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OLEDs Into IT – the Whys & Wherefores

At the DisplayForum in 2003, Barry Young, then of DisplaySearch and now of the OLED Association and a contributor to Display Daily, said that the ‘perfect’ application for OLEDs was the portable DVD player. He was wrong on the device as that market didn’t develop, but he was right that the key advantages of OLED … Read more

Sky Dumps the Tuners. Finally.

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What They Say As expected, Sky in the UK has released its Sky Glass SmartTV which will be available in 43″, 55″ and 65″ and five colours. They are UltraHD sets with QD film for WCG. The UI is an enhancement of the SkyQ service, previously available on its STBs. There is voice control in … Read more

Semiconductor Shortages Hitting Smartphone Industry Hard; Counterpoint Lowers H2 2021 Shipment Forecasts

What They Say Counterpoint Research has reduced its shipment forecast for smartphones in 2021 from 9% growth to just 6% at 1.4 billion units because of the semiconductor shortage. The firm said that OEMs and vendors had been getting 80% of their requests in Q2, but this has declined to 70% now. One of the … Read more

ThinkPad X1 Fold Reviewed

What They Say Counterpoint Research has reviewed the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold. The firm said that the unit does have a slight crease visible when viewed from an angle, but not in normal use. The review quotes Lenovo as saying that ‘years of R&D’ to develop the mechanism. The screen can be positioned at 90° … Read more

Windows 11 Needs Correct Settings for Gamers

What They Say Gamers have been looking carefully at Windows 11. It seems that the new Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) system, introduced in Windows 10, but in operation by default in Windows 11, can significantly reduce performance in gaming with PCs that are not hardware optimised for Windows 11 – by up to 28%. What We … Read more

Toppan Microfluidic Uses Photolithography on Glass

What They Say I got an email from Toppan that explained its microfluidic chip technology being used to make tiny chips for very early cancer detection. The firm hopes to get to mass production by March 2022 and said that chips could be made on glass substrates using photolithograpy at lower cost than current injection … Read more

Canon’s new dual-fisheye EOS R lens is for creating 3D VR content

What They Say Canon has developed a ‘dual fisheye’ lens that can shoot stereo 3D 180° video when used with its EOS R5 camera. The lens can be used with a subscription-based software utility and Adobe Premiere Pro plug-in to create video files. There will be trial periods of these available and Canon said that … Read more

Avocor Launches New One-Touch Software to Simplify Meetings & Content Access

Avocor, the fastest-growing global collaboration display company, announces Avocor GroupShare, its new subscription-based meeting user interface, to help teams easily and quickly manage video calls, which have exploded in popularity in the last 18 months. Avocor’s GroupShare enables single-button meeting start from Avocor’s interactive display, personal mobile device or a PC; access to your documents … Read more

Computex to Go Ahead in 2022

What They Say Computex in Taiwan is due to go ahead from May 24th to 27th 2022 in Taipei. What We Think As I understand it, the quarantine restrictions in Taiwan have continued to be tight for travel from anywhere. Tight regulation has kept the deaths/100K of the population to 3.6 compared to over 200 … Read more

Spend on Emerging Device Categories – including Wearables, AR/VR Headsets, and Smart Home – Will See Continued Robust Growth, According to IDC

Total value of three emerging categories of products – augmented and virtual reality headsets, smart home devices, and wearables – is expected to reach $372.1 billion by the end of this calendar year, and swell to $542.8 billion by the end of 2025 according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly … Read more

Rakuten Kobo released two new e-readers

What They Say Rakuten Kobo has two new eBooks, the 8″ Kobo Sage and the 7″ Libra 2. The Kobo Sage has an EInk Carta 1200 display with resolution of 1440 x 1920 with 300ppi. The display has a 20% faster response time than E Ink Carta 1000 and a 15% improvement in contrast ratio. … Read more