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What They Say Business Insider reports that Roku is exploring the feasibility of making its own brand of smartTVs and apparently ran a focus group. Someone told the blog: “They showed different models, feature sets and names, sizes, price points,” The report also said that others confirmed that the idea has been ‘on the company … Read more
E Ink, the originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, announced they have received the Dark Sky Certification from the International Dark Sky Association (IDA). E Ink is the first display technology to be certified through the IDA. As a reflective technology, E Ink displays do not emit any light, and rely … Read more
What They Say The Korea Herald reports that labour unions at Samsung in Korea are threatening to go out on strike, which would be a first for the firm in over 50 years. The remark comes after the labour union’s arbitration with the management at the government agency National Labor Relations Commission fell through earlier … Read more
What They Say The Korea Herald reported that SK Hynix has ‘next generation’ memory chips that can process data as well as storing it. The firm claims that this can increase calculation times by ‘up to 16 times’ and potentially reducing power consumption of computers by 80%. The chips are know as process-in-memory or PIM. … Read more
What They Say Google has made blog post that highlights that it has a new version of the Chrome OS Flex operating system designed to transform old Macs and PCs into Chromebooks. The system needs to have 4GB of RAM and an Intel or AMD x86-64-bit compatible chipset. The software is free. What We Think … Read more
We have published a number of press releases from New Vision Display over the last few years, but a recent one caught my eye and so I followed up to get a bit more background on the company and the new product. I knew that NVD was an integrator and value added supplier of displays, … Read more
Portrait Displays, global leader in color calibration solutions and advanced display control is pleased to announce the fourth release of Calman 2021 (R4) software. Portrait Displays’ Calman color calibration solutions are widely recognized by color professionals across the globe as the foremost software to ensure that content is accurately displayed across all screens. Calman is … Read more
Since the end of 2021, Philips monitors has been expanding the portfolio of its premier flagship gaming line-up Momentum with PC gaming monitors, launching the M3000 and M5000 series. It’s now time for PC gamers to welcome three new models designed for an intense gaming experience: the (27″ / 68.5 cm) 27M1N3200VA, 27M1N3200VS and 27M1N3200ZA. … Read more
International Data Corporation (IDC) witnessed worldwide shipments of foldable phones, inclusive of both flip and fold form factors, reach a total of 7.1 million units in 2021. This represents an increase of 264.3% over the 1.9 million units shipped in 2020. A new forecast from IDC projects foldable phone shipments will reach 27.6 million units … Read more
What They Say Futuresource, a research company based in the UK, has published its view on CE trends in 2022, based basically on what happened and was discussed at CES 2022. The report can be downloaded free of charge here (with registration). What We Think The report is short of data, but provides some commentary … Read more
What They Say Auganix reported that Qualcomm is boosting its R&D investment in XR with the opening of six new labs in Europe. Separately, Engadget reported that the firm has developed a ‘5G neckband’ with Verizon that supports the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 headset (among others). Based on photos seen by the blog, “it looks like … Read more
Based on preliminary data the European Audiovisual Observatory estimates that the cinema attendance in the European Union and the United Kingdom increased to 383.2 million tickets sold in 2021. This is 83.8 million admissions more than in 2020, representing a year-on-year growth of 28%. The rebound was less pronounced in the European Union only (EU27), … Read more
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