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Oculus Quest 2 update will add 120Hz refresh rate, says Facebook insider

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechRadar reported that a VP of Facebook Reality Labs, Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, has suggested, by giving a ‘thumbs up’ to a question, that Facebook will upgrade its Quest 2 headset to …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Virtual Reality

Nvidia Modifies G-Sync Ultimate Requirements

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nvidia has changed its qualifications for products to carry the ‘G-Sync Ultimate’ badge. While last year the requirement was for 1,000 cd/m² output, now the requirement is ‘lifelike HDR’. What We …

Tags:Game Playing| Nvidia| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Lenovo Updates its ThinkPads & Legion Notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo has announced the ThinkPad X1 Titanium Yoga, said to be the thinnest ThinkPad ever, at 11.5mm thick It has a 3:2 aspect ratio 13.5″ touch 2256 x 1504 display with …

Tags:CES 2021| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Lenovo| Notebooks| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Acer Boosts Predator and Nitro Gaming Monitor Portfolio with Three New High Refresh Rate Models

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Acer has introduced three new gaming monitors with high refresh rates. Predator XB273U NX – 27″ 2560 x 1440 with 275 Hz refresh rate (overclocked), 0.5ms (gtg), plus Nvidia Reflex Latency …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| HFR - High Frame Rate| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Sony: PS5 to gain HDMI 2.1 VRR support with future update

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has said that the PS5 will support Variable Refresh Rates (VRR) as set out in HDMI 2.1 in the future with a firmware upgrade. At launch, it supports 4K120 performance, …

Tags:PlayStation| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Specs and features of Samsung’s Galaxy S21 smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There has been a leak of information about Samsung’s Galaxy S21 phones which are expected to be launched in January, a but earlier in the year than usual. The displays are …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Vizio releases AMD FreeSync update for 2020/21 P-Series & M-Series TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio said that its M-Series Quantum, P-Series Quantum, and P-Series Quantum X, which have the firm’s ProGaming Engine, will be upgraded to support AMD FreeSync, with the P-Series going to the …

Tags:Game Playing| Nvidia| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vizio

Smartphone Displays: Wrapped, Folded, or Fast?

by Samuel Sheng

The first, and most striking, thing any consumer notices about a smartphone is the display. How bright? How sharp? How big? In many ways, trends in smartphone design can be directly linked to the …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Smartphones| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

144Hz? Time to revisit FPS, PPI, and HDR – Acuity is What’s Desired

by Jon Peddie

There’s been a lot of excitement about super-fast refresh rate monitors and their benefit to gaming. It may be true that competitive gamers, the eSports players, can benefit from such monitors. Those players only …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

AMD Graphics Cards Will Work With Future G-Sync Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Over the last year, there have been changes in the environment for variable refresh rate monitors for gaming based on Nvidia’s G-sync or AMD’s Freesync technology. Historically, G-sync users could only use this feature …

What Bob Saw on the Net 07/02/2020

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!) Apple …

What Bob Saw Around the Net…. 28/1/2019

by Bob Raikes