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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
DSCC has released its latest Quarterly Advanced Smartphone Features Report and revealed its preliminary Q3’21 AMOLED smartphone unit and revenue results. In Q3’21, AMOLED smartphone panels rose 21% Q/Q and 31% Y/Y to 160M panels, the second-best quarterly result to date. The iPhone 13 dominated with a 30% share on a panel shipment timeline. Apple’s … Read more
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 84.1 million units in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 1% from the third quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, consumer and educational spending began to shift away from PCs to other priorities, slowing momentum in the market. … Read more
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Book series, designed to work seamlessly with other Galaxy devices including your tablet, smartphone and wearables, is about to get even more powerful. On October 5, Microsoft launched all-new Windows 11, an operating system (OS) that includes such upgraded features a split-screen and multi-window UI options, expanded availability of Android apps for … Read more
Unusually, Schott held a press conference at 10.00am this morning – I don’t ever remember an invite at that time, except during a show. Anyway, the firm had plenty to talk about as it launched its Xensation ? (Alpha) glass which it claims as a ‘new world of cover glass’ as it is double the … 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. Sony to join TSMC on new $7bn chip plant in Japan. Denso may also join in Dolby Vision 120Hz firmware for 2020 LG OLED TVs (CX, GX) imminent … Read more
What They Say We reported last week on an upgrade to Barco’s MVL-721 and commented that there were two kinds of front screen, but that we couldn’t find out what they were. (Barco Updates RPCs) Thanks to Barco for coming back to clarify that they are: WV-FEL: Wide View Front Element Lenticular FXS: Front Cross … Read more
What They Say Innolux & AUO released their monthly reports. AUO was up 35.3% in sales for the third quarter over 2020 although area shipped was down 6.1% over the same period. Innolux said that it was up 6.1% in revenue over September 2020 and were up 1.9% in units of large panels (to 12.96 … Read more
Vestel, one of the top three TV manufacturers in Europe, is announcing the launch of Red Bull TV on its vast line-up of Smart TV ranges. Available now, the app has been rolled out by Vestel to more than twenty TV brands across Europe, giving viewers front row access to a world that’s beyond the … Read more
The newest member of the Nintendo Switch family of systems is now available in stores. Nintendo Switch – OLED Model has a similar overall size to the Nintendo Switch system, but with a larger, vibrant 7-inch OLED screen with vivid colors and crisp contrast. This new system gives people another option to play the vast … Read more
What They Say Toms Hardware reported on action by As You Sow, a nonprofit investor advocacy group focusing on environmental advocacy that has seen Microsoft agree that it will will study, with a third-party, the environmental and social impacts of making devices easier to repair and “determine new mechanisms to increase access to repair, including … Read more
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