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Links Week Starting 25th April 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. Pete takes an amusing dig at those …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Market Data| MMD (AOC Philips)| Smart TV| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USB Monitors

Links Week Ending 15th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. If you are interested in the …

Tags:3D software| Awards| Cinema| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Digital Signage| Game Playing| GPUs| ISE 2022| LG Electronics (LGE)| MMD (AOC Philips)| Outdoor Displays| Samsung| Smart TV| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

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

Vizio Adds Jump Ads to SmartTVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio has a new feature in its smartTVs intended to allow a streamlined way to switch between linear and streaming content. The feature is called Jump Ads and relies on automated …

Tags:Advertising| Smart TV

Toshiba TV Launches Flagship XL9C Series of OLED TVs for Europe

by Artem Alekseenko

Toshiba TV has announced the launch of its flagship XL9C series of OLED 4K HDR Smart TVs. Levelling up the home entertainment experience for everyone from home cinema enthusiasts to avid gamers, the 55-inch …

Tags:OLEDs| Smart TV| toshiba| UltraHD (4KTV)

Samsung Ads Releases Streaming Index of Domestic SmartTV Data

by Bob Raikes

What They Say FierceVideo reported that Samsung Ads had released its ‘Streaming Index’ with metrics from the 45 million devices in its US SmartTV installed base. Samsung Ads used data from subscription video on …

Tags:Advertising| AVOD| Samsung| Smart TV| Streaming Video| SVOD

Samsung TV Plus, Tennis Channel team for first FAST tennis offer

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Next TV reports that the Tennis Channel’s T2 content will be available on the Samsung TV Plus advertising supported service in the US. T2 is youth-targeted and will include matches from …

Tags:AVOD| Samsung| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums

Vizio Suffers on Sets, but Developing Services

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio reported revenues well down from Q4 2020 in the last quarter of 2021, from $734.3 million to $628.8 million overall with GP falling from $101.9 million to $77.1 million. For …

Tags:Financial Data| Smart TV| Vizio

Elliptic & Lenovo Implement Sensing on Notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sensor maker, Elliptic Labs of Norway, said that its technology is being used in the Lenovo T14 notebook and is the ‘first software-only human presence detection solution’. Elliptic Labs’ AI Virtual …

Tags:Financial Data| Investment| Lenovo| Notebooks| Sensors| Smart TV

Roku Planning to Make its Own TVs?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Business Insider reports that Roku is exploring the feasibility of making its own brand of smartTVs and apparently ran a focus group. Someone told the blog: “They showed different models, feature …

Tags:Roku| Smart TV| USA