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What They Say We mentioned the ‘new’ OLED monitors from LG that it highlighted at NAB this week, although they have been announced (65″) or shipping (27″ and 31.5″) for some time. (LG 27″ OLED Comes into Stock) and (LG Adds Large Mastering Monitor). Chris got a chance to see the monitors at NAB and … Read more
As I have written before, I have been somewhat sceptical of the whole Metaverse thing (I saw a headline about a ‘Metaverse hotel’ today – how bizarre is that concept?). (Metaverse – Meta and Drink for Critics). I still have some doubts about it, but last week I did see something that was genuinely exciting … Read more
Varjo – the industry-leading provider of professional-grade VR/XR solutions – announced the immediate availability of its Varjo Reality Cloud platform, which allows even the most complex metaverse to stream in real-time to supported devices for both professional and prosumer users. Originally acclaimed for delivering the industry’s most advanced VR/XR hardware, the commercial availability of the … Read more
Ynvisible Interactive Inc., a fast-growing printed e-paper display company, positioning its products as the lowest energy-consuming e-paper displays on the market, announces the expansion of its license from the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) a leading research institute in the field of printed electronics. The amended license agreement includes exclusive worldwide rights to key patent … Read more
What They Say LG Display held its earnings call this week. The firm announce operating profit of $30 million and net profit of $42.6 million on sales of $5.08 billion, down from last quarter as shipments of OLEDs fell, as did LCD prices. Area shipment in Q1 was 8.14 million m², down 13% and area … Read more
What They Say Sony said in a blog post that the PlayStation 5 would gain variable refresh rate support via some firmware patches that will roll out this week and can be used with TVs and monitors that support the VRR function in HDMI2.1. 15 games are listed in the post as the first top … Read more
What They Say NPD released data on the US TV market and said that the average size of installed TVs in U.S. households has increased three inches (7.6cm) to 47.5″ (120.7cm) based on the February 2022 retail tracking service and the quarterly device tracking survey. 44% of survey respondents said they bought a new TV … Read more
What They Say DTV Europe reported that at NAB in a session on UltraHD, Omdia had forecast that growth in 8K adoption would slow down. It is forecasting 2.7 million homes in the installed base by 2026. The firm believes that even in Japan, which has an 8K service, there will be just 75K households … Read more
What They Say Apple put out a press release saying that its Self Service Repair system is now available in the US and will expand into Europe and then beyond later this year. There’s a new repair store for more than 200 parts and tool kits can also be rented or purchased. Toolkits are $49 … Read more
What They Say Sony has a couple of new ‘serious’ home projectors based on laser light sources. The VPL-XW7000ES (£15,000) and VPL-XW5000ES (£/$6,000) are both said to have light source lives of 20K hours and both use new 0.61″ SXRD imaging chips that have native UltraHD resolution. Both also use Sony’s top end X1 Ultimate … Read more
What They Say Samsung reported its Q1 result and saw record revenues for the third consecutive quarter at $61.4 billion and operating profit of $11.1 billion. Samsung Display Corp (SDC) had record results for smartphone use and said that for large displays the improvement of production yield of quantum-dot (QD) displays exceeded expectations. SDC sales … Read more
What They Say Cinno Research in China reported that BOE has done a deal to supply OLEDs for the iPhone 14 and supply could reach 59 million units (around 25% or so of the likely iPhone 14 supply). (LGD and BOE Competing with SDC for Larger Share of iPhone Business) This means a significant bite … Read more
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