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Commission accepts Broadcom commitments for set-top chips

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The European Commission has been taking action against Broadcom over issues of competition policy. In April the firm said it would not make new agreements with similar terms and the Commission …

Tags:Broadcom| Europe| SOCs| STBs

Reinvesting in the Entertainment Landscape

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Stinger Report has an interesting update on a new category (to me) of VR location-based entertainment, ‘Arena-scale’ VR or ‘Free Roaming’ or ‘Walking Attractions’. Players have backpack PCs and VR …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Virtual Reality

Lenovo, HP, and Dell led PCs to 10-year shipment high in Q3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Canalys has been in the news this week! The company put out its Q3 PC sales data and reported that the volume of notebooks (64 million) was close to the record …

Tags:Market Data| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Unreal Engine will power the Hummer EV’s infotainment display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Epic Games has revealed that the forthcoming GMC Hummer vehicle (to be launched next week) will have an infotainment system based on the Unreal Engine – previously developed for games. What …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Automotive| Software

Q320 results in highest single quarter of global TV shipments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Data from Trendforce showed that TV volumes reached a new historic high of 62.05 million units in Q3 2020, up 38.8% QoQ and 12.9% YoY partly because of deferred shipments from …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Samsung| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

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Apple Warranty Costs Drop

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple’s warranty claims rate has dropped from 2.2% a year ago, to 1.2% ($1.26 billion) for the first half of 2020. What We Think Somebody in Apple’s engineering division should get …

Tags:Apple| warranty

Netflix in HDR on Sky Q

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky in the UK has said that its Sky Q box will now allow the viewing of Netflix HDR titles. The platform already supported Sky Originals and Disney+ in HDR. What …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| UK (United Kingdom)

Ultraleap Launches TouchFree Application

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ultraleap has released a free application that works to allow retrofitted touch kiosks to add a touch-like experience without physical touch. What We Think Ultraleap was formed when Ultrahaptics joined with …

Tags:Haptics| Touch Market| Touchless Touch