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Some sad news today. I heard that a long time friend and writer for Display Daily, Steve Sechrist, has succumbed to the Coronavirus and died on 22nd August. Based in the Pacific North West of the USA, Steve was a Senior Product Manager at Wacom and often spoke of his times and lessons learned there. … Read more
What They Say HP Inc. released its fiscal Q3 results with revenue up 7% to $15.3 billion and net earnings of $1.1 billion (up 51%) with an operating margin of 9.8% (up from 6.1%). Personal Systems revenue was flat year on year at $10.4 billion (but down 3% in constant currency) and with an 8.4% … Read more
Global wearables shipments grew 32.3% year-over-year as volumes reached 114.2 million during the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21), according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Despite early signs of slower consumer tech spending, purchases of wearable devices remained strong during the quarter as consumers once again ventured … Read more
“After more than three years of hype, excitement, and unfulfilled promises, miniLED backlights are finally ready for prime time,”asserts Taha Ayari, Technology & Cost Analyst at System Plus Consulting part of Yole Développement (Yole).And he explains: “MiniLED monitors, and laptops have been available since late 2020. Most leading TV brands are adopting miniLED backlights in … Read more
What They Say System Plus (SP) in France, part of the Yole Développement group, released information about the miniLED backlight in the 12.9″ iPad Pro after a teardown with support from Yole analysts. The system includes: 10,384 miniLEDs in 2,596 zones. The miniLEDs are GaN-based dies on patterned sapphire substrate, have an engineered light-emission pattern … Read more
The annual ISTE conference, the largest ed-tech conference in the U.S., has been forced online (due to the stresses of the Rona) for two consecutive years now. Every year I provide a conference session analysis of this respected conference for our readers to identify trends and forecast what’s bubbling up. The Rona has definitely upended … Read more
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing open standards for the delivery of advanced interactive TV services through broadcast and broadband networks for connected TV sets and set-top boxes, is pleased to announce the publication of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite. The new version, developed by the HbbTV Testing … Read more
What They Say Samsung published a blog post that sets out many of the ways that the new Galaxy Z Series foldable features can be used by supported software. What We Think A lot of the features that Samsung highlights are very attractive. One of the features that I have grown to love with Windows … Read more
What They Say Lenovo said that it has done a deal with RealWear to supply the RealWear HMT-1 family of assisted reality wearable devices through its global sales network. It is also certifying the firm’s devices for the ThinkReality platform so that the software also supports Lenovo’s own headsets. What We Think Lenovo is really … Read more
Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, announced the release of Planar Lifestyle Displays, a combination of large-scale LED displays and superior installation services that enrich luxury environments. Supporting large indoor spaces, the Planar Lifestyle Displays premieres with two lines, Planar® Luxe MicroLED and Planar® Luxe. The premium Planar Luxe MicroLED includes professional-grade, ultra-fine pitch … Read more
What They Say Planar launched two ranges of LED-based displays for high end consumers, the Planar Luxe MicroLED and Planar Luxe LED displays in these sizes: MicroLED 108″, 136″, 163″ (all 4K) and 217″ (8K) sizes LED 109″, 137″ (both FullHD), 164″. 219″ (both 4K) and LED ‘Double Full HD Wide view 198″ The displays … Read more
What They Say There’s a minor ‘storm in a teacup’ over the news that Yamaha has offered to replace some circuit boards in its earlier HDMI 2.1 AV receivers, but has capped the bandwidth at 24Gbps, rather than the full 48Gbps that is allowable in the specification. The company seems to have been clear in … Read more
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