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What They Say A company called Ganvix is working with an equipment maker from Australia called BluGlass to try to develop a new way of making vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit in the green spectrum. The firms are collaborating with ITRI in Taiwan. According to Ganvix, its approach enables fabrication of VCSELs entirely from epitaxially-grown … Read more
TCL, a leading consumer electronics brand, and Roku, Inc., a pioneer in TV streaming, announced the launch of the RC630K series – the U.K.’s first-ever QLED Roku TV. The highly anticipated 4K UHD resolution product combines Quantum Dot technology, Super Resolution, and 60Hz Motion Clarity, providing colourful, sharp picture quality and a premium viewing experience. Available … Read more
The artful master of linguistics and baseball legend Yogi Berra has been quoted as saying, “When you come to a fork in the road, Take It!” Great advice … keep moving forward. The problem for the video content industry is that there are too d**n many forks, each has potholes and everyone is certain his fork … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Xumo TV: Everything You Need to Know About the Comcast and Charter Streaming OS Joint Venture Mediaset to trial DVB-I standardMediaset to trial DVB-I standard Taiwan PC monitor … Read more
An updated forecast for the worldwide smartphone market from International Data Corporation (IDC) is showing a more prolonged recovery than previously expected. According to the latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast, shipments of smartphones will decline 9.1% in 2022, a reduction of 2.6 percentage points from the previous forecast. As a result, IDC expects smartphone shipment … Read more
One of the speakers at the recent 4KHDR Summit in Malaga was our own Chris Chinnock, who is the Executive Director of the 8K Association (8KA). Given the mixed messaging about 8K this year, I thought it was a good chance to get up to date on where we are. The Association has a mission … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research reported on the Mediatek annual Executive Summit in Sonoma, California and highlighted the key announcements at the event. It also pointed out that the firm’s chips address markets with a TAM of $780 billion by 2026. At the event, there were four new announcements. MediaTek’s new flagship SoC, the Dimensity 9200, … Read more
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Jon Peddie Research, unit shipments in the add-in board (AIB) market decreased in Q3’22 by -33.5% from last quarter and decreased by -31.9% year to year. Meanwhile, Nvidia increased its market share by 7% during the third quarter. Over $3.7 billion AIBs shipped in the … Read more
What They Say Varjo has a new version of its XR-3 which boosts the clarity of the headset’s passthrough cameras when viewing objects between 30cm and 90cm (1′ to 3′) away. This makes the headset work better where users are interacting with detailed control layouts, such as in flight simulators that use real instrument displays. … Read more
What They Say Sixteen-nine.net reported on a device intended to provide power to displays using infrared wireless technology. The supplier is Fastsigns of the US which is working with Wi-Charge. However, the power level is very low at 100mW (R1 – up to 10 metres) or 250mW (R1 HP – up to 5 metres). There … Read more
TrendForce estimates that global shipments of VR devices will come to around 8.58 million units for 2022, showing a YoY drop of 5.3%. There are three notable factors behind the decline. First, the ongoing high inflation has been suppressing the consumer demand for end products this year. Second, VR brands have either opted to not … Read more
In a new International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast, the outlook for PCs and tablets continues to get worse. Worldwide PC and tablet shipments are forecast to decline 11.9% in 2022 with volumes shrinking to 456.8 million units, followed by a further decline in 2023. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, traditional PCs … Read more
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