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What They Say Digitimes reports that AUO is to boost its capex this year to boost LCD production. It will reach $785 million against around $550 million in 2020. The focus will be on IT panels for notebooks where the firm is concentrating on high end LTPS panels. In monitors, it will focus on gaming … Read more
What They Say Samsung Electronics has launched a Kiosk in the South Korean market, but which is intended to be available globally in the first half of the year. It will be sold via Fiserv Inc initially. There are three 24″ versions with different mountings – wall, free-standing and table. The operating software runs on … Read more
What They Say Digitimes reported that the Chinese smartphone market has seen a bounce in sales in January, boosted by new budget 5G handsets by Chinese brands. The volume reached 40 million in January, up 93% on the same month a year ago according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology … Read more
What They Say The Elec reports that JNTC will start making cover glass for wearables in the first half of this year, after it completes a new factory in Vietnam in Q2, delayed from Q1. It is expected to make smartwatch cover glass first, followed by cover glass for automotive applications and the ultra-thin glass. … Read more
What They Say FlatPanelsHD reports that tvOS 14.5 from Apple will support both 24.000 and 23.976 fps without frame dropping. Currently, showing movies generated at 24fps at the broadcasting frequency of 23.976 fps (a hangover from the analogue days), means a dropped frame every 41 seconds and reversing to show 23.967 content at 24fps means … Read more
Planar, a global leader in visualization technology, unveiled Planar® UltraRes™ X Series, a line of 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) commercial-grade LCD displays featuring 700-nit brightness and a wide color gamut perfect for High Dynamic Range (HDR) content. Available in 75-inch, 85-inch and 100-inch sizes, Planar UltraRes X Series includes a 24×7 design and, when … Read more
What They Say Dave Haynes of Sixteen-Nine.net is running a survey on whether it makes sense to revive the Digital Signage Expo as a separate event after the pandemic, or whether to simply fold it in to the main Infocomm. He explains his point of view at the article link, or you can go here … Read more
What They Say I reported when I visited the CineEurope show in 2018 that the market for private cinema rentals was a significant segment of the Chinese market – enough to justify an optimised system from Cinemeccanica. (CineEurope 2018 Roundup). Now, the BBC report, the trend has developed during the pandemic, to extend to other … Read more
What They Say Sixteen-nine.net has reported that a company called AdMobilize has developed software integration to support audience analytics on Samsung’s SoC (System-on-Chip) digital signage powered by Tizen OS1. The DailyDOOH blog said that “Customers buying the latest Samsung Smart Signage powered by Tizen OS can now run AdMobilize’s audience analytics software without the need … Read more
What They Say GSMArena reported that S-Connect – identified as the maker of hinges for Samsung’s foldable phones – has said that it will start mass producing the hinges for the Galaxy Z Flip2 and Z Fold3 in the second quarter of this year. The site suggests that that is in line with forecasts that … Read more
What They Say Patently Apple reports that Apple has won a patent (10,923,012 that was filed in March 2020) that covers devices that can be used at double or other multiples of their native refresh rates. The site suggests that a 120Hz native display might be driven at 240Hz. The previous day, the website had … Read more
What They Say 9to5Mac reports that Apple is re-introducing in-store shopping appointments at many US Apple Stores that have been operating as Express storefronts. Other temporarily-closed locations are reopening for pickup of online orders. The report said that as of February 12th, 39 stores were opened for browsing. What We Think It would be good … Read more
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