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What They Say Sony said that its decision to close its PlayStation Store on the PS3, Vita and PSP. The company received negative feedback from users, so has reversed the decision for the PS3 and the PS Vita ‘for the foreseeable future’. What We Think We previously reported that Sony had decided to stop selling … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that Huawei, which launched the foldable Mate X2 a couple of months ago, is planning three new foldable devices in the second half of last year. Digitimes Research believes that foldable smartphones will hit 7 million sales this year, up from 2.8 million last year. Looking at panel shipments, the … Read more
I’m back in the weeds of production and HDR today. I have been following a series of discussions in ‘The Broadcast Bridge’ about whether the traditional gamma curve is still needed. Last week I spotted an interesting editorial that takes some of the points and moves the discussion on. Thanks to Tony Orme for allowing … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research has released a free downloadable report on features popular in the US smartphone market. The report highlights the growth in the largest class of devices. Apple and Samsung are driving the shift, accounting for 85% of all 6.5”-6.9” smartphones shipped. The report covers memory, cameras, chipsets and battery capacity as … Read more
What They Say Touch Taiwan kicked off this week with a physical as well as a virtual expo. We had been hoping to visit, but Covid put paid to that. Instead we had a look at the virtual expo. It will take a few days to cover what we want to, but we’ll start with … Read more
What They Say VESA sent us an email to highlight that in the past week, the Chinese retail website Taobao has listed two display products that have a VESA certified “DisplayHDR 2000” logo — an updated Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor as well as a new Acer EI491CRG9 monitor. In addition, several media outlets have reported … Read more
Body Text Analyst Comment Comment (INITIALS) DD Article Source VESA Addresses Use of Illegitimate DisplayHDR 2000 Logo SAN JOSE, Calif. — During the past week, the Chinese retail website Taobao has listed two display products that have a VESA certified “DisplayHDR 2000” logo — an updated Samsung Odyssey G9 monitor as well as a new … Read more
California-based DPI Labs, Inc. announced the availability of their new large-format 4K ultra-high definition (UHD), slim, ultra-lightweight, OLED displays for business and VVIP aircraft cabins. Branded DPI SmartCanvas™, the 55” and 65” OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) cabin displays were installed in January, 2021 on a VVIP Boeing 767 at a completion center in Arizona. … Read more
What They Say Nikkei reports that Renesas said that it had now made a “cautious restart to output” at its factory in Naka, Japan, that had been damaged by a fire in March. Renesas Fire Adds to Chip Woes It has started at around 10% capacity. Renesas aims to expand production capacity to 30% this … Read more
What They Say Sony Pro announced two new Native DCI 4K (4096 x 2160) SXRD-based projectors. The new VPL-VW890ES model and VPL-VW290ES model will replace the VPL-VW870ES and VPL-VW270ES respectively. Both have the Sony X1 processor and Super Resolution Reality Creation for upscaling. The lower cost VPL-VW290ES has 1,500 lumens (Ansi not specified) and with … Read more
What They Say DPI Labs of the US said that it has developed 55″ and 65″ lightweight OLEDs and installed them in a Boeing 767 in January of this year. The installation included a complete DPI cabin management system consisting of passenger and cabin crew control panels, audio/video distribution, cabin control modules and DPI’s multi-colored … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung’s Display business as well as LG Display should report record sales and operating profits at $6.6 billion/$358 million and $6.19 billion/$457 million respectively. Both will be well up on last year, although LG is 46% up in sales, against 12% for SDC. Both made losses in Q1 … Read more
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