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What They Say DivX is suing TCL over its use of patents via the US ITC. The case is over a 43″ Class-4 series 4K UHD HDR ‘Smart’ Google-based units and the way it uses adaptive bitrate streaming of multimedia files. The unit is not covered by deals that DivX has with Roku and which … Read more
What They Say A hat-tip today to Jon Peddie for the news that Qualcomm has released a handheld game console reference design that uses a 6.65″, wide aspect ratio, 400 cd/m², FHD+ (~2000 × 1080) and with 120 Hz support. Other articles identify the display as an OLED and the chip supports 10 bit HDR … Read more
In Q3 2021, The Western European PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) recorded 16.3 million unit shipments, which was up 21% annually. The region, battered by multiple waves of COVID-19, continued to see higher demand for PCs owing to the relatively fluid situation surrounding the pandemic. While supply constraints are expected to linger throughout 2022, … Read more
What They Say Vizio put out a press release to highlight that it has added a ‘massive’ library of free on demand content to its streaming SmartCast service. This adds to the existing streaming channels that are available. There are more than 4,000 free movies and over 5,000 hours of content from ‘more than 17’ … Read more
ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual solutions, announces the introduction of its latest portable monitor, the VX1755. Designed for mobile, PC and console gaming, the VX1755 is engineered to deliver a powerful gaming experience in a compact and portable design. With a native 1080p Full HD resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate and AMD … Read more
The smartphone market is showing an improvement in demand during the second half of this year due to the peak season for e-commerce promotional activities and the easing of COVID-19 outbreaks in regions such as Southeast Asia, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations. However, there have been significant shortages of components including 4G SoCs, low-end 5G … Read more
Samsung has been building a business, run by Samsung Ads, to develop and exploit the huge installed base of Samsung SmartTVs and the firm has published, through DTV Europe, an interesting analysis of how viewing habits have changed during the pandemic. It can be downloaded here (registration needed) Now, you might think that the data … Read more
What They Say Forbes magazine spoke to the CEO of an LBE VR company, Spree Interactive at AWE in Santa Clara. The firm makes ‘free roam’ attractions and others such as VR Bumper Car systems. The firm said that many of its clients are ‘above pre-pandemic levels’ and the firm said it has seen 250% … Read more
ATEME, a leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has announced it has introduced support for the HDR10+ metadata in its TITAN Live transcoders, enabling broadcasters, service providers and content providers to significantly improve their viewers’ visual experiences with more accurate image renditions of live HDR10 content. This marks … Read more
Kaltura, the Video Experience Cloud, announced that its Kaltura TV Platform is powering the expansion of Vodafone TV into new markets. Vodafone TV is the world’s most advanced multi-tenant Cloud TV service, with nine operations, currently serving over two million subscribers worldwide. Germany is Vodafone TV’s most recent launch. The Kaltura-powered service is available nationally, … 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. Vodafone TV launches on LG smart TVs Unijet supplies OLED inkjet kit to China’s Sidtek LG 32UP83A-W: Color calibrated 4K IPS monitor with USB-C Research: Brits watch 62 … Read more
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) announced that it has made one of the largest sources of high-resolution, high dynamic range (HDR) image and video content available for unrestricted public use. More than 28,000 files (500-plus Gigabytes) of uncompressed HDR image and video content are now free to download from the VESA website. The content … Read more
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