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Vuzix Receives Follow-On Order from US Defense Contractor to Further Develop Customized Waveguide-based Optics Engine

October 19, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced it has received a follow-on order from a major US defense contractor to further develop a customized waveguide-based head worn AR Display Engine. This order represents the second phase of this development effort, which was first announced in March … Read more

Christie Granted U.S Patent for In-Home Streaming Technology for Cinema Exhibitors

October 19, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Christie®, a world leading visual technologies company, announced that, pursuant to a filing in 2018, the U.S Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has issued Christie a U.S. patent under US10783282B2 on September 22, 2020, which enables exhibitors to stream movies directly to the home using their current technologies in a way that supplements their existing … Read more

Google Assistant Can Run Your 2020 Samsung SmartTV

October 19, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung & Google announced that Google’s Assistant voice control technology will be available Samsung 2020 smart TV models, including the 2020 8K and 4K QLED models, the 2020 Crystal UHD TVs, 2020 Frame and Serif sets, and 2020 Sero and Terrace models. The update will be available in the US first and … Read more

Evoca Broadcasts 4K Insight TV Via ATSC 3.0

October 19, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Evoca, a TV service provider, has set up a 24 hour OTA UltraHD broadcast system in Boise, Idaho. “We built Evoca for the more than 50 million U.S. households in mid-sized markets like Boise — where TV choices are limited and expensive,” said Evoca CEO Todd Achilles. The rental of the firm’s … Read more

OLED Display for Next Generation Products

October 19, 2020 by Sweta Dash

OLED display technology is continuing to advance for next generation products, a glimpse of which was seen through various presentations at the OLEDs World Summit 2020 conference from Sept 30th to Oct 2nd. Technology development, improvements in materials, advancements in inkjet printing combined with capacity expansion and higher competition will help OLED display to gain … Read more

Konka to Release Mini LED Backlit TV, More Mini LED Products Entering the Market

October 19, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Konka has confirmed that it will release a 75″ 8K TV using a miniLED backlight according to LEDInside. The TV is said to have 20,000 LEDs in 5184 dimming zones and uses an IPS panel. What We Think This is no surprise as the Chinese brands are likely to widely adopt miniLED, … Read more

Apple Launches IPhone 12 With Some Surprises

October 19, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC’s Ross Young posted a blog article commenting on the Apple iPhone 12 launch and expressing surprise at the inclusion of 5G mmWave. The article points out that the cameras are an area of significant change and the Pro phones are thinner and lighter. We believe the Ceramic Shield material is likely … Read more

TCL to invest $6.8 billion, plans to start producing inkjet-printed OLED TVs in Guangzhou in 2024

October 19, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say OLED-Info reports that TCL’s CSOT business will start to ship inkjet-made OLED panels for TVs in 2024 What We Think TCL has been working with JOLED. There was lots of coverage of IJP at the recent OLED World event. Whereas in the past, everybody was testing and trying, JOLED has been shipping … Read more

TV Market Up in Germany

October 16, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Gfu in Germany has reported on the TV market in Germany. The value of the market was up to €2.6 billion over the first three quarters of the year and was up 5.5%. Volumes got to 4.6 million sets and the average price was slightly up at €565. TVs over 54″ … Read more

Displaymate Looks at OnePlus 8T

December 21, 2022October 16, 2020 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dr Ray Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies reviewed the display on the OnePlus 8T smartphone and found that it is a very good display with up to 1,090 cd/m² peak brightness. Like other high end OLED smartphones based on Samsung Display OLEDs, in several ways it is ”visually indistinguishable from perfect’. Soneira awards … Read more

Pimax Receives USD$20M Series B Funding

October 16, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Pimax, a prominent VR hardware manufacturer dedicated to R&D and manufacturing of consumer and commercial Virtual Reality devices has successfully received $20M (USD) Series-B funding, announced at World Conference on VR Industry 2020 (WCVRI 2020). Pimax is most well known for their VR headsets extremely wide field of view (FOV), high resolution and high degree … Read more

OnePlus Extends Display Differentiation in Smartphone Lineup with Pixelworks Technology in the OnePlus 8T

October 16, 2020 by Artem Alekseenko

Pixelworks®, Inc., a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, and OnePlus, a premium global smartphone manufacturer, announced that the new OnePlus 8T smartphone incorporates Pixelworks technology with unique display features, including its patented high-efficiency color calibration, color management, flesh tone correction and protection, flicker-free screen dimming and ultra-smooth adaptive brightness. The OnePlus … Read more