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What They Say Samsung has in recent weeks trademarked ‘QLED Neo’, ‘QLED Platinum’, ‘QLED+’, ‘QLED Z’ and ‘Quantum Matrix’, potentially hinting at its plans for 2021 TVs. And even ‘Samsung QNED’. What We Think I’m not sure we get much from this, but Q remains an important letter for Samsung! As we’ve reported before, LG … Read more
A few more links that didn’t really need comment. We’re missing out the vast number of releases and reports on Black Friday pricing! Qualcomm joins list of firms approved to sell older chips to Huawei More HDR is coming to Sky Q in the UK – and it will be easier to find (Movies added … Read more
What They Say Speaking at the 4K HDR Summit’s virtual edition, Maria Rua Aguete, Senior Research Director at Omdia said that the US is now at 52% penetration into the installed based of UltraHD TVs, with Western Europe at 38%, but that Chinese ownership is ‘minimal’. Western Europe is expected to take two more years … Read more
What They Say It seems that Disney has pulled the plug on its ‘The Void’ VR arcades which used Disney content and there is a new owner that is considering resuming operations. However, the holding company has changed from VR Boom LLC to VR Exit LLC, which suggests little hope! What We Think This really … Read more
What They Say Oppo has shown the Engadget blog a rollable smartphone that can change from a landscape 6.7″ size to a squarer ‘tablet-like’ 7.4″ diagonal, with the software automatically compensating. It’s still ‘a concept’, but being very actively developed, with 122 patents applied for, 12 for the scrolling mechanism. Update – GSMArena said that … Read more
Vewd, the leading provider of OTT software solutions, announced Vewd for Automotive, a white-labeled cloud-managed platform that brings the best of streaming entertainment to car manufacturers and automotive infotainment platforms. Vewd for Automotive solves the key challenges of delivering high-quality premium OTT content in head units and rear seat infotainment displays. The offering features a … Read more
Seiko Epson Corporation has announced that in October 2020 cumulative global sales of its 3LCD projectors reached 30 million units. Epson has driven the projector market forward since it launched the VPJ-700, its first 3LCD projector, in 1989. In 1994, the company released the ELP-3000, a projector that connected to PCs and helped establish the … Read more
What They Say Epson said that it has sold 30 million units since it started selling 3LCD projectors in 1989 and its first PC-connected projector in 1994. What We Think 3LCD has sometime struggled against single chip DLP as the need for three devices was a significant cost penalty. The firm also had problems with … Read more
Taiwantrade.com, Taiwan’s largest trade portal, has set up the “Taiwantrade Optical Zone to facilitate the eyewear industry’s deployment of cross-border e-commerce. Organized by Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) and operated by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), Taiwantrade.com presents the latest Optical Online VR/AR Pavilion to tackle the impact of the COVID-19 on the global … Read more
TCL Electronics Holdings Limited announced its unaudited financial results for the three months (Q3 2020) and nine months ended 30 September 2020 (Figures of TV ODM business are all excluded). The Company’s global smart TV and Internet businesses continued to deliver strong performance in the third quarter. Revenue in the third quarter reached HK$14.68 billion, … Read more
What They Say Verizon put out a report on DOOH advertisers and their views. It highlighted that DOOH is getting more attractive as consumers get ‘device fatigue’. After cutting back, advertisers are planning to spend more on DOOH, but 53% find it ‘difficult’ today. The top-three obstacles when buying DOOH among advertisers/marketers are “high costs” … Read more
A few weeks ago, I spotted a headline that talked about microLED as a disruptive industry. Such opinions are not rare, but this one was from Chris Riegel, who is CEO of Stratacache, a major player in the digital signage industry that has moved from content (since acquiring Scala in 2016) to distribution through networks … Read more
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