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What They Say Protocol Entertainment said that the next Pico VR headset (from the ByteDance subsidiary) will support pass-through VR and mixed reality operation. The same feature is expected to be in the forthcoming Meta Cambria headset. Protocol previously said that Pico would launch a device with face and eye tracking as well as better … Read more
What They Say Because of the slowdown in the global market for tablets since the pandemic, the KED reports that both Samsung and LG are planning to expand more into niche tablet categories. The firm quotes Canalys data that the market in Q2 was down 11% to 34.8 million units. LG launched the new LG … Read more
What They Say IFA Berlin said that just over 161,000 people attended the show over the five days and claimed that 2,500 journalists arrived from 100 countries. 80% of the exhibition space was taken up ‘despite lockdowns in China’ What We Think I was not surprised that the number was a third down on 2019’s … Read more
What They Say Although Samsung Display is doing well with its OLED sales to Apple (Samsung set for record Q3 profit on iPhone 14 series shipments), the same is not true of other Korean technology companies. The Korea Herald quoted 24 out of 30 chip specialists as believing that the chip industry in the country … Read more
What They Say Quoting data from GfK released around the IFA show, DigitalTVEurope said that the European TV market saw a drop of 6% in value in the first half of the year, with only the largest sets with screen sizes over 75″ increasing – and they were up 21%. Overall CE sales were further … Read more
What They Say OLEDNet.com published an article highlighting that Japan’s Semiconductor Energy Laboratory (SEL) has developed a 5,291 ppi microOLED that it discussed at the recent IMID event. The development is intended to solve two challenges for the architecture: Source/gate drivers are located outside the display area which means a significant bezel width, which is … Read more
What They Say AUO and Innolux released their monthly data. AUO said its revenue was down 8.1% month on month and 51% year on year in August, although panel area shipped increased 2.4% month by month to 1.33 m² million. Innolux followed the same trend – down just 3.0% monthly, but 51.5% annually. Large panels … Read more
Just before IFA, Xperi announced its new Tivo OS for TV and revealed that Vestel was its first partner. Both companies were at the show and I was able to talk to both of them about the deal which was genuinely exciting Vestel (which already supports several OSes). Anyway, Xperi is what used to be … Read more
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips professional displays, has achieved TAA compliance status for an evolving line of advanced, highly versatile and military-grade secure 4K UHD digital signage and videowall displays, now certified for use by the US Government. Part of a continued investment, expansion and ambitious global growth strategy, TAA (Trade Act Agreement) … Read more
What They Say Hat-tip to flatpanels-hd for spotting a report by hellot.net with a picture of the 77″ QD-OLED that SDC showed at the recent IMID event in Korea. What We Think We had expected that Samsung would add a 77″ set next year along with a 49″ once its yields had improved. However, I … Read more
What They Say Apple held its big iPhone 14 launch and the smartphones seem to have been pretty much as expected. No ‘mini’ with a bigger 6.7″ model replacing it as a more affordable new model The Pro model boosts peak output to 2,000 cd/m² (from 1,200) and LTPO is used. Resolution is very slightly … Read more
Samsung, as it often does at CES and other big trade shows, had what it calls an Innovation room to show journalists the latest technologies away from the crowds on the show floor. This year, there were five technology points that they were explaining (and I gave a talk about 8K which I summarised last … Read more
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