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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)

OWC Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock review: Affordable dock offers connectivity for two 4K external displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say OWC has a Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock that can support dual HDMI outputs at up to UltraHD at 60Hz. The mini-dock is just $119. What We Think Not the biggest story, …

Tags:Interfaces| PCs| Thunderbolt

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

‘This will be the European channel’s most profitable year ever’ – Canalys CEO

by Bob Raikes

The European channel will log its most profitable year ever this year amid a global health crisis, claims Canalys CEO Steve Brazier. Brazier used his keynote at this year’s virtual Canalys Channels… What They …

Tags:Europe| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Nvidia Research develops a neural network to replace traditional video compression

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nvidia has develoed a new cloud-AI-based codec for video which is claimed to reduce bandwidth by 90% compared to H.264. (Hmmm, that’s what the article said, but an example shown dropped …

Tags:Big Data/AI| Codecs| Nvidia| VideoConferencing

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

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)

Strategy Analytics: Samsung Display Captures 50% Revenue Share to Lead the Smartphone Display Panel Market in H1 2020 (2)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics said that the global smartphone display panel market reached $18.6 billion with Samsung taking 50% of the revenue, followed by BOE and Tianma. Separately, the firm forecast that 5G …

Tags:5G| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung Display

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

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