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What They Say Acer reported its best Q3 for seven years with 19.5% growth from last year. Features of the quarter were: Notebook revenue grew by 29.8% YoY Desktop revenue grew by 11.6% YoY Monitor revenue grew by 11.3% YoY Gaming line revenue grew by 29.7% YoY Chromebook revenue grew by 42.7% YoY Commercial notebook … Read more
What They Say As we published in a press release this week (SmartKem, Inc. Announces Joint Development Agreement with RiTdisplay), RiTDisplay has done a deal to use Smartkem’s OTFT technology in its OLED manufacturing processes. What We Think Although RiTDisplay is not already making AMOLEDs, it is not new to the idea and showed sample … Read more
XGIMI LIMITED, a leading global projection equipment manufacturer, announced the launch of a new 4K ultra short-throw laser projector, the Aura. As XGIMI’s first laser projector, the Aura is aiming to become the new living room centerpiece, claiming the throne that has been held for decades by traditional television sets. The Aura is now available … Read more
What They Say Chris Chinnock of the 8K Association reported on a case study by Astrodesign that covered a recent concert in Japan that was filmed in 8K using a single camera, with one additional camera for 4K on the conductor. Video captured by an 8K camera was segmented into HD cut-outs using Astrodesign’s Tamazone … Read more
I have to give a hat-tip to Jon Peddie for letting me know that the ‘Spud’ (the Spontaneous Pop-up Display), launched as a Kickstarter campaign back in 2016 is now back in a revised form as the ‘Splay’. The Splay is a rear-projection ultra-short throw monitor designed to be collapsible and very portable with a … Read more
What They Say After a lot of consultations, Philips Professional Display Systems (PPDS) said that it would be attending the Infocomm event. There will be a number of new products as well as announcements of partnerships (in hardware and software). There will be a new 75″ MediaSuite Android professional TV – its biggest hospitality TV … Read more
The MIPI Alliance, an international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, announced that development has been completed on A-PHY v1.1, the next version of the automotive serializer-deserializer (SerDes) physical-layer interface. Version 1.1 will double the maximum available downlink data rate from 16 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to 32 Gbps and include … Read more
What They Say AppleInsider reported that a patent has been granted to Apple for what it calls ‘Electronic devices having sliding expandable displays’ and which covers a phone or tablet that unrolls rather than folding. The use of a rolling mechanism. A rollable system would eliminate the potential crease of a folding device. What We … Read more
Matrox® Video is pleased to announce that Shuttle Inc., a pioneer in small form factor computers, has validated the Matrox QuadHead2Go™ Q155 multi-monitor controller appliance with its XPC DH02U barebone PC. This validation effort enables system integrators and AV installers with a compact, easy-to-integrate approach to high-performance, 16-monitor digital signage video walls. The 1.3 liter-sized … Read more
What They Say A reviewer at 9to5Google has had a problem with his Galaxy Z Flip 3, with the glass apparently cracking although it was not use at the time. The reviewer could not think of what had caused it and was shocked. After use, the crack got worse and although, initially, it didn’t affect … Read more
What They Say Highlighting the reasons for the sharp drop in TV LCD panel pricing in recent months, DSCC quoted Digitimes which reported TV brands lowering their sales targets. Samsung: from 48M TVs to 45M; TCL: from 30M TVs to 25M; Hisense: from 24M to 20M; Sony: from 10M to 8M. In line with the … Read more
What They Say I wrote a DD about OLEDs in IT applications last week (OLEDs Into IT – the Whys & Wherefores) and this week, DSCC has released a report about the competition between OLEDs and miniLED in these applications and in the ‘Advanced’ segments of the markets. Highlights in tablets are: Advanced display tablets … Read more
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