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What They Say There’s a growing swell of discontent in Germany and Austria, where Sony has notified purchasers of movies from Studio Canal on the PlayStation Store that access to them will be removed at the end of August. There are over 300 affected titles including English and German language from Shaun the Sheep to … Read more
What They Say Asus launched a new ROG Phone 6 gaming smartphone handset with a virtual event. The phone has two variants, the Phone 6 and the Phone 6 Pro. The handset is based on Qualcomm APUs and Qualcomm attended to back up Asus. Clock speeds of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform are … Read more
What They Say Chinese market researcher, Sigmaintell, has issued a new report on AR and VR and said that sales of VR headsets reached 11.2 million in 2021, up 65% year on year. It expects Apple to boost the market with a mixed reality product early next year and expects it to rise to 43 … Read more
What They Say Xperi said that it had bought Vewd for $109 million. Vewd software is used in more than 30 million connected TVs per year. The transaction will give Xperi access to an installed European footprint of approximately 15 million devices that can be enabled for monetization, including activation of TiVo+, a free ad-supported … Read more
Xperi Holding Corporation announced it has acquired Vewd Software Holdings Limited for $109 million through a mixture of cash and debt. Vewd is a leading global provider of over-the-top (“OTT”) and hybrid TV solutions that ship in more than 30 million connected TV devices annually. The acquisition establishes Xperi as a leading independent streaming media … Read more
Industrial LCD solution provider JDIT-K (JDI Taiwan Kaohsiung) – formerly KOE – have announced the introduction of a new 15.8-inch transmissive colour TFT display module. The TX40D200VM0BAA features a resolution of 2560 x 600 pixels, a wide landscape format, and the latest In-plane switching (IPS) LCD technology. Exceptional optical performance is provided with the implementation … Read more
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) hosted the ROG Phone 6: For Those Who Dare virtual launch event to reveal the new ROG Phone 6 series of gaming smartphones, along with new models in the ROG Cetra series of True Wireless gaming headphones and ROG Delta series of gaming headsets, plus a collection of ROG Phone … Read more
What They Say In line with the general trends towards reduced demand expectations in the market, the Elec has quoted a forecast that Samsung has reduced its TV volume forecast to 40 million from 45 million this year and that means that panel procurement will decline from 53/54 million units to 44 million. The drop … Read more
Last week, when I wrote about the Samsung purchase of the IP from Cynora, I wrote that at Display Daily, we try not to instantly fire off an article as the time for reflection and research is important. (Has Samsung Created a Hurdle in the Display Marathon?) We broke that pattern last week, and we … Read more
What They Say Bloomberg reported that ‘The Age of peak TV is ending’ as mid-level film plans are being shelved and budgets for content are shrinking by up to 30%. Networks are ‘slowing the flow’ and the service reported an agent as saying “The days of the drunken sailor spending are gone. I’ve never seen … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced that the Samsung Gaming Hub1 is now rolling out to all 2022 Samsung Smart TVs bringing the best game streaming content and game playing experiences with no additional hardware or downloads needed. Announced during CES 2022, Samsung Gaming Hub is an all-in-one game streaming discovery platform where players can discover and play … Read more
What They Say Hat tip to Dave Haynes at Sixteen-nine.net for getting some interesting background on the use by a flagship store of Paris Baguette in Seoul, Korea. He estimates that the transparent OLEDs may have cost up to $10K each including support hardware. There’s a video of where the displays were used. He suggests … Read more
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