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Qualcomm to Supply Branded Gaming Smartphones?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm is working with Asus to develop gaming smartphones based on its forthcoming Snapdragon 875 APU that may be sold under its own brands. What We Think I’m not convinced that …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| Qualcomm| Smartphones

Inductors enter the world of quantum mechanics

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There may be ways to replace inductors with solid state devices that depend on quantum theory and where the inductance does not scale in a linear fashion with size. What We …

Tags:R&D (Research & Development)

The Six Pillars of Ultra HD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yoeri Geutskens has written a good guide to all the features of ‘the full set’ of UltraHD technologies. UHD or Ultra HD spatial resolution – 4K or 8K HDR or High …

Tags:3D Object-based Audio| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HFR - High Frame Rate| UltraHD & 4K| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

LGD Revenues Shift to OLED, but LCD Changes Pushed Back

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Pulse News in Korea has reported that from this year, LG Display will earn more from its OLEDs than its LCDs in the TV panel market, quoting data from Omdia. The …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LG Displays (LGD)

Apple Is Evaluating Scratch-Resistant Diamond Like Coatings On Gorilla Glass

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A semiconductor market analyst on the Seeking Alpha website has said that Apple is testing Diamond-like Coatings (DLC) as a possible enhancement to Gorilla Glass Victus (the 7th generation of Gorilla …

Tags:Apple| Corning| Glass| Smartphones

This extremely slippery VR treadmill could be your next home gym

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A start-up, Virtuix, will have a home VR treadmill in 2021 for $1999 that it suggests might be used as a home gym. It’s a low friction platform, used with special …

Tags:Game Playing| Healthcare| Virtual Reality

Planar Announces Planar EverCare Lifetime Limited Warranty for LED Displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Planar (the US brand for Leyard) introduced a ‘lifetime’ warranty programme for its TVF video walls What We Think This programme should be popular with clients. LEDs, like all display devices, …

Tags:LED| Leyard| Planar| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| warranty

AR dog goggles could help protect Soldiers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US army has a research programme to make AR glasses for dogs so that they can get commands while their handlers remain hidden. At the moment, the handlers use hand …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Military & Defence

Vizio starts shipping its OLED-H1 OLED TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio has started to ship its first OLED TVs in the US and are priced at $1,199 for the 55″ and $1,999 for the 65″. Features include HDMI 2.1, eARC and …

Tags:OLED TVs| USA| Vizio

Disney movies are now available in 4K on Apple’s iTunes store

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Disney movies can now be rented and purchased from the Apple iTunes Store in UltraHD with HDR. Buyers of the 1080P version will get an automatic upgrade. The article lists 82 …

Tags:Disney| Streaming Video| UltraHD

Avixa Power Hour Now Online

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported comments from Chris Riegel of Stratacache on a recent Avixa Power Hour presentation, MicroLED production soon also in Europe? but now the presentation has been made available on the …

Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

16:9 is Surveying the Direct LED Business

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dave Haynes of the Sixteen-Nine blog & podcast site is carrying out a survey to create a free to view report on the direct LED market. He is looking for contributors …

Tags:LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP