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What They Say Tom’s Hardware published a list of what it regarded as the best value monitor deals on Black Friday What We Think There have been hundreds (and I mean hundreds!) of press releases with lists of deals, but Tom’s is a fairly thoughtful site, so I thought it worth a mention! (BR)
What They Say IDTechEx sent out a mail about some new developments including OLED materials. It highlights developments in TADF materials and said it was impressed with the host materials developed by early-stage US firm Molecular Glasses. This host material increases the solubility of dopant molecules, be they fluorescent, phosphorescent or TADF, while retaining charge … Read more
What They Say iFixit tore down the new MacBooks based on the in-house M1 processor and found the design is very similar to previous models (especially the Pro), with the main change being in the cooling on the MacBook Air, which eliminates the fan. The Air uses heat conduction to dissipate heat. What We Think … Read more
What They Say In an interview with The Verge, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has revealed we’ll likely see an Xbox app appear on smart TVs over the next year. Microsoft is currently working on bringing xCloud to the web to enable it on iOS devices, and this work would naturally allow xCloud to expand to … Read more
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
What They Say BenQ Materials has started production of OLED OLED circular polarisers for wearable applications and is sampling polarisers for smartphones according to Digitimes who spoke to the firm’s president, Ray Liu. The first customers are Chinese panel makers and the firm plans to develop new products for OLEDs and 8K displays. What We … Read more
What They Say Korean LED supplier, Lumens, has been developing what it calls ‘Soft LED’, a small pixel pitch display which is just 3mm thick and can be bent to a 300mm radius. It is also much lighter than other LED displays. Because of the lightness, it can be mounted using magnets. A 480 x … Read more
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
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
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
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
What They Say Samsung may move away from using curved edges to its displays in the Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone, due early next year. There is a possibility according to the report that a curved one will be used, but that would delay shipment. What We Think It seems way too late, to me, to … Read more
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