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What They Say The ETNews in Korea reported that Samsung Display has taken its flexible glass supply chain in house for the Galaxy Z Flip 3. The glass was developed by the Global Technology Center (GTC), which researches Samsung Electronics’ CE/IM manufacturing technology. The glass is being supplied by Corning and the glass is being … Read more
What They Say TechRadar published a review of the Nintendo Switch OLED and described the display as ‘gorgeous’, while Tom’s Hardware described it as ‘awesome’. It also likes the better speakers. The blog believes that new users of the Switch should go for the OLED version, but doesn’t see it as a good upgrade for … Read more
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
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
What They Say Canon has a new viewfinder technology that it is using to exploit the higher dynamic range of OLED viewfinders. The firm has added an option on its EOS R3 to shown an image in the electronic viewfinder (EVF) that is nearer to the original scene than is traditionally shown. The default is … Read more
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
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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