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What They Say IDC published its Q2 data for the PC market and highlighted that shipments were down 15.3% year on year to 71.3 million units in Q2. This was the second consecutive quarter of decline although above the 62.1 million and 65.1 million units in 2018 and 2019 consecutively. IDC fears that consumers will … Read more
(Etulipa from Amsterdam would have been a better title, but to be accurate the song probably should have been Tulips from Keukenhof and that doesn’t scan!) I have been following the technology of electrowetting for nineteen years since Philips produced a paper in Nature that explained the concept. Developments from that original research have continued … Read more
What They Say Caixin reports that BOE has been certified by Apple as a supplier of displays for the iPhone 14, quoting “several people familiar with the matter”. The report said that BOE will start shipping in September and will deliver five million units this year. BOE did not respond to a request for comment … Read more
What They Say RoadtoVR reported on a recent demo by Kopin of its latest OLED display at AWE 2022 and also highlighted the pancake optics that the firm has been developing. Kopin’s P95 pancake optic has just a 17mm distance between the display and lens, along with a 95° field-of-view. The display shown was the … 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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) Multiviewer Considerations For The Multi-Platform Era TSMC Captures 70% Share of the Smartphone AP/SoC and Baseband Shipments in Q1 2022 Sony’s … Read more
Elliptic Labs, a global AI software company and the world leader in AI Virtual Smart Sensors™, has launched a new patented product: the AI Virtual Position Sensor, the latest addition to its AI Virtual Smart Sensor Platform™. The AI Virtual Position Sensor automatically detects the location of an external display in relation to a laptop. … Read more
What They Say Hardware testing site, Rtings.com has had a busy time looking at monitors and published its guide to gaming monitors as well as subsets of the best UltraHD, 240Hz and curved gaming monitors. Overall the site chose the Samsung LC32G75TQSNXZA (that trips off the tongue, doesn’t it!) – a 32″ QuadHD VA monitor … Read more
Marek Maciejewski of TCL has started a YouTube channel and uploaded an interesting 45 minute video on developments in the TCL TV business this year. There’s a lot in it but a couple of items got my attention as a display geek. First, here’s a quick summary of the main contents: Introduction then a market … Read more
What They Say DVB has added the Chinese AVS3 codec to its core specifications. The codec is said to be optimised for 8K and the DVB-AVC includes 8K conformance points as well as HFR in addition to the baseline UltrHD support. This builds on the work that DVB on VVC (DVB adds VVC to its … Read more
Radiant Vision Systems, a leading provider of test and measurement solutions for displays and light sources, announces its upcoming webinar with Consumer Electronics Test & Development to introduce display test technologies that bridge the gap between scientific measurement and high-throughput automated optical inspection (AOI). “Display Metrology for Production: AOI Systems and Technology Advantages” will be … Read more
What They Say As it completes its sale to a private equity firm, Providence Equity Partners, Airties has appointed Tony Ball, former chairman of Kabel Deutschland and CEO of BSkyB, as Chairman of the board. Philippe Alcaras will continue to serve as CEO of Airties. Airties also confirmed that its corporate headquarters is moving to … Read more
What They Say A report from Russia said, based on data from J’son & Partners, that sales in 2021 of SmartTVs in Russia were down at 4.56 million sets, lower than in 2020. The firm forecast that sales of SmartTVs will be down 28% this year. The market is expected to slowly recover from 2023 … Read more
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