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
Forget Galaxy S21 — Samsung’s ‘surround display’ phone looks incredible
by Bob Raikes
What They Say LetsgoDigital, the Dutch website, has done a good job again with making renders from patent submissions. This time, it has some great images of a new concept from Samsung with a …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Samsung| Smartphones
Forget 5G. This Is the Technology Apple Is Really Betting On With the iPhone 12.
by Bob Raikes
What They Say An article on investment site ‘The Motley Fool’ suggests that the inclusion of Lidar in the iPhone 12 Pro is a bigger deal than many have recognised. The technology can create …
Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Mixed Reality
Apple Adds Own Chip Option to Macs
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Apple has launched three new Macs that use its own chips, rather than those of Intel, which it has used since 2006. The architecture will be based on Arm technology. Arm, …
Tags:Apple| Arm| Semiconductors
HDR is a mess, and porn isn’t going to save us this time
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The article points out that HDR is a mess with five incompatible formats HLG (for broadcast) HDR10 (open, based on PQ) HDR10+ (open, based on PQ with dynamic metadata) Dolby Vision …
Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range
VVC 45% Better than HEVC, Says MPEG
by Bob Raikes
What They Say MPEG said that it has completed a verification test assessment of the new Versatile Video Coding (VVC or H.266) standard for ultra-high definition (UHD) content with standard dynamic range. According to …
Tags:AV1 Codec| HEVC (H.265)| MPEG| VVC (H.266)
