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Samsung Expands Customer-First Care Experience with New Self-Repair Program

In delivering a customer-first care experience nationwide, Samsung is continually offering more convenient and accessible options for consumers to prolong the use of their devices, promote a circular economy and minimize e-waste. Samsung Electronics America announced that Galaxy device owners will be able to take product repair into their own hands for Samsung’s most popular … Read more

Two Forces Combined: The Sharp/NEC Joint Venture Brings the Entire Range of Visual Display Solutions and Services from Sharp and NEC into one Place

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe is placing the entire visual display line-up of both Sharp and NEC branded products under one umbrella. Sharp NEC Display Solutions will provide significant value and business advantage to customers and partners through access to an enhanced portfolio and an extended range of professional service offerings. The brands are uniting … Read more

Intel’s Discrete Mobile Graphics Family Arrives

The first Intel Arc A-Series graphics processing units will power laptops, with more products coming this year for desktops and workstations. Intel are officially launching our Intel® Arc™ graphics family for laptops, completing the Intel platform. These are the first discrete GPUs from our Intel Arc A-Series graphics portfolio for laptops, with our desktop and … Read more

Links Week Starting 14th March 2022

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. LG Display announces the 20 semifinalists in the 2nd OLED Go! design competition (some interesting ideas – like the image below) Major Broadcasters Launch NextGen TV on Five … Read more

Links Week Starting 4th April 2022

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. iiyama G2450HSU: New VA display with FreeSync Microsoft set to double down on Android with dedicated business unit Philips: Up to 500 euros cashback on Ambilight TVs (in … Read more

Korean Government May Give New Tax Benefits for OLED Makers

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What They Say Business Korea reports that the South Korean government is considering designating OLED as a ‘national strategic technology’. There are currently 34 such technologies including advanced semiconductor, vaccine and EV battery. The corporate tax deduction related to facility investment is 16% for small and medium-sized enterprises, the paper said, 6% for large enterprises, … Read more

E3 Cancelled – Even Virtually

What They Say The E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo has been cancelled for 2022, even on a digital basis. Last year, the event took place digitally. What We Think I was surprised that the event is not taking place even virtually. On the other hand, at the moment the Gamescom event in Germany is still expected … Read more

WayRay’s AR Car Display Shows Objects on Windscreen

What They Say WayRay has released a video showing its ‘Deep Reality’ display technology showing information on an AR HUD including directional guidance shown as lines on the ground. It also highlights objects and potential hazards including pedestrians. What We Think The demo is quite impressive to me. The company highlighted what it is trying … Read more

NIL Technology launches flat optics platform for ARVR glasses, headsets

What They Say Optics.org reported that a Danish optics firm, NIL Technology, is developing nanostructured flat optics for applications including AR/VR glasses and headsets. The firm told the site that its flat optics has 94% transmission and the firm said that it is already working with a number of headset developers. It has developed surface … Read more

HDTVTest Looks at new LG G2 OLED TV with EX Panel

What They Say HDTVTest had its first look at this year’s LG G2 OLED which features a heatsink to help dissipate heat and reduce image retention. Tester Vincent Teoh found that the technique worked effectively, with retention disappearing faster than a 48″ that did not have the heatsink. He confirmed that the new composite case … Read more