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What They Say Yesterday we reported information from ‘The Elec’ in Korea that Corning was planning to expand its TV glass capacity in China. We were contacted later by Bob O’Brien of DSCC, who told us: While technically correct, the article is misleading. Corning did not announce any new expansions in Gen 10.5, but since … Read more
What They Say According to SuperData Research, a Nielsen company, more than 1 million Oculus Quest 2 headsets were sold in Q4 2020, which was a new record for a single quarter. The only device to surpass that was the smartphone-powered Samsung Gear VR, which sold 1.4M units in Q4 2016. By comparison, SuperData estimates … Read more
What They Say The Information ($$) has backed up previous Bloomberg reports that Apple’s planned VR headset, code-named N301, would have dual ‘8K’ displays with eye tracking and Lidar as well as many as 12 cameras. The plan would be to sell 250,000 units in the first year and is expected to cost $3,000. Separately, … Read more
What They Say An article has been published in the journal, Advance Materials, that explains how a group at NC State University and the University of Texas has developed a new device architecture for organic or perovskite LEDs that can create polarised and directional light directly from the device without external optical elements. The divergence … Read more
What They Say When we reported on the latest version of the Sony Crystal LED (Sony Upgrades (and Downgrades) its Crystal LED), the firm told us that a significant market for the firm was now virtual sets for content creation. Now we have seen a report in RapidTVNews that explains that a new company, Final … Read more
What They Say Nvidia has changed its qualifications for products to carry the ‘G-Sync Ultimate’ badge. While last year the requirement was for 1,000 cd/m² output, now the requirement is ‘lifelike HDR’. What We Think The issue here, as it has been with other image quality certification schemes, is that OLEDs and LCDs really have … Read more
What They Say PC Magazine, quoting the WSJ, reports that Apple is looking closely at using an under display fingerprint sensor that uses optical technology, rather than the ultrasonic technology used in the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which has Qualcomm’s version of the technology. Apple declined to comment to the Journal, but the employees “stressed that … Read more
What They Say Poly announced the new Poly Studio P Series of video conferencing products including the Poly Studio P21 Personal Meeting Display, a 21″ monitor with ‘dynamic ambient lighting’, an integrated USB camera and speakers. The base has wireless mobile phone charging. Pricing is (are you sitting down?) $815 in the US. What We … Read more
What They Say Samsung Display put out a release that said that its latest OLED smartphone panels can reach 1,500 cd/m² with ambient colour coverage of 73% of DCI-P3 and ambient contrast ratio of 16:1. The firm pointed out that its display has been certified by UL as being sunlight visible. What We Think The … Read more
Samsung Display Company’s Chief Executive Officer Joo Sun Choi today unveiled a striking new OLED display that delivers bright and clear outdoor visibility, befitting the spirit of the 5G era. At the same time, Samsung Display announced that this latest OLED smartphone display has been recognized by UL, the global independent safety science company, for … Read more
What They Say ViewSonic has a new version of its mobile LED projector, the M2e which uses an RGBB light source to produce 1,000 Ansi lumens. It has a short throw lens with a 1:1.2 throw ratio. It has an integrated ‘SmartTV’ engine and can stream videos directly. It has FullHD resolution and is said … Read more
What They Say Eizo Corp said that the firm had been awarded a Scientific and Technical Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its ColorEdge CG Series monitors with integrated self-calibration sensors. That is to say, a technical ‘Oscar’. The release included a long list of studios that provided supporting comments, … Read more
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