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Supply constraints and steep comparisons to the year-ago quarter faced off against strong Back-to-School demand and a tablet market gearing more and more towards productivity for hybrid work and more digitized classrooms. The result was a -10% drop in tablet shipments year-on-year, but market demand is still far stronger than it was pre-pandemic, according to … Read more
I was on my way to Southern Utah to compete in the national senior games when I received an email from Bob Raikes asking my ‘educator’s’ opinion on this recent announcement: “ABI Research said that over the next five years, steady growth will mean shipments of 50.1 million VR headsets by 2026, a CAGR of … Read more
Optoma, the No. 1 4K UHD brand worldwide in projection technology*, and #1 DLP® brand in the Americas,** unveiled its UHZ50, a dynamic true 4K laser home theater projector designed to elevate home theater experiences in any room. Featuring high brightness, brilliant color, rich blacks, and endless connectivity options, Optoma’s UHZ50 is priced to enable … Read more
What They Say Image quality guru, Florian Friedrich, has published a 4 minute YouTube video that provides test material (including HDR 10 and HDR10+ metadata) for setting up HDR TVs and displays. The YouTube article also includes brief instructions on what to look for. What We Think The settings may need tweaking for you – … Read more
The double-digit growth in the smartphone market in the early quarters of 2021 came to an end in the third quarter of 2021 (3Q21) as worldwide shipments declined 6.7% year over year. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 331.2 million … Read more
What They Say Samsung, LG & Apple all released their financials. Samsung’s revenue was 10% up on last year to $62.8 billion, while profit was up 26% on Q2, to the second best ever at $13.4 billion. CE saw profit declines from increased raw material and logistics cost Apple saw record revenues of $83.4 billion, … Read more
With a total area of 11,265 square metres and the largest LED wall in Korea, VA Corporation’s new VA STUDIO HANAM provides state-of-the-art in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) facilities optimised for immersive content production. Created in partnership with ARK Ventures Inc South Korea, this unique virtual production infrastructure is powered by Brompton Technology LED processing, with … Read more
What They Say The Nikkei and the FT collaborated with Fomalhaut Techno Solutions to checkout the BOM cost of the iPhone 13. The interactive graphic includes an estimate that the OLED in the device costs $105 (20%). The camera module costs $77 (17.6%). The A15 processor is estimated at $45. The article compares the cost … Read more
What They Say TechRadar Pro reported that Cisco has shown a new Webex collaboration tool that is said to be able to exploit a combination of augmented reality headsets into web conferences. It calls the technology ‘Webex Hologram’. Webex Hologram is said to be compatible with a number of existing AR headsets such as Magic … Read more
What They Say At Infocomm 2021, Samsung announced new 8K signage that uses miniLED backlights in 65″, 75″ and 85″ inch sets with landscape and portrait options. The Quantum Matrix Technology Pro in the sets controls the greyscale to 12 bits of precision. What We Think The tag on the Samsung press release relating to … Read more
What They Say At its Developer conference, Samsung said that it is developing a new cloud gaming platform for its Tizen-based smartTVs. The user base is now 200 million sets, the firm said. There were few details released. What We Think The platform will join GeForce Now, PlayStation Now, XBox Game Pas and Google Stadia. … Read more
What They Say At the Samsung Developer Conference, the firm said that it is developing an extension to HDR10+ with better features for gaming, in particular: VRR (Variable Refresh Rates) (up to 120Hz) Automated HDR Calibration (speculation is that this is based on the HGiG protocol. Low Latency Source Tone Mappings (intended to help cloud … Read more
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