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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

Online review shows that the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is more durable than the original Fold, but not by much

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JerryRigEverything did a stress test on the Samsung Z Fold 2. The front display uses Corning Victus glass and has hardness on the mho scale around 6 or 7. The internal …

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

Introducing the Ray Tracing Levels System – and what it will mean for gaming.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Imagination Technology has developed a system to classify ray tracing performance to help developers understand how ray tracing can be supported, at appropriate levels of efficiency (e.g. for mobile apps). Level …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Imagination Tech| ray tracing

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

Netflix to add 4K Support on Newer Macs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple has updated its macOS to ‘Big Sur’ and will allow some 2018/2019 and 2020 Apple systems to replay Netflix content in UltraHD. The article suggests that this is because the …

Tags:Netflix| Streaming Video| SVOD| UltraHD & 4K

LG flexes its display tech with $100,000 rollable TV on sale this month

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei has reported that LG Electronics will finally start shipping its much trailed rollable 65″ TV but at $100,000, a higher price than had been previously expected. It will be supplied …

Tags:Flexible Displays| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

UHD Alliance Announces Amazon Prime, Hisense Support for Filmmaker Mode

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UHD Alliance said that Amazon Prime plans to introduce support for Filmmaker mode in 2021. It also said that Hisense would be the seventh TV company to support the mode …

Tags:Cinema| UltraHD Alliance

Vivo X50 Pro+ Camera review: Aiming for the top

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DXOMark reviewed the Vivo X50 Pro+ phone and found it has a very good camera, hat lands it in third place behind the Huawei P40 Pro and the top-scoring Xiaomi Mi …

Tags:Cameras| Smartphones