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Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 5.1% in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) but exceeded earlier forecasts, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. The PC market is coming off two years of double-digit growth, so while the first quarter … Read more
A research team led by Jang Bong-kyun of the Department of Nano-Mechanics at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (Daejeon, South Korea) or KIMM is developing a technology to produce displays that, when uniaxially stretched up to 25 percent, continue to present an image free of distortion. The design and manufacturing technology used in … Read more
What They Say Samsung released some high level information about the improvements to image quality in its 2022 Neo QLED 8K TVs. It highlights: 14 bit processing for the miniLED backlight, up from 12 bit. The firm emphasised that even with the same number of zones and LEDs, the quality of the image is improved. … Read more
On a recent visit to light field display developer Looking Glass Factory (LGF), we had a chance to see their new line up of glasses-free 3D displays. This includes the new 7.9” Portrait display, and Generation 2 versions of the 15.4” 4K model and the 32” 8K monitor. After a 2-year hiatus in showing their … Read more
What They Say The Economist published an article on XR and the Metaverse. The author tried Snap’s latest ‘Specs’ and he said: “The downside of their slender styling is a battery life of 30 minutes and a tendency to overheat. Limits in optical technology restrict the field of view to a square in the middle … Read more
E Ink, the originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, announced the launch of E Ink Kaleido™ 3. This new generation of E Ink Kaleido offers richer colors, along with 16 levels of grayscale and 4096 colors, perfect for displaying colorful images and information on eReaders and eNote devices. By optimizing the … Read more
What They Say E Ink announced the latest version of its Kaleido colour electrophoretic display technology. It is claimed to have ‘richer colours’ (4096) based on 16 greyscale levels and using black and white E Ink with colour filters. It has a new front light system which reduces the level of blue light that is … Read more
What They Say Developer of 360° video technology company, TiledMedia, published an interesting blog post on changes in the testing of VR in sport between the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympics. The blog highlighted the big difference that capturing in 8K made compared to 4K in Tokyo. Rob Koenen highlighted that even though the … Read more
What They Say Apologies, we missed the announcement by SID of the recipients of its Annual Awards a couple of weeks ago. Karl Ferdinand Braun Prize (outstanding technical achievement) – Wei Chen and John Zhong of Apple Jan Rajchman Prize (outstanding scientific or technical contributions) – Jin Jang Professor at Kyung Hee University, Korea David … Read more
What They Say Innolux and AUO released their monthly data for March. Innolux was up 9.0% in revenue terms on February, but 22.8% down on last year to $822 million. Volumes were up to 11.98 million in large area and 23.18 million, up 13.6% and 12.3% on last month, respectively. For Q1, the firm was … Read more
What They Say The Elec reported comments from an LG Display executive, Lee Hyun-hoo, at an event in Busan, Korea, run by UBI Research. He said that the firm is considering whether to make panels for monitors using RGB or WOLED architectures. At present, it makes small OLEDs (and is developing up to G8.5) using … Read more
What They Say I spotted a report in Advanced TV about research from Hub Entertainment Research on the use of Smart TVs in the US based on a survey of 5,204 selected consumers. You can go here to get a free excerpt (registration required). Some of the findings of the study are that: 52% of … Read more
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