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PPDS Helps Redefine Retail Fashion Using Philips Videowalls and Tablets to Create the World’s First Fully Automated ‘Phygital’ Shopping Experience

November 9, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

PPDS, the AV industry’s fastest growing provider of digital signage and professional TV solutions, is delighted to announce 110 of its advanced 4K Philips X-Line videowall displays have been selected and installed inside the new futuristic new Modivo store in Warsaw – the world’s first fully automated ‘phygital’ retail store. Located inside the 85,000 sqm, … Read more

Commercial Vehicle Pioneer Anadolu Isuzu Drives Down Costs with RealWear Assisted Reality Wearables

November 9, 2021 by Bob Raikes

RealWear, the world’s leading provider of assisted reality solutions for frontline industrial workers, announced that Anadolu Isuzu, a joint venture with Anadolu Group, Isuzu Motors Co., Ltd. and Itochu Co based in Istanbul, Turkey, has successfully increased its overall productivity by deploying VSight’s remote collaboration software on RealWear’s assisted reality devices for its technicians. The … Read more

Galaxy S22 Ultra Photo leak appears to show the S-Pen

November 9, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A leaked image of the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra that appears to have a slot for an S-Pan and curved edges like the Samsung Note series. To accommodate the pen, the phone is a little thicker and that means that there is no need for a ‘camera hump’. The devices is … Read more

SES Launches New HD+ IP Streaming Service in Germany

November 9, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

SES announced HD+ IP, a new Internet-based streaming service in Germany that provides subscribers with access to 50 HD channels and libraries with more content without needing to have a satellite, cable or DVB-T2 TV connection. Launching in December, the new HD+ IP streaming service will expand SES’s addressable market by additional 20 million households … Read more

BOE’s 3rd flexible OLED line at Chongqing starts production

December 21, 2022November 9, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec has reported that BOE has started production at its B12 flexible OLED display production line. The blog reports that there are three stages to the development and it is the first phase that has started. The second stage is expected to start in 2022 with phase 3 at the end … Read more

DSCC Report Compares and Forecasts OLED and MiniLED Panel Costs in Tablets, Notebooks and Monitors

November 9, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its weekly blog release of data, DSCC published an interesting extract of its Advanced IT Display Report comparing the costs of miniLED and OLEDs. 12.9″ miniLED panels shown in the chart are estimated to cost $206 at the moment, ahead of the cost of tandem rigid OLEDs. At the other end … Read more

Samsung Pauses Plans for 70-80″ microLED TVs

November 9, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Electronics has taken a planned 70″-80″ microLED out of its range of TVs for 2022, leaving an 89″, a 101″ and a 114″ set in the plans. The sets will be based on glass modules with LTPS drivers, the Elec said. What We Think It makes sense … Read more

No More Burning Displays – At Least in DACH

December 21, 2022November 9, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis reported a talk at the Best Medientechnik 2021 event that highlighted the issues of fireproofing of digital signage. The integration supplier, Ben Hur, collaborated with Lang AG and the Job Group to develop a solution for Frankfurt airport in 2020. Walter Jünkering of Ben Hur said that a lack of specific … Read more

SES adds HD+ IP for Germany

November 8, 2021 by Bob Raikes

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

‘Meh’taverse Apologies

November 8, 2021 by Bob Raikes

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

AUO & Innolux Report on October

November 8, 2021 by Bob Raikes

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

Sony Files for Foveated Rendering Patents

November 8, 2021 by Bob Raikes

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