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Links Week Ending 15th July 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 end of this week. U.S. TV Homes Using a Smart TV to …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| LED| Lenovo| Litigation| Operating Systems| Outdoor Displays| PlayStation| Samsung| sony| STBs| Streaming Video| TV Viewing| USA

Theaters, Tentpoles Aren’t Necessarily Sure Things

by Andy Marken

Okay, so we’re halfway through the year and movie house ticket sales have continued to rise, but no analyst we’ve heard from thinks the US box office numbers will surpass – or even get …

Tags:Cinema| Cinema going| Streaming Video| SVOD| USA

ATSC 3.0 available in over half US homes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a report that: “ATSC 3.0 stations have been licensed to operate in 68 markets, though in some cases it may be a single …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| USA

Virtual Set Makers Promoting More than RGB for LED Walls

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Broadcast Bridge reported on a big new virtual production facility being built in LA by Orbital Virtual Productions. There are two stages – one that is 50′ x 25′ and 15′ …

Tags:Movies & Content| Multi-Primary| USA| Virtual Sets

Will Streaming Take Over?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Kagan said after a survey of US adult internet uses that it estimates that US households used 6.8 streaming video services on average in March 2022. The result showed that paid …

Tags:Advertising| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| USA

Links Week Starting 20th June 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. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Asus| audio| BenQ| Consoles| Desktop Monitors| Japan| LED| Legislation| OLEDs| Outdoor Displays| PlayStation| Power Supplies| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones| sony| Sports and Stadiums| Testing| TSMC| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Virtual Sets

Links Mid-Week – Week Ending 17th June 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. Would You Buy the World’s First Laptop With …

Tags:Apple| CPUs| CRT| Dell| Desktop Monitors| DisplayLink| E Ink| EBU| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Financial Data| Intel| LCD displays| LED| Litigation| Monopolies (Anti Trust)| Notebooks| Semiconductors| Smart TV| Sports and Stadiums| TCL| Testing| USA

Excess Inventory Acts as a Gale-Force Headwind for Display Industry

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Earlier this week, DSCC published a blog article characterising the inventory issues in the supply chain as acting like a “Gale-Force Headwind for Display Industry” and the Nikkey reinforced this idea …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Retailers| Supply Chain| USA

Pico Going to US for Content and Sales

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reports that the ByteDance (TikTok) owned company, Pico is setting up a team on the West Coast of the USA to develop content licensing and to start marketing its …

Tags:USA| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 24th June 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 end of this week. A lighter moment – hat tip to economist …

Tags:Acer| Desktop Monitors| Forecasts| Game Playing| Germany| Google| internet| LED| MSI| Outdoor Displays| Panasonic| Recycling| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Testing| The Metaverse| Transparent Displays| TVs (TV Sets)| USA| Virtual Reality| Vodafone

New York Passes Right to Repair Law

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York State legislature has passed a “Right to Repair’ bill that means that from mid-2023 brands that sell digital electronic products in the stat will have to make parts, …

Tags:Legislation| Right to Repair| USA| warranty

EdgeVR has opened its first VR location

by Bob Raikes

What They Say EdgeVR in New York has opened a new location that uses ‘magnetic, full-body tracking technology’ to locate other players within virtual space. The operators said that the advantage of magnetic tracking …

Tags:Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Metasurfaces| Optics| USA| Virtual Reality