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Cruise ship giant Royal Caribbean has announced that it will equip its fleet with SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite internet service. The dishes are designed to provide a “better onboard experience for guests and crews fleetwide,” and will be installed on its Royal Caribbean International, Silversea Cruises and Celebrity Cruises ships. 

Earlier this year, SpaceX unveiled Starlink Maritime for boats at a cost of $5,000 per month, on top of a hardware investment of $10,000. In comparison, the standard residential Starlink setup’s hardware costs only $599, while the service costs $110 a month for 50 to 250 Mbps speeds (Starlink also offers a premium service that costs $500 per month with up to 500Mbps speeds). The Maritime service will deliver up to 350 Mbps download speeds.

The company tested the service earlier this year, offering packages called “Voom Surf” and “Voom Surf & Stream,” according to Royal Caribbean Blog. That indicates that the service will likely be a paid upgrade, something that’s usually not cheap on cruise ships. The testers saw respectable upload and download speeds and said they were able to watch YouTube and Netflix videos “with no lag or buffering.” 

Those speeds may change when the service is fully commercialized, though, depending on how popular it is and how many Starlink dishes Royal Caribbean uses on each ship. Depending on the line, the company’s boats can carry anywhere from several hundred to nearly 7,000 passengers. 

The cruise industry has struggled post-pandemic due to staffing, inflation and other issues. Starlink will be a good marketing point for Royal Caribbean, however, as cruise ships have notoriously poor internet service. Starlink, meanwhile, is aggressively pursuing the travel industry, announcing partnerships with Hawaiian Airlines and JSC, while also recently launching a Starlink service for RVs and campers. 

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At IFA 2022, attendees can look closely at LG’s new 45-inch Ultrawide curved OLED gaming monitor reaching 240Hz, twice the refresh rate of most OLED displays. Advanced competitors usually top at 144Hz or 175Hz, but LG has a significant lead from that point of view.

The monitor’s name is UltraGear 45GR95QE, and if you aren’t familiar with it, UltraGear refers to LG’s gaming line of products that primarily consists of monitors, but there are gaming speakers too.

Back in the day, monitor manufacturers might have sacrificed color accuracy for higher refresh rates, but that time is long gone. This monitor can cover 98.5% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, making it capable of handling professional Creative work with ease.

This capability also makes it an ideal multimedia monitor, and there are no doubt movies will look amazing based on these specifications. The resolution is 1440p (3,440×1,440), but that’s a good number for gaming purposes. Gamers pick the best tradeoff between high resolution and refresh rate, and 1440p is a good choice in that context.

The curved panel has a radius of 800R and comprises standard connectivity (2x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4, and 3x USB 3.0 full-size) and image controls (including PIP) associated with modern monitors. No surprises there.

We’re really curious to know what using this monitor would feel like in the real world, but that’s for another time.

LG Display’s OLED TV and monitor business is firing on all cylinders and continues to carry momentum in all categories as people realize how good OLED is. At the same time, technology has become more affordable to the masses.

If you’re unsure if a curved OLED monitor is for you, check out LG’s Flex, a 42-inch bendable OLED TV that can transition from curved to flat.

LG UltraGear 45GR95QE: A 240Hz 45-Inch Gaming Monitor

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Bendable and foldable displays are the new game in town, and today at IFA, LG is making a splash with its new LG OLED Flex (model LX3), an OLED display that is bendable at the press of a button. Following the recent release of Corsair’s new Xeneon Flex, a bendable 45-inch OLED gaming monitor, born from a collaboration with LG Display, today LG unveiled a TV with similar technology.

Touted as the “World’s First Bendable 42-inch OLED TV”, the LX3 is positioned as a TV and a gaming monitor that is reinventing user-centric customization. The panel can go from flat to extremely curved (900R) to allow users to personalize their viewing experience by letting them select their perfect arc from twenty levels of curvature.

To ensure ergonomic comfort, the LG OLED Flex can be tilted toward up to 10 degrees or away up to 5 degrees from the gamer. The height adjustable stand can go up and down by 140 millimeters to accommodate both people who like to sit up and those who like to lean back.

Users can easily adjust the curvature from the few presets available or using the button on the remote control, manually change the degree of curvature by 5 percent increments over 20 levels.

The Multi-View Mode is made for people who like to view content from two different sources simultaneously and select which audio track they want to listen to. The built-in Dolby Atmos support and the two front-firing 40W speakers aim at delivering a premium sound quality.

On the image quality side, LG OLED Flex supports Dolby Vision gaming at 4K 120Hz and the latest HDMI 2.1 features, such as variable refresh rate (VRR) and auto low latency mode (ALLM). The TV is G-SYNC Compatible and AMD FreeSync Premium certified, ensuring a tear- and stutter-free viewing experience.

LG OLED Flex will be on display at IFA 2022 in LG’s booth in Hall 18 of Messe Berlin, and I cannot wait to check it out in the next few days. Stay tuned we will update this article with the photos of the device exhibited at the show.

LG Launches Flex, World’s First Bendable 42-inch OLED TV

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