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Samsung Claims >100% of BT2020 for New Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung recently announced its new UST projector. It has now confirmed that it uses direct lasers and claims to be able to support 106% of the Rec 2020 colour gamut and …

Tags:Laser Projectors| Rec 2020| Samsung| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

I Know I Shouldn’t Laugh

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A Chinese sex toy designed to be a ‘smart male chastity device’ has become vulnerable to a hack that would lock all devices. “The internet-linked sheath has no manual override, so …

Tags:Health and Safety| Smart Home & Home Networks

Lextar ships mini LED BLUs for Xiaomi TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Lextar is the supplier of miniLED backlight units for new Xiaomi TVs and gave some technical details on the configuration. The 4K/8K 82″ sets are said to have: …

Tags:LCD Backlights| MiniLED| TVs (TV Sets)| Xiaomi

Dell Adds an HDR Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dell has announced new monitors including a new UltraSharp 32 HDR PremierColor Monitor (UP3221Q) which has a miniLED backlight with 2K dimming zones, 99.8% of DCI P3 colour gamut and support …

Tags:Colour Critical Monitors| Dell| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| MiniLED| USB

Sony KD-48A9 48-inch OLED TV Impresses in Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say What Hi-Fi in the UK looked at the new Sony KD-48A9 OLED TV and thought that it was ‘extraordinarily good’ with ‘Striking picture performance’ and ‘Strong sound’ although it criticised the …

Tags:OLEDs| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Microsoft starts taking ‘Flight Simulator’ VR beta sign-ups

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asobo Studios has opened sign-ups for a closed beta test of playing Microsoft’s latest flight simulator program in VR using a Windows Mixed Reality headset like the HP Reverb G2 and …

Tags:Game Playing| Microsoft| Virtual Reality

Sharp to Split-off Display Business?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec, quoting SankeiBiz in Japan, reports that Sharp plans to split off its display business into a new subsidiary Sharp Display Technology (SDTC) based in Kameyama, Japan. The factory in …

Tags:Investment| Reorganisation & Restructuring| sharp

My Experience with the Galaxy Z Flip

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Display market research specialist, Ross Young, has got hold of a Galaxy Z Flip (not the Flip 2) on a special deal and gives his thoughts on the product. He was …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

Samsung drops under display camera plan for S21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Samsung has dropped its plan to put an under-display camera in the Galaxy S21 series due next year because of low yield in production. The …

Tags:Cameras| Smartphones

Google Ends Support for Daydream VR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has officially ended support for the Daydream VR platform, four years after its introduction and there is no guarantee that Android 11 will support compatible headsets. Google ended its sales …

Tags:Google| Virtual Reality