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Microsoft Hololens causes US army nausea and headaches

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that ‘more than 80%’ of US soldiers that used the IVAS customised Microsoft Hololens headset experienced “mission-affecting physical impairments” such as eye strain within three hours. The information was …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| USA

California Approves the Use of Digital Licence Plates

by Bob Raikes

What They Say California has published legislation (AB 984) allowing the use of electronic licence plates for vehicles. The state previously had a pilot programme. (Michigan Allows Digital Licence Plates). Reviver said that its …

Tags:Automotive| E Ink| USA

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 21st October 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 middle of this week. I will be trying to squeeze in a …

Mid-week Links – Week Ending 28th October 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 middle of this week. Call of Duty Amsterdam trailer has ‘ridiculously realistic …

US TV Inflation in Free Fall

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC has published a blog article that highlights the dramatic drop in US TV set pricing in recent months. The article includes the chart (below) that shows the ‘TV sub-index’ which …

Tags:Pricing| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)| USA

Links Week Starting 19th September 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 – only a few as I have …

US military set to get first delivery from $22 billion Microsoft HoloLens deal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that the US army is taking delivery of the first batch of the IVAS Hololens-based headsets. Assistant Secretary for Acquisition Douglas Bush has “cleared the Army to begin accepting” …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Military & Defence| USA

Last Hold-Out Sells in Wisconsin – but What Will Foxconn Do?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to the Ojo-Yoshida Report for spotting that the last homeowner that was holding out against a compulsory sale to release for a possible factory for Foxconn in Wisconsin has just …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| Investment| LCD Fabs| USA

Hisense NEXTGEN TVs come to retail

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hisense has released a pair of TVs that include an ATSC 3.0 tuner. The U7H and U8H are available from $799. What We Think This is the first ATSC 3.0 set …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Hisense| USA

UST Projectors Put to the Test

by Bob Raikes

I recently saw a report on a shoot-out of Ultra Short Throw projectors that was conducted in the US by ProjectorScreen.com (a high end specialist retailer) and ProjectorCentral.com. I didn’t get there (I’m on …

Tags:Testing| USA| UST Projectors

Vizio hardware sales flat, but SmartCast platform revenue spikes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio saw its revenues rise by 2% compared to Q2 last year to $408.9 million with around ¾ of the value coming from hardware. TV and sound bar numbers were flat …

Tags:Financial Data| Smart TV| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Vizio

Purchasers of New TCL Televisions in the State of California from April 24, 2016 through December 31, 2021, may be Entitled to Payment from a Class Action Settlement

by Artem Alekseenko

The following is being released by A.B. Data, Ltd., the Court-appointed Settlement Administrator for the Class Action Settlement in Christopher Julian, et al. v. TTE Technology, Inc. dba TCL North America, Case No. 3:20-CV-02857, …

Tags:TCL| USA