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What They Say Invidis is going ahead with its DSS Europe 2021 event which will take place in Munich Airport on 29th and 30th September. There will be an exhibition, as before and the space has been increased to allow up to 500 attendees. Delegates will have to be vaccinated or tested. The event will … Read more
PPDS is excited to announce the launch of ‘Air Quality Sensor’ – a brand new, highly advanced and innovative air quality monitoring solution, designed exclusively to help schools and businesses (including corporate, retail and hospitality) create healthier and more productive working and learning environments, using Philips professional TVs, interactive displays and digital signage solutions. Part … Read more
What They Say JDI said that it has agreed to sell its Kaohsiung Opto-Electronics industrial LCD module business to Wistron of Taiwan. The subsidiary had sales of $339 million in 2020 and the company has been sold for $72.3 million. JDI will continue to design automotive and industrial modules and sell them with manufacturing by … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that Hannstar is to invest around $600 million in boosting the capacity of its 5G fab which was established in 2005. The capacity is around 130-140K substrates/month but this will be boosted by 30K/month. Funding will come from the firm’s cash position/ The expansion will be used to boost the … Read more
What They Say Samsung published an article that gives a bit, but not a lot, of information about its Neo QLED TV sets which use miniLEDs in an FALD backlight. The article highlights three points: The ‘Quantum Mini LEDs’ – the firm said that the LEDs have ‘micro layers inside the LED itself, as opposed … Read more
What They Say A giant “3D looking” cat, using a curved 154.7 m² 6mm pitch LED display with 4K resolution has been shown in Tokyo. A short test was shown on Twitter, but the final animation will be shown as the cat wakes on 12th July at 7:00am and going to sleep again at 1:00am. … Read more
New research from Parks Associates estimates that between 2014 and 2020, the US pay-TV industry lost over 18 million subscribers, while the broadband market has accelerated, with 40% of US broadband households receiving a standalone service. In 2020, over seven million households dropped their pay-TV services. Traditional pay TV — television services delivered over an … 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 second part of this week. This Inexpensive Backlight Makes Your Big TV Even More Immersive (an ‘Ambilight’-like add-on’) The smart glasses revolution is about to get real Snapchat Shares New Insights Into Emerging … Read more
Pay TV Households will decline from an estimated 921 million in 2020 to 680 million in 2026, impacting the annual shipments of Operator Set Tops, which falls from 242.6 million to 184.8 million, propped up by the upgrade cycle for new Set Top Box operating systems. This means that the install base for set tops … Read more
What They Say Analysts Counterpoint Research put out a forecast for XR devices as its ‘Chart of the Week’. The firm is very bullish about AR and VR usage and forecasts over 100 million headsets by 2025, with AR tethered headsets and untethered VR headsets leading in terms of volume share. What We Think There … Read more
To keep up with today’s fast-paced work environment, professionals need effective ways to handle daily tasks – and a high-performance monitor has a crucial role to play. To meet the needs of professionals such as financial advisors, graphic designers, architects, programmers, and any other user who longs for more screen real estate to have better … Read more
What They Say Prad.de reports that Acer has released a 32″ UltraHD monitor (XB323K) in China with a high refresh rate of 144Hz and certification to DisplayHDR 600. It is G-Sync Compatible. Native contrast is 1200:1 and luminance of 700 cd/m² from the IPS panel which is reported as having a 1ms response time (GtG) … Read more
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