of warranty provision and finance in the US high-tech industries. The blog highlights the differences between 2020 and the pattern in 2008/9 and comes to …

Tags:Apple| warranty

Royole Returns With A Better Folding Phone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge got hold of the FlexPai 2 that Royole released recently in China (Watch a demo of Royole’s new folding phone, on sale today for roughly $1,500) the blog had …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| OLEDs

ETRI/KBS Trial Demonstrates Viability of 8K OTA Delivery Via ATSC 3.0

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TV Technology reports that in October, a trial of over-the-air 8K TV took place and used MIMO technology to deliver 113Mbps. The article said that new STBs would need to be …

Tags:ATSC| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

No New Apps for Oculus Go

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol newsletter highlighted that Facebook will shut down new app submissions for Oculus Go, the $200 standalone VR headset first introduced in May 2018. It will support Gear VR and …

Tags:Oculus VR| Virtual Reality

Review of XBox with Details of HDR support

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Flatpanelshd TV blog has a review of the XBox that highlights what the console is doing with HDR content. The review highlights that the console does not support the AV1 …

Tags:Codecs| Dolby Atmos| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| xBox

Wonik IPS’ talks to buy Semes display kit business in trouble

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Wonik IPS is trying to buy the display equipment business of Semes, but the companies are struggling because Semes employees are paid substantially more than …

Tags:InkJet Deposition| Korea| Mergers & Acquisitions| Production Equipment

Visionox lights up its upcoming 6-Gen flexible OLED production line in Hefei

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say OLED Info reported that Visionox has started production at its new G6 fab for flexible OLEDs in Hefei, China and is planning a ceremony early next week. Visionox’s new production line …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| OLED Fabs

Warner Bros to debut all 2021 movies simultaneously on HBO Max in 4K HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Warner Bros sent shockwaves through the cinema business by announcing that it will release all of its 2021 films with a simultaneous launch on the HBO Max service in the US. …

Tags:Cinema| Streaming Video

Looking Glass’s next product is a ‘holographic digital photo frame’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Looking Glass of the US has a new digital photo frame that supports stereo display and that the company claims is ‘holographic’. The display costs $349 (or $199 on Kickstarter which …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)

Idemitsu starts producing OLED materials at its Chengdu factory

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Idemitsu said that its third production facility, based in Chengdu, China, has started full scale operation and can create a12 tonnes per year of OLED materials. It’s the firm’s largest plant …

Tags:China| OLED Materials

Pimax 5K Super VR Launch (But it’s not 5K)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat tip to Jon Peddie for flagging up the news that Pimax has a new ‘5K’ headset with refresh up to 180Hz after he saw my DD about Varjo (You …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Virtual Reality

Shanghai Transport Hub Installs 1,800m² of Absen LED – so far…

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say We get a lot of news of LED installations and tend not to use them, but one from Absen caught our attention because of the scale. A transport hub in Shanghai, …

Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Transport