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PC Demand Remained Strong in the Second Quarter Amid Early Signs That Market Conditions May Be Cooling, According to IDC

July 13, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The surge in PC demand continued through the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) despite global component shortages and logistics issues. Worldwide shipments of Traditional PCs, inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, reached 83.6 million units in 2Q21, up 13.2% from the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Details Leaked

July 13, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge has collected together a number of tweets from ‘noted leaker’ Evan Blass that show gifs of the products that Samsung is expected to release in its next Galaxy Unpacked Event, forecast to be on August 11th. There are images of renders of the Galaxy Flip 3, Fold 3 and S21 … Read more

Rethink Forecasts STB Decline

July 13, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Rethink Research of the UK released extracts from its report on “Set Top Box, Smart TV, and Connected TV Device Operating System Forecast – 2020-2026”. The report forecast that the winning SmartTV operating systems will be Android TV and HarmonyOS, the OS from Huawei. The firm said that Android TV will reach … Read more

LCD TV Panel Prices Peaking

July 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC have confirmed that panel prices are now peaking and are likely to decline for the rest of the year as supply has improved and demand growth slowed. Still, the prices should remain well up compared to their earlier lows in 2019 and 2020. Smaller TV screen sizes (32” up to 43”) … Read more

Sony Employs Robots to cut TV Production Costs by 70%

July 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say An executive, Kimio Maki, from Sony has said to the FT that the firm is automating its TV production facility in Malaysia to cut costs by up to 70% in 2023 compared to 2018. As well as robotics, the firm plans to use AI and digitalisation in sales and manufacturing to manage … Read more

CoolerMaster: New Gaming Monitors

July 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say PC Accessory maker Cooler Master has joined the monitor market by announcing its first products in the US market. There are four models in the first range, two flat (27″ and 32″ IPS) and two curved (27″ and 34″ VA) and details are in the graphic below. Panels are from CSOT, AUO … Read more

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 4.6% in Second Quarter of 2021

July 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.6 million units in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 4.6% from the second quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. While PC demand remained above pre-pandemic levels, this was a marked deceleration in growth compared to the record year over year growth of 35.7% in … Read more

8K Camera Enables New Multi-Purpose Movie Workflow

July 12, 2021 by Chris Chinnock

The use of 8K camera for film or movie capture is not new, but their use to create the three-screen content for a ScreenX or 4DX theater is new. According to CJ 4DPlex, the developers of these theatrical formats, the new film GUIMOON: The Lightness Door is the first one developed from the beginning with … Read more

Sharp/NEC Launches New ME Series Business Projectors

July 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched latest models in its NEC ME Series of business projectors. The series is known for its outstanding visual experience, performance and reliability in small meeting rooms and classrooms. The new projectors are compact, yet powerful tools with integrated 16W speakers, HDMI compatibility, and future-proof 4K@30 Hz input processing. … Read more

LG Expands Unique “ergo” Design Across Ultra Monitor Lineup

July 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

LG Electronics USA announced that the unique Ergo design, originally featured on the critically-acclaimed LG UltraFine™ series (models 27UN880, 32UN880), is expanding to the LG UltraWide™ and LG UltraGear™ lineups. The 27-inch UltraGear (model 27GN880) and the 34-inch UltraWide monitors (model 34WN780) are available now at LG-authorized dealers and via LG.com. The innovative LG Ergo … Read more

Links Week Commencing 12th July 2021

July 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Unreal:The VFX Revolution (If you are interested in the early years of computer-based effects, this BBC programme is very interesting) Asus Zenfone 8 Display review: Good motion and … Read more

Move Over, Samsung! (And LG, and TCL, and Hisense, and Sony, and Vizio, and….)

December 21, 2022July 12, 2021 by Pete Putman

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal and on the Fierce Video site details Comcast’s efforts to expand the reach of its video-over-IP X1 platform. Apparently, the company has been working with Hisense and Wal-Mart since last fall to develop smart televisions that would support a number of streaming apps, but feature the Xfinity … Read more