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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

Set-top Boxes: Further Improvements For UIs, UHD And HDR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say STBs are being developed and upgraded to meet the need for support of technology features such as HDR and UltraHD and are also being designed to try to minimise additional costs …

Tags:ATSC| Smart TV| STBs| Streaming Dongles

Finally full exhibition halls again

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Infocomm Beijing 2020 took place with 30,000 visitors and 450 exhibitors after being postponed from April What We Think It is good to see exhibitions happening again, but it would take …

Tags:Events

Google launches new Chromecast and Google TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has updated its Chromecast Dongle and it has upgraded the product to include an IR/bluetooth remote control and a new user interface. The specification is similar to the Chromecast Ultra, …

Tags:Google| Streaming Dongles

HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition VR Headset Captures Your Facial Expressions, Heart Rate

by Bob Raikes

What They Say HP has announced the Omnicept Solution, a version of its new Reverb G2 Omnicept VR headset which is aimed at B2B applications. The headset includes an SDK for development of applications …

Tags:HP Inc| Virtual Reality

Google Pixel 5 release date, price, specs and big camera upgrades

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google released its Pixel 5 and 4a 5G at $699/$799 and $499, respectively. The Pixel 5 has a 6″ 1080 x 2340 OLED with 90Hz refresh, a 765G Snapdragon and a …

Tags:Google| Smartphones