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Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Grew 2.8% in Second Quarter of 2020

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Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64.8 million units in the second quarter of 2020, a 2.8% increase from the second quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. After a significant decline in the first quarter of the year due to COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions, the PC market returned to growth as vendors restocked … Read more

Fraunhofer HHI is Proud to Present the New State-of-the-Art in Global Video Coding: H.266/VVC

After devoting several years to its research and standardization, Fraunhofer HHI (together with partners from industry including Apple, Ericsson, Intel, Huawei, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Sony) is celebrating the release and official adoption of the new global video coding standard H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC). This new standard offers improved compression, which reduces data requirements by around … Read more

A Change in Direction – after Half a Century

A couple of months ago, in ‘What Bob Saw’, I pointed to a story that would have been almost inconceivable a couple of years ago. The story was a link to the first OLED TV from Sharp. Now, from any other TV brand (apart from Samsung), the news of an OLED TV would not be … Read more

SSIMWAVE Study: Void in Measuring Optimization Impact on the Viewer Experience

The media industry lacks a clearly defined picture of how bitrate optimization impacts the viewer experience, according to a recent survey of OTT providers, broadcasters and multichannel video providers. The survey, which aggregated input from 300 respondents, showed wide variations in the methodologies used to understand optimization, and in how metrics are collected. While more … Read more

Global PC Gaming Hardware Market Forecast to Surge by $3.6 Billion in 2020 due to COVID-19

Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, reported in its newest gaming market study regarding the PC Gaming Hardware Market, which consists of personal computers, upgrades, and peripherals used for gaming. The market is booming globally due to shelter in place orders as gamers upgrade and buy new … Read more

Philips Professional Display Solutions Unveils Biggest Ever Partner And Customer Support Programme To Help Businesses Get Back To Work 

Philips Professional Display Solutions continues to throw its unwavering support behind the AV industry and its customers, announcing the launch of a series of brand new programmes – offering exclusive product deals, finance packages and sales incentives – all brought together in a new dedicated website designed to help businesses ease back into work, post … Read more

Radiant Exhibits Online Demos of Display Test & Measurement Solutions at the First Virtual Display Week Exhibition

Radiant Vision Systems, the leading provider of automated visual inspection for displays and display devices, announces that it will exhibit solutions for test & measurement as part of the first fully virtual Display Week 2020 conference and exhibition. From its virtual booth, Radiant will host several online demonstrations of high-resolution photometric imaging systems, software, and … Read more

DSCC Q2 Smartphone Display Cost Report Updates iPhone Panels

The Q2 update of DSCC’s Quarterly Smartphone Display Cost Report includes the latest updates to our smartphone cost model, and a number of new models representing the ongoing evolution of the smartphone marketplace. New panel sizes introduced this quarter include three new flexible OLED models representing phones from Huawei, Oppo, and Samsung, plus revisions for … Read more

Emerging Technologies Enabling TV, IT and Mobile Advances at the SID/DSCC Business Conference

Attendees of the SID/DSCC Business Conference during Display Week 2020 will not be able to see the speakers in person, but they will still get a comprehensive perspective on the emerging technologies that enable TV, IT and mobile advances as well as development of an entirely new display technology, microLEDs. The two sessions on emerging … Read more

Color Tunable, Dual Layer OLED/QLED Hybrid

Heng Zhang, Qiang Su & Shuming Chen from Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen have recently published an article titled “Quantum-dot and organic hybrid tandem light-emitting diodes with multi-functionality of full-color-tunability and white-light-emission.” The article discusses a hybrid QLED and OLED device that can be used to produce a single pixel with tunable … Read more

Brussels New Benchmark for Europe Conquering Prowise

Brainport Eindhoven – Dutch educational company Prowise continues to make an impact across Europe. After Copenhagen and various tenders in Germany, education in Brussels is now also opting for the award-winning solutions. Delivery of the 1500 touchscreens (estimated turnover 5 million euros) in the Belgium capital will start this summer. In total, Prowise and its … Read more