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A couple of weeks ago, I read an editorial from DSCC’s Bob O’Brien that talked about OLED vs LCD. He pointed out that when his firm started in 2016, it focused on OLED research because it was clearly the coming technology. In the article, he looked at why OLED had grown more slowly than expected … Read more
As the global pandemic rages on and many countries around the world enter the second wave of COVID-19 infections, continuity of business and online schooling remain at the forefront of every economy. This led to double-digit growth in the traditional PC market, comprised of desktops, notebooks, and workstations, as global shipments grew 14.6% year over … Read more
What They Say Gartner & IDC joined Canalys in putting out their Q3 PC results. (Lenovo, HP, and Dell led PCs to 10-year shipment high in Q3). Gartner saw a bigger market than Canalys at 71.4 million and with 3.6% growth while IDC ha a total of 81.3 million with 14.6% growth. There were quite … Read more
What They Say Jade Bird Display put out information on its 0.13″ microdisplay and DSCC covered the topic in its blog, including information gained in an interview with the firm in August. The display is just VGA resolution (640 x 480) but has extremely high brightness of 0.2 million nits (cd/m²), 2 million nits, and … Read more
This Display Daily article has several starting points. The first is the fact that technology based on plasmonics has not yet been used in any large scale commercial applications. A second starting point is that it is desirable to simultaneously improve the efficiency and stability of OLED device technology. This article will report on a … Read more
Pixel Artworks, the award-winning specialists in light and pixel technology, lit up the skies above London’s Greenwich with the colours of the rainbow as it harnessed cutting-edge creative technology to fly London’s very first drone light show above a regal residency. Additionally, the trailblazing company now holds exclusive permissions to hold further drone displays over … Read more
What They Say The European Commission has been taking action against Broadcom over issues of competition policy. In April the firm said it would not make new agreements with similar terms and the Commission has now accepted this undertaking. The conclusion of the anti-trust investigation follows an alleged abuse of dominance by Broadcom in SoCs … Read more
What They Say The Stinger Report has an interesting update on a new category (to me) of VR location-based entertainment, ‘Arena-scale’ VR or ‘Free Roaming’ or ‘Walking Attractions’. Players have backpack PCs and VR headsets and are able to move freely over an area to play games. What We Think As stand-alone headsets get better, … Read more
What They Say Canalys has been in the news this week! The company put out its Q3 PC sales data and reported that the volume of notebooks (64 million) was close to the record Q4 2011 quarter, when the market hit 64.6 million. Notebooks were up 28%. The top vendors are shown in the chart. … Read more
What They Say OWC has a Thunderbolt 3 mini Dock that can support dual HDMI outputs at up to UltraHD at 60Hz. The mini-dock is just $119. What We Think Not the biggest story, but Thunderbolt really helps multidisplay support and to see relatively low cost devices must help. Note that the device doesn’t supply … Read more
What They Say Epic Games has revealed that the forthcoming GMC Hummer vehicle (to be launched next week) will have an infotainment system based on the Unreal Engine – previously developed for games. What We Think Once you have a good display and lots of data, you really need to use 3D processing to exploit … Read more
Owing to a 20% increase in TV demand in North America, as well as the fact that TV brands had deferred their shipment schedules in 1H20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of the third-quarter cyclical upturn were further compounded in 3Q20, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations. Quarterly TV shipment reached a historical high … Read more
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