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DNP develops a new film to reduce blue shift in OLED panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) said that it has a new film that corrects for a blue shift in OLED panels when viewed from the side by using a microlens …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Colour Critical Monitors| OLEDs| Wide Viewing Angles

Loewe Back in the Game & Skytec Rebrands as Sharp

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Loewe, which was taken over by Skytec Group at the beginning of the year (What Bob Saw on the Net 23/01/2020), has started to sell OLED TVs, now that continue to …

Tags:sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| UMC

China close to South Korea in display panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports data from Omdia that panel sales from China will reach 36.3% of the market this year at $42.5 billion close to the 37.3%/$42.5 billion of panel shipments from …

Tags:China| Korea| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| OLED Fabs

iPhone 12 mini Teardown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit had a close look at the iPhone 12 minis – one from the US and one from the EU. The site found that there are many shared components with bigger …

Tags:iPhone| Repair

Atomos Gets Some Neons to Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Atamos said that its 17″ and 24″ Neon HDR monitor recorders will start shipping this month. The 31″ and 55″ versions are still under development. The monitors use FALD technology and …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Field Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range

Dedicated AR Headset Forecast by Device Type 2013-2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics expects the dedicated AR headset market to be worth over $18 billion and grow to an installed base of 57 million units by 2025. Slot-in, smartphone-based AR accounts for …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data

Italy-led action shutters 5,500 pirate sites

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV reported that the Italian Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) has led to the closure of over 5,500 illegal live streaming sites and more than 350 Telegram channels. The network …

Tags:Content Protection| Italy| Piracy| Trademarks and Copyright

TVs Likely to Lead 8K Content Push

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A panel at the SMPTE 2020 virtual event decided that although there are few good ways of getting 8K into the living room at the moment, but it may be a …

Tags:Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K

Useful Links for the Week

by Bob Raikes

Here are links to some of the articles that have built up over the week and didn’t ‘make the cut’. How Joe Biden’s drone light show came together — and what it could mean …

Tags:Advertising| AUO| Digital Photography| Drone Displays| Patents| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums| Tivo

Exclusive: Huawei to sell phone unit for $15 billion

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei is reported by Reuters and others to be planning to sell its Honor budget smartphone brand to a consortium for around $15 billion. Members of the consortium include handset distributor …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mergers & Acquisitions