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EMEA PC Market Maintains Growth in 2021Q3, Despite Lower Consumer Spending and Continued Supply Issues, Says IDC

October 28, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market, (desktops, notebooks, and workstations) grew 12.7% YoY in 2021Q3, for a total of 24.4 million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). A strong commercial performance throughout the region is the main driver of this growth, offsetting a slowdown in consumer, which could not keep … Read more

Research: 71% US homes still pay-TV subs

October 28, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say US analyst Leichtman Research Group said that 71% of US TV households have some form of pay TV service – down from 82% in 2016, 87% in 2011, and 86% in 2006. The penetration of pay TV increases with consumer age and goes from 64% at 18-44 to 77% at 45+ down … Read more

Why There are Supply Chain Problems

October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Economist Paul Kedrosky included an interesting chart on his daily feed of such things. It is from the US Bureau of Economic Activity (BEA) and highlighted the dramatic change in the balance between the sales of goods and services caused in the US by the pandemic. What We Think I became aware … Read more

Links Week Ending 29th October 2021

October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

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. Sixteen-nine’s Dave Haynes has a look a what is going on at Infocomm Sharp’s 8K Interactive Museum Solution “A Hands-On Look at Legendary Tea Bowls” Wins 2021 Design … Read more

LG With a Problem in LED Backlights?

October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen:Nine.net for sending me an interesting collection of images of LG digital signs which seem to be very blue (see a few of the images below). This confused me as it was much more extreme than a ‘blue filter’ kind of issue. (it might have just … Read more

Best Buy stores will soon offer Samsung foldable repairs

October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge reports that Best Buy in the US is now offering repairs for Samsung’s foldable smartphones as well as the Galaxy S and Note ranges. Some stores have done this before, but Samsung said that this was a pilot programme. What We Think I have previously successfully replaced a display in … Read more

Pimax’s New Headset Boasts ’12K’ & MiniLED

October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pimax has announced a new ‘Reality 12K QLED’ headset for VR applications. The headset is built around 2 x 5.5″ miniLED QLED LCDs with 1200ppi and a claimed refresh rate of 200Hz. Horizontal field of view is said to be 200° and vertical is 135°. Other features include Tobii-enabled eye tracking and … Read more

AOC High End Agon Monitors include a MiniLED model

October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say AOC has three new monitors in its Agon Pro gaming range. The 27″ AG274QXM (QuadHD @ 170 Hz), has a miniLED IPS panel (575 zones) with VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification and 99% of DCI-P3. The 27″ AG274UXP (UltraHD Nano IPS @ 144 Hz and 98% of DCI-P3) and the 27″ AG274QG (QuadHD … Read more

Embrace an Extraordinary Level of Gaming: AGON PRO Monitors up to 240 Hz, with HDR and Fast IPS Panels

October 27, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

One of the world’s leading gaming monitor1 and IT accessories brands, AGON by AOC, expands its AGON PRO line-up aimed at competitive players and introduces a legendary trio of monitors: the 68.6 cm (27″) AG274QXM (QHD @ 170 Hz), which employs a Mini LED IPS panel with VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification, the 27″ AG274UXP (4K … Read more

Sony Brings Compact Camera Sensor to Smartphone

October 27, 2021 by Milos Pavlovic

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What They Say Sony announced the Xperia Pro-I smartphone which has the same sized 1″-type CMOS sensor as Sony’s RX100 VII compact camera. That’s the headline, but lens limitations mean that the used surface area is less than on the RX100 and yields 12mp rather than the 20mp of the camera. DPReview did a detailed … Read more

EIZO Expands Its CuratOR Surgical Panel Lineup with Seven 4K Touchscreen Models

October 27, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

EIZO GmbH announces a range of new CuratOR Surgical Panel standard models with 4K UHD resolution, new LUT switching, and touchscreen options, as well as an optional intuitive video management function. The EIZO Surgical Panel enables the intraoperative workflow in the operating room (OR) to be carried out from a central location. The following new … Read more

Samsung starts ordering equipment for New 6-Gen flexible OLED fab (A4E)

December 21, 2022October 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung has started to order equipment for a new G6 flexible OLED production facility (A4E) in Asan, Korea. The plan is to boost capacity to make up for the drop in capacity caused by the introduction and increase in the supply of LTPO and Y-OCTA displays. Both of … Read more