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BZBGEAR Wins Top New Technology Award for 8K Matrix Switcher at ISE 2023

BZBGEAR, a worldwide one-stop source manufacturer of pro AV and broadcasting equipment based in Sacramento, CA, was recognized as a Top New Technology award winner at Integrated Systems Europe 2023, judged by Commercial Integrator and CEPro. The 2023 TNT awards recognized new and outstanding products and services in the commercial and residential A/V industries. Winners will also be … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S23 Series Launched to Much Fanfare

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23, marking a new era of Samsung Galaxy’s ultimate premium phone experience. Samsung Galaxy’s epic camera gives users more freedom to explore their creativity, like capturing truly cinematic Nightography videos with transformative AI. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy unleashes a premium experience, including groundbreaking AI, … Read more

Samsung, Qualcomm, and Google Form the No-Apple Android XR Alliance

Roh would not elaborate on the specifics of Samsung’s first new XR product, which will not appear at Wednesday’s launch event. “We’re getting there, but we’re not too far away,” he said. “For the chipset, it is going to be a strategic collaboration with Qualcomm. The hardware will be us,” Roh said. And the software, … Read more

First Full-Color LCDs using CQD Lasers as Backlight

Thanks to the narrow line width and high brightness, colloidal quantum dot (CQD) lasers show promising applications in next-generation displays. However, CQD laser-based displays have yet to be demonstrated because of two challenges in integrating red, green, and blue (RGB) lasers: absorption from red CQDs deteriorates the optical gain of blue and green CQDs, and … Read more

MIT Engineers Develop New Way to Make Defect-Free Displays

Micro-LEDs (µLEDs) have been explored for augmented and virtual reality display applications that require extremely high pixels per inch and luminance. However, conventional manufacturing processes based on the lateral assembly of red, green and blue (RGB) µLEDs have limitations in enhancing pixel density. Recent demonstrations of vertical µLED displays have attempted to address this issue … Read more

Life, Be Bloomed: Trade Shows are Back

At ISE 2022, LG showcased a Magnit 136 inch UHD display. At ISE 2023 it is the Magnit 272 inch microLED 8K. Is this a sign of the might of expos as they make a comeback after years of social distancing? Yes, we are traveling again because it is a holiday from the office, which … Read more

Corning Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2022 Financial Results

Corning announced its fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 results and provided its outlook for first-quarter 2023. Financial Performance Fourth-Quarter 2022 Full-Year 2022 First-Quarter 2023 Outlook Wendell P. Weeks, chairman and chief executive officer, said:  In 2022, Corning grew core sales to $14.8 billion as we built on our strong positions in optical communications and solar – … Read more

Lenovo Expands Portfolio of Smart Collaboration Solutions with New Standalone ThinkSmart View Plus

Lenovo announced at Information Systems Europe (ISE 2023) in Barcelona the all new ThinkSmart View Plus running Microsoft Teams display,  a standalone collaboration display with premium audio, video, and whiteboarding features. The smart collaboration solution is purpose built for hot desking, phone booths, executive desks and home office use cases. Also joining the portfolio of smart collaboration solutions are … Read more

PMA Research December Channel Tracking Reveals Top-Selling Projectors

PMA Research, the worldwide market information experts on front projectors, has posted highlights from their most recent Projector Tracking Service results to the “Top-Selling Projectors” area of their website. For more than 25 years now, PMA Research has collected monthly sell-through data from leading U.S. projector dealers, retailers, web resellers, and distributors. Their Tracking Service family of … Read more

Worldwide Devices Shipments to Continue 2022 Decline in 2023

Worldwide shipments of total devices (PCs, tablets and mobile phones) are projected to decline 4.4% in 2023, to total 1.7 billion units, according to Gartner (also see fourth quarter PC shipments). In 2022, the devices shipment market declined 11.9%. “The depressed economic market will continue to dampen demand for devices throughout 2023. In fact, end-user … Read more