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Links Week Starting 10th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. CES 2022: In-Person Observations (DSCC’s Bob O …

Tags:Digital Photography| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Glass| Health and Safety| Italy| Oculus VR| Perovskite| QD OLEDs| Sky| The Metaverse| UltraHD & 4K

Virgin Responds to Sky Glass with a Dongle

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Sunday Times interviewed Virgin Media O2 CEO Lutz Schüler who sees a challenge to the new business as he tries to turn round Virgin’s poor reputation for customer service. He …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| Virgin Media

Sky Glass Gets a Review

by Bob Raikes

What They Say What HiFi in the UK has reviewed the Sky Glass streaming TV from Sky. The review starts out by pointing out that because of the extra costs for the service cost, …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

Sky addresses Sky Glass flickering screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say broadbandtvnews.com reports that a number of Sky Glass customers (When is a TV not a TV?) have complained about issues with the new TVs about ‘distracting flicker’. There are also complaints …

Tags:Sky| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

Sky Glass Update – It Does Have an Emergency Tuner

by Bob Raikes

What They Say It took three days after I contacted them for Sky’s media department to get back to me with an answer to my question, “Can you confirm whether the Sky Glass TV …

Tags:Sky| Streaming Dongles| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

When is a TV not a TV?

by Bob Raikes

Yesterday, Comcast’s UK subsidiary, Sky UK, released its new Glass TV. But is it a TV? One TV-focused website said ‘These are fairly conventional TVs’. I beg to disagree. Since the start of the …

Tags:Sky| STBs| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)

Sky ‘planning own range of smart TVs’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky TV is reported by the Financial Times to be planning to launch its own range of smartTVs. That would be in line with the move by its parent company, Comcast, …

Tags:Comcast| Sky| STBs| Streaming Video

Sky Deutschland launches Sky Q over IP

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky in Germany has said that it will support its Sky Q system over IP without subscribers needing satellite or cable subscriptions. The system provides more than 80 channels. Minimum one …

Tags:Germany| Pay TV| Sky| Streaming Video

 More Links W/E 20th November 2020

by Bob Raikes

A few more links that didn’t really need comment. We’re missing out the vast number of releases and reports on Black Friday pricing! Qualcomm joins list of firms approved to sell older chips to …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Huawei| Museums & Exhibitions| Projectors| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Sky

Sky Deutschland to Chop More SD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sky Deutschland is switching more of its SD channels to be exclusively HD on its cable service on November 26th 2020. The HD channels are available at no extra charge. On …

Tags:Cable| Germany| Sky| TV Viewing

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 06/11/2018

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Türksat …

Tags:Apple| HDTV| iPhone| Satellite| Sky| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

What Bob Saw on the Net 23/08/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Ocean …

Tags:5G| Cable| Dome Projection| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Germany| Motorola| Samsung| Sky| Smart TV| Smartphones| UltraHD