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What They Say Lenovo has announced its first ThinkPad-branded notebook based on an Arm processor from Qualcomm. The Thinkpad X13s is said to have 28 hours of battery life (49.5WHr battery) for video playback and the 2.35 lbs (1.066kg) and is based on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx processor with support for 5G and 4G. The … Read more
What They Say Qualcomm announced at MWC that it is working in a new partnership with ByteDance that is now the owner of the Pico VR company. (TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset maker Pico). The firms will collaborate to “enable the ecosystem for Pico”. Technode reported that ByteDance moved staff to Pico just … Read more
What They Say Oppo and OnePlus announced at MWC that they will introduce high capacity smartphone chargers that can charge a 4,500 mAh battery in 15 minutes, with 150W (20V @ 7.5A) of charging power. The smartphones will have two cells that can accept 5V @15A to each, using charge pumps. OnePlus expects to launch … Read more
What They Say The DVB Project has added VVC to the specifications to the DVB-AVC specification which has been approved by the DVB Steering Board and is available now as DVB BlueBook A001r19. Further codecs are to be added and the AVS3 codec is the current focus and AV1 next in line for evaluation. VVC, … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) has entered into a global partnership with the US-based Blackdove to deliver seamless digital art experiences on LG’s advanced digital signage displays. Integrating software and curated art from Blackdove’s digital art gallery and NFT (non-fungible token) platform, LG’s high-quality, customizable display solution will provide a convenient way to showcase digital art, which … Read more
There are occasions and situations where it would be really great if you could share your big screen 4k monitor with two PCs, maybe they are both yours or maybe one is a visitor’s. (There are other occasions when this is essential. For example, sometimes you may have a certified and un-modifiable older system, such … Read more
When LED screens want “showtime” in movie theaters, DCI certification is a must; that is, without a DCI certification, any large-format display cannot be installed in the qualified movie theaters. DCI certification is released by Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC, a consortium of major motion picture studios dominating the cinema system standards. Unilumin’s LED screens, UC-A41 … Read more
What They Say We are publishing a press release from Macroblock today that highlights that it is working with Unilumin and that two jointly-developed LED screens have been certified by DCI and installed in ‘The China Film Cinema Bei’ao’, Beijing. Unilumin used the Macroblock LED display driver IC, MBI5850 and the resulting display covers the … Read more
DSCC’s Quarterly Foldable/Rollable Display Shipment and Technology Report revealed that Q4’21 foldable smartphone shipments rose 65% Q/Q and 520% Y/Y to a record high 4.25M units. Samsung led with a 96% share on shipments of 4.1M. Samsung has benefited from a strong focus on this category as it looks to grow its flagship share as … Read more
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) announced its certification program for video source, display and cable products supporting DisplayPort UHBR (Ultra-high Bit Rate), the higher data link rates supported by the DisplayPort standard version 2.0. Through the DisplayPort UHBR Certification Program, device and cable manufacturers can send new products to DisplayPort authorized test centers (ATCs) … Read more
What They Say TPV’s monitor business has been pushing out more gaming monitors using its Philips and AOC brands. The Philips Momentum 276M1RPE is a 27″ QuadHD nanoIPS panel with 240Hz refresh and DisplayHDR 600 certification. Chromaticity coverage is 132% of sRGB, 98% DCI-P3 and a Delta-E value of less than 2. It has four … Read more
What They Say MWC is taking place this week and John Strand, a forthright writer on the topic of telecommunications has published a preview. His topics include 5G, OpenRAN, AI, Cloud, IoT, Green, and diversity. He raises some good questions, including: Why are clouds, which are fundamental to the running of 5G and 5G services, … Read more
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