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Samsung Named No.1 Global TV Manufacturer for 15 Consecutive Years

Samsung Electronics topped the global TV market for the 15th consecutive year, according to market research firm, Omdia. Newly released data published on February 23 notes that Samsung Electronics recorded 31.8% in global TV market share by revenue in Q4 2020 and retained the largest annual category market share by revenue in 2020, at 31.9%. … Read more

Samsung Developing Foldable OLED Panels for Oppo, Xiaomi and Google

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Samsung Display is developing foldable OLED panels for new in-folding smartphones from Oppo, Xiaomi and Google. The report said that the Oppo is a 7.7″ clamshell type that folds from top to bottom. It is expected to have a 1.5″-2″ panel on the outside. Xiaomi is … Read more

BOE Rumored to Supply iPhone 13 Display Panels After iPhone 12 Failures

What They Say MacRumors reports, quoting the Chinese language Economic Daily News from Taiwan, that BOE, working with GIS in Taiwan, has now met the qualification requirements of Apple to supply small quantities of OLED panels to Apple for the iPhone 12. (BOE fails to supply OLED for iPhone again) What We Think That BOE … Read more

LG Denies Rumours on Scrollable Phone, but Doesn’t Confirm it, Either

What They Say LG has denied a report in the Yonhap News that it has decided to cancel its rollable smartphone project. However, neither did it confirm the project and merely said that it had not yet made decisions on future phone products. What We Think Nothing to see here and nothing that adds to … Read more

LG Expands WebOS Smart TV Platform To TV Brand Partners

LG Electronics (LG) announces the availability of its popular webOS TV platform ecosystem to other TV brand partners, disrupting the status quo in an industry known for its proprietary operating systems across different manufacturers. LG is now expanding its expertise beyond TV manufacturing to encompass webOS TV software platform development and adoption by other TV … Read more

Cord Cutting Nearly Doubled For the Big Four U.S. Pay TV Providers in 2020

What They Say 5.1 million US consumer households joined the cord-cutting trend in 2020. AT&T was the biggest loser , while Dish Network saw less of a decline. Charter actually added some 56K subscribers as it rolled out high speed internet. Combined, the Big Four operators lost 2.63 million customers in 2019. In 2020, they … Read more

Multi-brand TV Manufacturer Vestel Brings Twitch to Smart TVs across Europe

Multi-brand TV manufacturer, Vestel, has announced the launch of a new app collaboration that is set to bring the leading interactive livestreaming service, Twitch to more Smart TVs across Europe. Now available, the app has been rolled out to all Vestel-manufactured Smart TV ranges, including those designed for many top brands, such as Hitachi, JVC, … Read more

Miraj Cinemas Partners with Galalite for their 100-Screen Project

Forging partnerships and building relationships with fellow businesses are vital to the progress of a business in any industry, and the cinema industry is no different. Galalite Screens, the leader in cinema screen technologies, has announced a strategic partnership with the Miraj Group, which includes providing 100 screens to Miraj Cinemas in the next 15 … Read more

How Much Contrast do You Need in a Monitor for Photography?

Those that are interested in photography and are keen to get good results know that they need a good monitor and in particular one with good colour quality and contrast. But how much contrast do you need? My attention was drawn to this topic in a review of photographic technology by Dan Wells and published … Read more