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Links Week Starting 14th February 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. (Most of them monitors, it seems!) MSI: New FreeSync Premium monitors with 170 Hz Gigabyte: WQHD monitor with Aim Stabilizer Sync and KVM MSI G271CP with FreeSync Premium … Read more

Dell says that the Alienware 34″ QD-OLED gaming monitor will cost $1,299

What They Say Dell’s Alienware brand said that its 34″ QD-OLED monitor would be available in ‘early spring’ and will sell in the US for $1,299. What We Think Wow – that’s a good price for what should be a great monitor for gaming. I said last week that Sony would benefit from the delay … Read more

India’s Smartphone Market Grew by 7% in 2021, Despite Continued Pandemic Related Challenges, says IDC

According to the International Data Corporation ’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, India shipped 161 million smartphones in 2021. This was up by 7% YoY (year-over-year), even as supply and pandemic related challenges created disruptions during the year. 2021 started strong with pent-up demand from 2H20 (Jul- Dec) and positive sentiments around vaccinations but … Read more

Brazil Chooses LCEVC Codec Enhancement – UHD HDR @ 5 Mbps

What They Say We’ve been following V-Nova and its Codecs for a number of years now. Just a couple of weeks ago, we missed a release from the firm that said that MPEG-5 LCEVC (LCEVC) codec enhancement (ISO/IEC 23094-2) had been selected by the Brazilian SBTVD Forum for adoption in its next generation broadcast television … Read more

 LG Display Collaborates with Noctiluca to Develop OLED Materials

What They Say Noctiluca posted a press release (in Polish) highlighting that it has signed a deal with LG Display to collaborate on the development of OLED emitter materials ‘with the intention of using the company’s emitters by the partner in its own products’ (according to Google translate!). Initially, LG Display will perform testing and … Read more

Nanosys Display Show Highlights QD-OLED

What They Say The Nanosys Display Show on YouTube, hosted by Brian Berkeley, spoke to Samsung about the QD-OLED technology that Samsung Display, Dell and Sony showed at CES 2022. Chirag Shah of Samsung and Berkeley spoke for just under an hour. Topics covered included: Why blue for the OLED layer and what about lifetime … Read more

Samsung Raises the Bar with Ultra Versions of S22 and Tab S8

In an era when annual product refreshes have become expected, probably one of the hardest things for any tech company to do is generate excitement for its latest round. Inevitably there’s discussion about the more incremental changes that happen from year to year instead of big explosive additions in capabilities, technology, and usability. On many … Read more