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Economist Looks at XR

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist published an article on XR and the Metaverse. The author tried Snap’s latest ‘Specs’ and he said: “The downside of their slender styling is a battery life of 30 …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality

Research: 76% US homes have smart TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I spotted a report in Advanced TV about research from Hub Entertainment Research on the use of Smart TVs in the US based on a survey of 5,204 selected consumers. You …

Tags:5G| Market Data| Smart TV| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| UltraHD & 4K

The Long View on LCDs vs OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

A couple of friends, well versed in the technology and graphics industries recently expressed surprise when I mentioned the withdrawal of Samsung from the LCD business. We had an email exchange and so I …

Tags:LCD Fabs| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLED Fabs| Samsung| Samsung Display| Supply Chain| TVs (TV Sets)

TrendForce Adds to Display Gloom

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TrendForce released its forecasts based on the global issues raised by the attack by Russia on Ukraine and the subsequent inflation. It sees TV demand as ‘challenging’ and pointed out that …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Forecasts| Market Data| Notebooks

Omdia Forecasts Notebook OLED Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In digging around for another topic, I spotted an article from a couple of weeks ago on The Elec that quoted a forecast from Omdia that OLED notebooks would reach 8.9 …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED Notebooks

Research: NEXTGEN TV generating interest

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Research conducted by Magid, for Dolby Labs and the Pearl TV group found that a marketing campaign around ATSC 3.0 Nextgen TV had generated a lot of interes. The research found …

Tags:ATSC| Market Data| USA

Apple Scaling Back iPhone SE Production?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei Asia reported that Apple has cut back its forecast for the iPhone SE production in Q2 2022 by around two to three million units as it sees markets reacting to …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Smartphone Market

Eutelsat: “UHD not as successful as we hoped”

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Eutelsat said during a Webinar on UHD and its prospects that the technology had not been as successful as hoped, with only 34 out of 7,000 channels in UHD. On the …

Tags:Events| Market Data| Satellite| UltraHD & 4K