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PC Sales Remain on Fire as Fourth Quarter Shipments Grow 26.1% Over the Previous Year, According to IDC

January 12, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

With the pandemic still in full swing, traditional PCs (inclusive of desktops, notebooks, and workstations) were once again an in-demand consumer technology. The fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20) saw global shipments grow 26.1% year over year to 91.6 million units, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device … Read more

PC Sales Remain on Fire as Fourth Quarter Shipments Grow 26.1% Over the Previous Year, According to IDC (2)

January 12, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say IDC and Gartner agreed that Q4 was strong in the PC market, but disagreed over the scale. IDC said that Q4 was 26.1% up on 2019, at 91.6 million units, while Gartner has the market at 79.4 million, up 10.7%. For the year, Gartner was at 275 million, while IDC saw 302 … Read more

TCL’s plan to reorganize Suzhou LCD factory likely to be delayed

January 12, 2021 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reports that TCL’s plan to switch the Suzhou LCD factory that it has agreed to acquire from Samsung to make IT panels may be delayed because the demand for TV panels remains quite strong. The deal is also being held up by a delayed approval process by Korean government officials. … Read more

Samsung To Push OLEDs for Laptops

January 11, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to DSCC for pointing me to a move by Samsung to boost the OLED panels it plans to supply for notebook applications. Digging around, I found the video below that Samsung put out in January. Yonhap said that Samsung will present up to ten new OLED configurations between 13.3″ and … Read more

Hisense Debuts the Latest Breakthroughs in Display Technology at CES with the Unveiling of TriChroma Laser TV and Super-thin Sonic One TV

January 11, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Hisense®, a leading television and appliance manufacturer and UEFA EURO 2020™ partner, opened its presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, with one of its strongest product presentations to date. As an international brand excelling in meeting consumer needs across markets, Hisense is exhibiting ultra-premium TVs that push the boundaries of display … Read more

TCL Announces its Google TV Launch at CES2021 to Offer Very Best Content with Superb Viewing Experience

January 11, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, has announced at CES 2021, that it will roll out a TCL Google TV™ series in 2021 to TCL customers, starting in the United States and later in other parts of the world. TCL Google TVs will … Read more

TCL to Launch Next-Gen OD Zero Mini-LED Technology at CES 2021-Once Again Pioneering in Display Industry (3)

January 11, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, debuts its OD ZeroTM Mini-LED technology at CES 2021. The rollout of high-performance and ultra-slim TCL TVs that will feature OD Zero Technology will be announced closer to its sales launch later this year. OD Zero is … Read more

LG Electronics Moves OLEDs into Monitors

January 11, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Electronics announced a new 31.5″ UltraHD OLED Pro Ultrafine monitor with 99% of DCI-P3 and 99% of AdobeRGB coverage. The monitor has a USB-C port (with 90W of PD), two DisplayPorts and HDMI as well as 3 Type A USB connections. What We Think We misheard this as an 8K monitor … Read more

Hisense is Bullish as Laser TV Moves to RGB

December 21, 2022January 11, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Well, I’m still working through the TV news from CES, but at the moment, I haven’t seen much that’s really exciting or interesting from the major brands. There are bigger and larger OLEDs, some interesting developments in miniLED (with the reduction in thickness as, probably, the most significant point, as we can’t judge the quality … Read more

Turn a Touch Interface Touchless with Intel RealSense TCS

January 11, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Intel announced Intel® RealSense™ Touchless Control Software (TCS), a simple solution for converting a touch-based kiosk or digital sign into a safer, touchless one while maintaining a familiar and intuitive user experience. With the pandemic affecting people worldwide, pay and check-in stations, automated teller machines and ordering kiosks could use the Intel RealSense software and … Read more

The State of the Art in Touchless Options for Kiosks & Vending

December 21, 2022January 11, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Starting a number of years ago, but accelerating after a report about the dirt and bacteria (and worse!) on touchscreens in McDonalds fast food outlets (Synchronicity In the Dirt), there has been an increasing interest in ‘touchless touch’. I’ve written about this before (most recently Touch or Touchless Touch?) and so when I saw that … Read more

Panasonic Introduces JZ2000, its Flagship OLED TV for 2021

January 11, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Panasonic announced the launch of its flagship OLED TV for 2021, the JZ2000, available in 65- and 55-inch sizes. Thanks to their Hollywood tuning and superb colour accuracy, Panasonic OLED TVs have always been the best choice for viewing films and high-quality TV series. Panasonic has also made the JZ2000 an excellent choice for gamers, … Read more