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Links Week Starting 24th January 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. Sky Is Largest TV Company by Revenue in Europe, Netflix Controls 35% of SVOD Market Ericsson sues Apple for patent infringement as cross-licence deal expires 7 Great Oculus … Read more

CES 2022 In the Rear-View Mirror

Attending CES 2022 was one of the stranger experiences I’ve had in a lifetime for a multitude of reasons (like flying out to Vegas on a nearly-empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner). Although I didn’t spend as much time at CES this year as my colleagues Ken Werner and Chris Chinnock did, I was able to catch … Read more

RealD Ultimate Screen Reached a 500-Screen Milestone Worldwide 

Global visual technology leader RealD Inc. announced the revolutionary RealD Ultimate Screen® has been installed in 500 screens worldwide. The latest and 500th Ultimate Screen is located at the spectacular Wanda Cinema Xiamen Guankou branch. The cinema location, which features the premium brand named Prime at Wanda utilizing RealD’s 500th Ultimate Screen, celebrated its launch … Read more

MPEG LA Offers One-Stop License for ATSC 3.0

MPEG LA, LLC announced the availability of the ATSC 3.0 Patent Portfolio License (“ATSC 3.0 License” or “License”), providing one-stop access to patents that are essential to the next generation broadcast standard developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). ATSC 3.0, already available in South Korea and many U.S. television markets, improves the television … Read more

Where to for Dual Panel LCDs?

Today, I’m going to return to a topic that I have covered a fair amount and really had high hopes for, at one time. That topic is dual cell LCDs and CES 2022 was noteworthy in that I didn’t spot any announcements in the TV area this year. Here’s a brief introduction for those that … Read more

VR and AR are both on the rise, but their supply chains have key differences

What They Say Omdia published a blog article by analyst Calvin Hsieh that highlighted that the supply chains for VR and AR have ‘key differences’. He pointed out that the supply chain for VR devices is ‘more mature’ with makers such as JDI, Sharp, and Samsung Display already present. On the other hand, volumes of … Read more

New Vision Display Announces New 3D Gesture Touch Technology

New Vision Display, a Shenzhen-based company, is proud to announce the release of its 3D Gesture Touch sensor feature, based on Microchip’s patented GestIC® technology. 3D Gesture Touch allows users to interact with a device using simple hand gestures a short distance from the screen. No physical contact is required. NVD can achieve both 2D … Read more

Pixel Fold Rumours

What They Say C|Net reported a summary of rumours about the Google Pixel Fold smartphone. However, as we reported in November, Google has at least postponed or may have cancelled the unit completely. (Has Google Dropped the Pixel Fold?) Other reports suggest that the firm may use the ‘Notebook’ name for the device to differentiate … Read more