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What They Say UK TV Reviewer, Vincent Teoh, spotted that LG Electronics has applied for a trademark in Europe for the QNED acronym. What We Think Of course, you could believe that Teoh spends his time trawling trade mark databases. It seems more likely to me that someone at LG pointed him in this direction! … Read more
What They Say There has been a movement away from assembling notebook PCs in China and the MIC now forecasts that Vietnam & Thailand will overtake China. 90% of the market of 160 million sets are made in China, with most under the control of Taiwanese companies. MIC forecasts a drop to 40% in 2030. … Read more
Boxlight Corporation, a leading provider of interactive technology solutions for the global education market, announced it has acquired Sahara Presentation Systems PLC, a leader in distributed and manufactured AV solutions. The total purchase price was GBP 74,000,000 (approximately USD 94,900,000) in the form of GBP 52,000,000 (approximately USD 66,700,000) cash and GBP 22,000,000 (approximately USD 28,200,000) … Read more
BOE Technology Group, Ltd (BOE) announced this week the proposed acquisition of majority stakes in two of the four CEC Panda LCD fabs in China, the Gen 8.5 fab in Nanjing and the Gen 8.6 fab in Chengdu. While no specific transfer price was stated, a minimum price for each fab was described. While some … Read more
The 2020 Macroblock symposium was broadcasted live on September 25th 2020 to communicate with customers worldwide. On top of the exciting speeches delivered by the various speakers and the insightful panel discussion between the industry leaders, Macroblock also announced the launch of a series of driver ICs for LCD and LED displays. The new series … Read more
Designed to sit discreetly only inches away from a wall or screen, to not impact the aesthetic of a room in the way televisions do, the new CinemaX P2 ultra short throw laser projector offers a next-generation true 4K UHD digital cinema-quality picture in a sleek minimalist design – for the ultimate big-screen experience at … Read more
What They Say The number of US Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) subscribers will grow from 203 million last year to 317 million by 2025. Netflix will add 10 million subscribers, but the big winners will be Disney+ (27 million additions) and Hulu (22 million) according to Digital TV Research. The firm said that the US will … Read more
What They Say How to make a pop-up monitor holder. What We Think When I’m not hunched over my computer, I like to hack away at bits of wood, so I couldn’t resist including this Youtube video explaining how to make a monitor lift from a very old-fashioned British woodworking expert, Peter Parfitt. (BR)
What They Say iFixit took the latest Z Fold 3 and tore it down. It found that the hinge is much simpler than previous foldable devices but didn’t like the repairability because of the number of glued components. What We Think You have to respect the huge amount of engineering that goes into these devices.(BR)
What They Say Samsung is still the biggest smart TV supplier in the US (with 32%), but TCL has now gone past Vizio to take the #2 spot with 14% of sales according to Statista, just ahead of Vizio at 13% What We Think Samsung’s dominance is no surprise, but TCL’s move past Vizio is … Read more
What They Say Part of the reason that Facebook is so committed to AR is that the company feels it missed out on the creation of the current wave of hardware platforms and wants to ensure that it is around when augmented reality displays replace smartphones. Facebook thinks it has the power to develop the … Read more
What They Say Scientists from Peking University recognised that one of the limits on digital photography resolution, along with ccd pixel size, is that lenses are circular, while sensors are all rectangular. Sampling usually takes place in the horizontal or vertical direction The group found, after data analysis from different angles, that they can collect … Read more
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