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What They Say John Lewis in the UK is taking orders for this year’s LG 42″ C2 OLED and has published a price of £1,399 ($1,575 + tax), the same price as the 48″ version which is also online. One of its competitors, Richer Sounds in the UK, has the same price, although last year’s … Read more
What They Say Qualcomm is reported by Protocol Entertainment to be developing a chip, the SM8550, due at the end of the year or later, that will support AV1 native decoding. The article reports that Qualcomm had previously said that it would add support, but that it had a long planning cycle. The article also … Read more
This is just to let you know that the ‘What Bob Saw’ service is re-branding as ‘Display Insider’. There is no other change – it’s the same content and format – just a new name and brand that’s a bit clearer for potential subscribers to understand. If you have any questions, contact Bob. [email protected]
Engineers at AV LINK GROUP LTD (AV LINK hereafter) enabled 8K/60Hz and 4K/60Hz multi-window video processors to quickly debut in the market because of an advanced platform design powered by Xilinx Kintex® UltraScale™ family devices. Offering superior performance and features, MaitreView™ 8KPro, MaitreView™ 4KPro, and MaitreView™ 4KLite contribute to customers when helping collaborative meetings and … Read more
What They Say My favourite photography technology site, DPReview.com, published a review of the MSI Creator 17 notebook. The unit has a 17.3″ UltraHD miniLED display, with variants that have 100% of DCI-P3 (B11UH) or 100% of AdobeRGB (B11UG). The displays have support for DisplayHDR 1000 and measured 1,150 cd/m² peak output from 240 zones. … Read more
Today, I’m going to talk about something that’s not directly a display topic, but is a potentially significant display use case. That is to say, autonomous vehicles, and, in particular, cars. If your interest in Display Daily is just in display geekdom, skip this one. The topic came to the top of my idea list … Read more
China’s smartphone shipments dropped 11% YoY in Q4 2021, according to Counterpoint Research’s Q4 2021 Market Monitor. There was intense competition, with Apple ending on top and reaching its highest market share ever. HONOR increased its market share by more than two times from a year ago to become China’s second-biggest OEM for the first … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research put out a release highlighting the Chinese smartphone market and said that Honor, the Huawei spin-off, had doubled its sales, going from 7.5% in Q4 2020 to 16.7% in 2021, just ahead of Oppo and moving into second place behind Apple. The US firm also grew its share from 17.1% … Read more
What They Say Simula One has revealed a new stand-alone VR headset powered by a Intel i7 chip and running SumulaOS, a Linux distribution designed for VR. The unit, which will feature dual 2448 x 2448 LCDs at 90Hz will cost $2,799 and be available ‘no earlier than Q4 2022’. What We Think We’re planning … Read more
What They Say The 8K Association, in collaboration with Intel and Sharp NEC Display Solutions, is planning a ‘Fireside Chat’ on 9K broadcasting and professional displays. It is free to join, but registration is needed. It will last around an hour and take place at 11.00am EST on March 3rd 2022. What We Think If … Read more
What They Say Earlier this week, we listed in our ‘quick links’ a new Cooler Master 27″ GP27-FUS UltraHD monitor with DisplayHDR 1000 rating and with no pricing yet. Now we have spotted another, the 2560 x 1440 GP27-FQS 27″ monitor. Like the UltraHD version, it has a mini-LED backlight but is likely to sell … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that BOE has had to reduce its shipments of OLEDs to Apple because of a shortage of driver chips which it is said to be buying from LX Semicon (formerly Silicon Works). It is said to be planning 2-3 million in the next two months. The paper said that … Read more
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