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AR Display Luminance Requirements: Micro OLEDs vs. Micro LEDs

by Barry Young

eMagin COO Amal Ghosh (and former SID President) presented at the DisplayWeek’ symposium providing an update on the status and requirements for AR displays. Of particular note is that despite wild speculation, the # …

Tags:Microdisplays| MicroLED| OLEDs

DTVE To Run Webinars with Omdia

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DTV Europe is running a number of webinars with Omdia – with a couple that I thought might be useful to some readers. Day One – Tuesday 15 June 3pm BST: …

Tags:5G| DTV| Events| STBs

Magic Leap is partnering with AMD

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Magic Leap said that it is working with AMD to create an SOC for AR headsets that will use less power than previous versions. The company is reported to be ready …

Tags:AMD| Augmented Reality| SOCs

LTPO is a Hot Technology – but What Is It?

by Bob Raikes

For some time, I have been looking for a good explanation of the LTPO technology that is increasingly being used in display backplanes. I’m grateful to Ross Young for looking at this as part …

Tags:Backplanes| LTPO TFT| LTPS TFT| OLEDs| Smartphones| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Gigabyte FO48U: More information about the 4K OLED monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Gigabyte has released more details of the FO48U OLED monitor for gamers (Gigabyte unveils a 48-inch OLED gaming monitor with HDMI 2.1). Colour support is 98% DCI-P3 / 130% sRGB Pricing …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| OLEDs

Huawei MateView: 4K + monitor Due in Germany

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Huawei announced a new and unusual monitor with a 28.2″ IPS LCD with an unusual 3840 x 2560 (15:10 or 3:2) aspect ratio, the MateView. That gives 164ppi. The monitor is …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Huawei| UltraHD & 4K| Wireless

BoM Analysis: Apple Watch Series 6 Costs $136 to Produce

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that its estimate of the BoM cost of the Apple Watch Series 6 is around $136, putting the display subsystem at around $18. The display is an LTPO-based …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Pricing| Smartwatches| Supply Chain| Teardowns