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TV Sales Down in China during National Day shopping

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported data from All View Cloud, a Chinese analyst firm, that TV sales around China’s National Day were down 8.3% to 2.684 million. Online sales also declined for the first …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)

Wisconsin Denies Foxconn Tax Subsidies

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Verge published a detailed report on the failure of the planned Foxconn LCD fab in Wisconsin. The company’s application for subsidies has been rejected as the number of employees was …

Tags:Investment| LCD Fabs| USA

Google Assistant Can Run Your 2020 Samsung SmartTV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung & Google announced that Google’s Assistant voice control technology will be available Samsung 2020 smart TV models, including the 2020 8K and 4K QLED models, the 2020 Crystal UHD TVs, …

Tags:Google| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Voice Input

Evoca Broadcasts 4K Insight TV Via ATSC 3.0

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Evoca, a TV service provider, has set up a 24 hour OTA UltraHD broadcast system in Boise, Idaho. “We built Evoca for the more than 50 million U.S. households in mid-sized …

Tags:ATSC| UltraHD

Apple Launches IPhone 12 With Some Surprises

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC’s Ross Young posted a blog article commenting on the Apple iPhone 12 launch and expressing surprise at the inclusion of 5G mmWave. The article points out that the cameras are …

Tags:Apple| Glass| iPhone

TV Market Up in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Gfu in Germany has reported on the TV market in Germany. The value of the market was up to €2.6 billion over the first three quarters of the year and …

Tags:Germany| TV Set Market

Displaymate Looks at OnePlus 8T

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dr Ray Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies reviewed the display on the OnePlus 8T smartphone and found that it is a very good display with up to 1,090 cd/m² peak brightness. Like …

Tags:OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones| Testing| Visual Quality