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AV LINK Releases Multi-Window Video Processor Family Featuring Xilinx Kintex UltraScale Devices

February 18, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

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

Laptop Review: MSI Creator 17 – A desktop replacement with a miniLED HDR display

February 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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

Autonomous Vehicles – Another Enabler In Sight

February 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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 Q4 2021 Smartphone Shipments Fall 11% YoY; HONOR #2 for First Time as Momentum Builds

February 18, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

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

China’s Q4 2021 Smartphone Shipments Fall 11% YoY; HONOR #2 for First Time

February 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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

Simula One to Ship Late in 2022

February 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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

Seeing is believing: Everything you need to know about 8K in live broadcasting and professional displays

February 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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

MiniLED Monitors are Getting Cheaper

February 18, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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

BOE Hits Driver Block

February 18, 2022 by Milos Pavlovic

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

Haptic Touch Specialist Aito Raises a Further €1 Million Investment from Rabobank

February 17, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

Leading Dutch technology start-up Aito announces a further investment – this time from the start-up and scale-up team of leading Dutch banking giant Rabobank. The additional funding, following the Spring 2021 raise of €4 million, provides the company with further finance to accelerate the growth and extend its award-winning finger sensing and haptic feedback solution … Read more

Roku Planning to Make its Own TVs?

December 21, 2022February 17, 2022 by Bob Raikes

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 Announces World’s First Display Technology to Receive Dark Sky Certification from the International Dark Sky Association

February 17, 2022 by Artem Alekseenko

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