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Friday Special – Why are Hyperlinks Blue?

What They Say It’s Friday, so forgive me an indulgence that is only slightly related to displays! I spotted an interesting blog that loos in detail at the key question on everybody’s mind, “Why are hyperlinks blue”. The article looks back to Windows 1 and beyond. I won’t spoil the surprise, but it does go … Read more

Will Headworn AR Revenues Exceed $17 Billion by 2025?

ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.6 billion in 2020 to $17.7 billion in 2025, a 61.8 percent compound annual growth rate. Entitled Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2020-2025, the report examines glasses-based AR revenue totals and subsegments – including consumer and enterprise spending. This report … Read more

Are New Displays Always Better? Like MicroLEDs?

We display enthusiasts always love new technologies and look forward to the ‘next big thing’ with enthusiasm. But sometimes, we assume that everything will improve, but that’s not always the case, especially early in the new technology. I remember in the early years of LCD TVs being at CeBIT alongside someone who was raving about … Read more

GPU Shipments Soar in Q2 Year-over-Year

Jon Peddie Research reports the growth of the global PC-based Graphics Processor Units (GPU) market reached 123 million units in Q2’21 and PC CPU shipments increased by 42% year-over-year. Overall, the installed base of GPUs will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.5% during 2020–2025 to reach a total of 3,318 million units … Read more

TCL Europe’s QLED TV C72+ Series and Mini LED TV C82 Series Now Equipped with Calman Color Calibration Software

TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, announced its partnership with Portrait Displays® to equip auto calibration capability for TCL QLED TV C72+ Series and Mini LED TV C82 Series, these two models have been recently launched for the European market this April in … Read more

Smartwatch Market Grows 27% YoY in Q2 2021; Apple Watch User Base Crosses 100 Million

Showing a full recovery from COVID-19, global smartwatch shipments in the second quarter of this year increased 27% compared to the same period last year, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model Tracker. Apple maintained its solid No. 1 position in terms of shipments, but its market share declined slightly compared to the … Read more