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Due to Weak Demand and High Inventories, Only 17.5 Million Notebook Panels Shipped in April, Hitting a New Post-Pandemic Low, Says TrendForce

What They Say TrendForce, the Taiwanese analyst firm, said that because of Chinese lockdowns, April shipments of notebooks were only 17.5 million, down 21.5% YoY. The firm is forecasting Q2 sales of 55.1 million down 21.2% QoQ and 19% YoY. As well as supply chain issues in China, demand remains weak because of macroeconomic and … Read more

New Version Of Hardened LED Displays Touted As Improving Visuals By Only Coating The LED Lights

What They Say Hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen-nine.net for digging out some interesting ‘techie details’ on a new version of what he calls ‘Glue on Board’ (GOB) technology that encapsulates an LED in a direct LED display to protect it from damage and some water damage. The new version is from Desay Opto of … Read more

ViewSonic Launches 4K Ultra-Short Throw Laser-Based Home Theater Projector with Smart Functionality

ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, introduces its new 4K ultra-short throw laser home theater projector, the X2000B-4K. The projector features high-speed Wi-Fi that allows users to wirelessly share and stream videos and movies from compatible smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. In addition, Bluetooth-in and Bluetooth-out enables users to utilize the … Read more

Idemitsu Achieves World’s Highest Performance in Blue Organic Light Emitting Diode with New Light Emission System

Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. has developed a new light emission system for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) using blue fluorescent materials that sets the world’s highest performance record for luminous efficiency beyond the conventional theoretical limit. The new system also successfully extends the lifetime of these OLED devices. This achievement has been received the “Distinguished Paper … Read more

India PC Market Pushed Past Four Million Units for the Third Consecutive Quarter in 1Q22, According to IDC

The India traditional PC market, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations delivered another strong quarter (Jan-Mar 2022) shipping over 4.3 million units with a YoY growth of 37.7%, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While the notebook category continued to be the volume driver with … Read more

VESA Improves Things for Gamers and Media Consumers

VESA has just announced a new logo programme for gaming displays and video displays that should make life much better for gamers, content creators and consumers and set makers (although not those that may have been less than honest, but who cares about them?) Over recent year, gaming systems have been able to produce a … Read more

Vuzix Enters Into Agreements To Deliver The World’s First Fully Integrated Color MicroLED Microdisplay For AR Glasses

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses, waveguides and Augmented Reality (AR) technology, announced it has signed a series of agreements with Atomistic SAS (“Atomistic”), a next generation micro light emitting diode (“mLED”) display solutions enterprise based in France. These agreements provide for an exclusive license of key mLED technology, the design of a … Read more

Bringing Greater Reality to VR

What They Say Researchers at Stanford University have published a paper describing how it used a client (VR headset)/server system that fed details on the user’s gaze to the server to allow frame-based foveated rendering of the video. The team’s “gaze-contingent” foveated compression and streaming system has a total latency—from eye movement to generated image—of … Read more

Acer Will Add S3D Monitors in the Summer

What They Say We reported last week on an Acer notebook with an AS3D display using LC lenses (Acer Introduces Gaming Notebook with Switchable AS3D). However, the firm also added a couple of AS3D portable monitors with 15.6″ UltraHD displays, the SpatialLabs View and SpatialLabs View Pro. They are both said to have 400 cd/m² … Read more

VOD Visual Launches an Industry-First Fine Pitch LED Display Featuring Direct HDMI Connectivity

LED display market leaders VOD Visual are launching the innovative EDGE CONNECT, the industry’s first fine pitch LED display with direct HDMI connectivity. As part of the EDGE display series, this highly anticipated development puts LED display technology in an extremely competitive position against its LCD counterparts for digital signage, corporate and educational applications. The … Read more

Sharp/NEC to Present New PV801UL Projector Model at ISE 2022 Before Official Product Launch

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe is going to offer visitors of ISE 2022 a sneak preview of the new NEC PV801UL projector model before it officially launches in September 2022. The bright and compact installation projector supports flexible installations by wide lens selection and built-in features such as Edge Blending and geometric correction technologies. This … Read more