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What They Say LG Electronics is to add to its 27″ 240Hz QuadHD monitor with a new 45″ curved 21:9 3440 x 1440 OLED monitor, the LG-45GR95QE which will sell for a list price of $1,699. It is curved to a tight 800R format and should ship at the end of December in the US. … Read more
Worldwide spending on augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) is forecast to reach $13.8 billion this year and grow to $50.9 billion in 2026, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Augmented and Virtual Reality Spending Guide. The five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for AR/VR spending will be 32.3%. Virtual reality will account for … Read more
Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe and Seenspire collaborate to enhance the digital signage experience for their customers. Accessible with NEC MediaPlayer’s running on MPi4 Kits or MPi4 Box in its large format displays, Sharp/NEC will be the first to offer Seenspire’s intuitive content app for digital signage. Through a single app, companies can attract the … Read more
I almost dropped my spoon. I was watching the IMID Keynote from Samsung Display Corp (SDC) CEO JS Choi. He announced a new vision for the future of the industry’s number 2 (by revenue) display firm, with the aim to become a $50bn company. OLED 2.0. This included many thrusts but the important ones are: … Read more
What They Say reports that Samsung has submitted a patent application in the US for a “Self Repair Assistant” that is described as a “computer application software for mobile phones” for self-repair, self-maintenance, and self-installation of devices including smartphones, smart watches, tablet computers, and earbuds. The Verge speculated that Samsung might be working with iFixit, but … Read more
What They Say AdvancedTV reports that the European Commission has agreed with the EBU that the way that UHF spectrum is allocated in Europe should not be changed. Although there are a wide range of views, a study found, there is no consensus on how it might change. According to the study conclusions, there has … Read more
The adoption of the OLED display technology among smartphones is on a gradual rise. According to TrendForce’s latest research, the penetration rate of smartphones that feature an OLED panel (regardless of whether the OLED panel is the rigid, flexible, or foldable type) is projected to climb from around 47.7% in 2022 to 50.8% in 2023. Then, … Read more
What They Say TrendForce said that it was concerned that US restrictions on semiconductor trade against China could spread to the panel industry if it started to apply to driver chips. The firm said that the DDI supply chain is ‘decoupling’ or ‘bifurcating’ to be split between chains that completely exclude Chinese made or designed … Read more
What They Say After Jon wrote up his views on the Dell 34″ QD-OLED (34 inches at 175 Hz—See More Faster with Alienware QD-OLED Gaming Monitor) yesterday, I noticed that Samsung Electronics had put out an infographic about its Odyssey OLED G8 monitor, which uses the same panel. What We Think Given concerns about image … Read more
What They Say Foxconn saw its revenues down 11% in November following the problems at its factory in Zhengzhou, China. The firm was down 29% on October although for the year, it remains up 13.56% to $195 billion. Reuters reports that Foxconn should be back to full production in late December or early January. Ming-Chi … Read more
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 … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced the number of Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones sold for enterprise use has more than doubled year on year. From January to October 2022, the number of foldable smartphones Samsung contracted to enterprise customers increased by 105% compared to the same period in 2021.1 With foldable smartphone shipments expected … Read more
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