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Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 leaks in full via official promo videos

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A pair of promotional videos were uploaded to Facebook which indicated the Quest 2 VR headsets would use the Qualcom Snapdragon XR2 and ‘nearly 2K per eye’ as well as 6GB …

Tags:Oculus VR| Virtual Reality

Sharp PC unit Dynabook’s Tokyo listing pushed to late 2021: CEO

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Japanese PC maker, Dynabook – owned by Sharp and including the Toshiba PC business bought by Sharp in 2018 – had hoped to have an IPO this year, but has deferred …

Tags:Investment| Japan| Notebooks| sharp| toshiba

Samsung to Launch The Premiere 4K UST Laser Projector

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung’s Visual Display business announced a couple of new 4K laser projectors, the LSP9T and LSP7T which are intended to create images of 130″ and 120″, respectively. The projectors fit into …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Laser Projectors| Samsung

Here’s everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple held its ‘traditional’ September event to release new products, but didn’t announce any new iPhones, apparently because of Covid-related development and supply chain delays. It announced a new Apple Watch, …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Smartwatches| tablets

Aledia Gets Investment for Manufacturing

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Aledia, a start-up out of the high tech R&D LETI organisation in Grenoble, France, has raised €140 million to build production facilities in the region. What We Think We have been …

Tags:Investment| Manufacturing| MicroLED

Analysis of TCL ChinaStar’s acquisition of Samsung Suzhou Gen8.5 LCD factory

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Omdia released free of charge a detailed look (26 Powerpoint slides) at the takeover of Samsung’s Suzhou fab by CSOT/TCL. The document looks at what is happening, how TCL might develop …

Tags:CSOT| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Market Data

LCD panel prices keep rallying in September

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reports that panel prices are rising for TVs, notebooks and PC monitors partly because of restricted supply of driver and power management chips. What We Think Panel makers have to …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing

Keywest Touts NanoShield Film It Says Self-Disinfects Touchscreens In 15 Mins

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A US integrator, Keywest Technologies Inc, based in Kansas City, has a new antimicrobial film, infused with copper, that is claimed to be able to self-disinfect a touch screen in less …

Tags:anti-microbial| Covid-19| Touch Displays

Panasonic unveils its first Android TVs for Europe

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic is releasing its first Android TVs in Europe which are targeted to the mid-range of the market. What We Think FlatPanelsHD suggests that this may be an experiment by Panasonic. …

Tags:Panasonic| Smart TV

Huawei Plans to Put Its Harmony OS on 200 Million Devices by 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei has to reduce its use of US technologies in line with US government restrictions, so will move away from Google’s Android to its own Harmony OS 2.0. What We Think …

Tags:Android| Huawei| Operating Systems| Smartphones

325sqm – One of the largest LED walls in Germany

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tennagels Medientechnik, a German digital signage integrator installed a 325m² LED video wall for the new headquarters of Wilo, a pump maker in Dortmund. There is also a 77m² indoor wall. …

Tags:Germany| Outdoor Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Nintendo hits record as world plays games during pandemic lockdown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nintendo had its best financial quarter for April-June, reporting a 427% rise to $1.3 billion (¥144 billion) because of strong demand for the Switch console as well as good software sales …

Tags:Consoles| Covid-19| Financial Data| Game Playing| Nintendo