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What They Say SES has extended the provision of its German HD+ service to IP only subscribers. The service provides 50 HD channels for €6 per month. There is also an option for HD+ ToGo which extends access to smartphones and tablets for €5 per month. Owners of new Panasonic TVs from December will get … Read more
What They Say Apologies – yesterday our CMS decided that it should publish an article on the ‘Meh’ taverse by a journalist I know just after we had run our daily email test and before the email went out. It should not have gone out in the email. What We Think I was waiting for … Read more
What They Say AUO & Innolux released their results for October. Innolux was up in revenue by 7.4% on last year, but down by 9.0% from September in value. The firm was down 7.1% in volume on large panels to 12.04 million compared to last month, while small and medium panels were down 15.1% to … Read more
What They Say UploadVR reported that Sony has applied for a patent to cover ‘Eye Tracking To Adjust Region-Of-Interest (ROI) For Compressing Images For Transmission’. Foveated rendering is explicitly mentioned later in the document. The blog reported earlier this year that the gaze recognition feature would be included in the PS5 VR headset. What We … Read more
What They Say iFixit reports that the iPhone13 ‘completely disables’ its flagship Face ID functionality when you replace its screen. The tests have been duplicated by other repairers. The blog said “The iPhone 13 is paired to its screen using this small microcontroller, in a condition repair techs often call “serialization.” Apple has not provided … Read more
What They Say 9to5Google said that Google may have a foldable Pixel smartphone in 2022. The site suggests that the firm might have to downgrade the 2021 Pixel 6 smartphone which is bigger than previously used as there are challenges to get the thickness down. What We Think The report is based on traces in … Read more
What They Say The New York Times reported that Meta has discussed possibly opening retail stores (probably to be called Meta Store) globally to promote its VR and, later, AR hardware. Work on the idea is said to have started last year and the move is based on the idea that showing customers what the … Read more
What They Say In its quarterly results, satellite operator SES Astra said that the number of HD channels that it is supporting is now 3,150 (+8% YoY) which “reflected early signs of broadcasters considering completing their transition from SD to HD”. The firm also saw continued growth in its HD+ platform in Germany. 70% of … Read more
ASUS has a mission to deliver incredible experiences that enhance the lives of people everywhere, and the newly announced Vivobook 13 Slate OLED does exactly that. This fun-filled 2-in-1 Windows 11 marvel — the world’s first 13.3-inch Windows detachable laptop1 —rewrites the rules to make it easier to enjoy everything, everywhere. Now, there’s no need … Read more
Back at CES in 2010, I met in a hotel suite with a firm that had a new approach to TV that struck me as significant, useful and important. A friend had gone to work for the firm and wanted me to know about its approach to ‘TV in the Cloud’. The technology hasn’t taken … 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 first part of this week. DSCC Raises Display Equipment Spending Forecast on IT Opportunity [Turning Your Living Room Into a Home Theater] How Samsung’s Neo QLED 8K and Leading Soundbar Provide Cinema-Level Quality … Read more
What They Say Kebotix Inc, a US chemistry company founded in 2017 and that has developed AI to design molecules, has said that it has targeting mid-2022 to start testing new solution-processable OLED materials. The company said it sees applications in “smart label packaging, wearable sensors, automotive and other markets in which production costs are … Read more
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