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What They Say The Toshiba TV brand in the US has signed up with Amazon to use its Alexa app along with the FireTV. The voice operation can use a remote or not. Toshiba’s new M550 Series comes in 55-inch ($799.99), 65-inch ($999.99) and 75-inch ($1,199.99) iterations, with high-end 120HZ native panels and 480 motion … Read more
Global shipments for wearables grew 9.9% during the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) reaching 138.4 million units, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Hearables led the growth as the category grew 26.5% compared to last year and accounted for 64.7% of wearable device shipments. Following hearables … Read more
Lenovo and LG Electronics are working together to advance new medical imaging solutions for the radiology community. The offering bundles LG’s high-performance medical monitors with the Lenovo OEM Solutions commercial third-party portfolio of offerings. On the heels of RSNA 2021, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, the Lenovo-LG bundle will provide … Read more
LG Business Solutions USA is introducing a new oxide-based thin-film-transistor Digital X-ray Detector (DXD) and 21-inch 3MP diagnostic monitor in Chicago at RSNA 2021, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.* The wireless 14-x17-inch DXD (model 14HQ901G*) will utilize a new oxide-based TFT design to deliver high Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE), while … Read more
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, has launched two new set-top boxes (STBs), a 4K IP STB ZXV10 B870V2J supporting Reference Design Kit (RDK) and a DVB hybrid STB ZXV10 B836CTSI-A20 supporting Common Broadcast Stack (CBS), at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2021) held … Read more
I’m following up Andy Marken’s article yesterday (Watching Sports Is Fun and Game/Industry Changing) on sport and its importance for Pay TV and for TV viewing in general and the development of streaming. Unlike Andy, I understand a bit more why people feel ‘wild about sports’. It’s an important part of the TV viewing landscape. … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reported that Canon has developed a new image sensor that is said to be 10 times better at detecting light than conventional devices. The sensor uses a technology called a single photon avalanche diode or SPAD. The device is said to amplify individual photons into ‘a large number’ of electrons. The … Read more
What They Say Samsung US said that it has a new AR live experience that is accessible at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles and the company’s flagship experiential store, Samsung 837, in New York City. At Hollywood Park and Samsung 837, there are sculptures and floating portals that allow browsers to explore immersive worlds around … Read more
What They Say Emotn launched the C1 projector based on an LCD display and with LED illumination. The unit is small at 225 x 186 x 109 and weighs 1.67kg. The resolution is 1280 x 720 and contrast is quoted at 5,500:1. The output is 130 ANSI lumens and the unit runs linux and there … Read more
What They Say Optics.org reported research from the Universities of Princeton and Washington that has led to the development of a camera using ‘metasurfaces’ that is just the size of a grain of salt. The metasurface optical elements, based on silicon nitride, have 1.6 million cylindrical posts in an area just 0.5mm wide . The … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. RAW and more updates on the Ninja V Ninja V+ Toyoda Gosei Develops Full Color LED Vehicle Interior Lamps (Arguably a single pixel display!) Roku Opens Amsterdam Office … Read more
I don’t quite get why people are so wild about watching sports. I just know they have since before the Roman Empire. Back then people would sit in the bleachers and cheer as two guys whack away at each other or worse yet one guy was pitted against a mean, hungry wild animal. Either way … Read more
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