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AOC Launches Two New 31.5″ Curved G2 Gaming Monitors with 165 Hz and 1 ms

Display specialist AOC, the number one gaming monitor brand in the world1, announces two new 31.5″ (80 cm) gaming displays from its award-winning G2 line-up: the CQ32G2SE (QHD – 1440p resolution) and the C32G2AE (FHD – 1080p resolution). Both displays employ a 1500R curved VA panel, a blazingly fast 165 Hz refresh rate and a … Read more

Samsung: “8K is the future”

What They Say Advanced Television reported on the virtual 4K Summit and said that Richard Moreton, from Samsung Electronics’ R&D UK Business Development & Industrial Affairs unit confirmed Samsung’s belief in the future of 8K. He explained that Samsung had created its agnostic ‘ScaleNet’ (in development stage and now looking for commercialisation) which is claimed … Read more

Dongxu starts constructing China’s largest OLED substrate glass factory

What They Say There have been reports that Dongxu (Tungshu) Optoelectronics has started to construct China’s largest OLED substrate glass factory, in Tianshui City. There will be four G6 production lines and the investment is $760 million with the local government providing 40%. What We Think China continues to try to ensure that captures as … Read more

Apple, Xiaomi, and OPPO Outperformed the Smartphone Market in Western Europe in Q3 2020, Say IDC

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The smartphone market in Western Europe continued to be impacted by lockdowns in the third quarter of 2020, as shipments declined 6.5% year over year to 28.8 million units, according to data from International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Although lockdown restrictions were lifted across Europe, the smartphone market continued to be … Read more

Smartphone Shipments Will Return to Growth in the Holiday Quarter and Beyond Driven by Strong Push Behind 5G, According to IDC

Following a stronger than expected third quarter (3Q20), the global smartphone market is expected to return to growth during the holiday quarter this year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone shipments are forecast to grow 2.4% year over year in 4Q20, followed by 4.4% year-over-year growth in 2021. … Read more

Back From The Dead

A recent press release caused a raised eyebrow here…but perhaps it shouldn’t have. On November 19, Venture capital firm Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) “…announced its purchase of certain iconic RadioShack brands and related assets.” According to the press release, REV was founded in 2019 “as a means for giving life to businesses that have struggled … Read more

KES 2020 : Ready for the Future of Lossless 8K Video Transmission ?

intoPIX, the leading provider of innovative image processing and video compression technologies, introduces for the first time TICO-XS, TICO-RAW and FlinQ IP-cores for FPGA/ASIC and software SDKs for CPU/GPU at KES 2020 in South Korea. At the KES show, intoPIX will demonstrate the new JPEG XS standard and image sensor compression (also an upcoming JPEG … Read more

Strategy Analytics: Growing Demand For Smart Displays Drove Global Smart Speaker Sales To 2.6% Growth in Q3

What They Say Strategy Analytics (SA) said that users are switching to display-based smart speakers, or Smart Displays. An increase from 22% to 26% in share was part of the reason for an increase in smart speaker sales year on year of 3% overall. Smart Display sales were 9.5 million in Q3. Amazon and Baidu … Read more