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Roku / Netflix Acquisition Rumor

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What They Say Last week there were rumours that Roku was to be bought by Neflix. Commentators speculated that Netflix could use such an acquisition to accelerate its expected advertising-subsidised membership plans. From Roku’s point of view, the rumours boosted the company’s stock price. What We Think I think the best analysis that I saw … Read more

Innolux Shines a Light on Kirameki and Natural3D

A few days ago, I mentioned a really novel looking display that I saw from Innolux at Display Week, so I thought I’d dig a bit more into it Naoki Sumi from Innolux presented on the Kirameki Display that he described as having ‘Natural Texture and Natural 3D’. There was no paper presented during Display … Read more

Display revenue to drop 15% this year – Omdia

What They Say Quoting Omdia as the source, the Elec said that display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion with LCD revenues falling 32% from $38.3 billion to $25.8 billion, despite an increase in area shipments of 2%. The article quotes the following target TV panel shipment changes: BOE … Read more

Let’s Keep the OLED Scientists Busy with More Colours

The I-Zone is always an interesting feature of the Display Week Exhibition. The Committee that runs the area, which is populated by research efforts and start-ups, chooses a winner and an honouree. This year’s winner was Porotech – and I’ll return to discussing its offerings, but the honouree was 6P Color Inc for a multi-primary … Read more

PC Shipments to Feel the Effects of Global Headwinds with Shipment Volumes Expected to Decline 8.2% in 2022, According to IDC

Headwinds from lockdowns, war, and inflation are the leading factors behind slowing demand for PCs and tablets. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, global shipments of traditional PCs will fall 8.2% year over year in 2022 to 321.2 million units. Similarly, the forecast for … Read more

IDC Warns of Strong PC market Decline

What They Say IDC expects PC shipments to be weak this year, falling by 8.2% from 2021 to 321.2 million units. Tablets are expected to decline by 6.2% to 158 million units. That will still leave shipments above pre-pandemic levels. Commercial demand remains robust and there is still uptake in emerging markets that will help … Read more