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Sharp OLED Business Ramping Up, Appliances Moving

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed reports from Asia suggest that Sharp will start to ship smartphones using the company’s own OLED panels in Q4, with EVP Katsuaki Nomura quoted as the source of the information. Separately, Sharp has …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Macroblock Explains LED Developments

by Bob Raikes

Macroblock, the LED display driver specialist, has released details of its annual conference. In its report on the event, it explained the advantage of a common cathode configuration, which allows the voltage to be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Correction

by Bob Raikes

In our article last week on new Kyulux blue material, we originally reported that “Cynora suggested a CieY of 0.14, while the Kyulux material is 0.124.”. However, this was pointed out as incorrect by …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| TADF| Vol 25 - Issue 29

LTPS Lasers to be Weak in 2019

by Bob Raikes

In its quarterly results call, Coherent, which makes excimer lasers for LTPS display manufacture (and some other applications), said that there is no ‘OLED demand problem’ and the company knows of plans for more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Galaxy Tab S4 Is Bigger than S3

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has announced a new tablet, the Tab S4 which has been developed as a convertible that can have a keyboard attached (available separately). Attaching the keyboard switches the tablet from standard Android mode …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Apple Bullish on Apple TV Sales

by Bob Raikes

In its quarterly presentation, Apple’s Tim Cook said that sales of Apple TV were into ‘double digits’ although the company didn’t release any precise numbers. The boxes are increasingly being used by TV operators …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 29

TCL Launches TV in the UK

by Bob Raikes

TCL, the world’s third largest TV manufacturer said that it has officially entered the UK market with its UK debut range now available in retail channels and fully supported. Appointed to the role of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 29

UK Out of Home Advertising is Growing

by Bob Raikes

The Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report for the UK has reported that overall advertising spending in the UK grew to £5.7 billion ($7.4 billion) in Q1, up 5.9% on 2017. Out of home advertising grew …

Tags:Advertising| Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Soccer’s World Cup is Colourful

by Bob Raikes

One of the big influences on the TV market is the soccer world cup with estimates that 3.4 billion viewers (according to GlobalWebIndex) and the world cup can also be a challenge for programme …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Sports and Stadiums| Vol 25 - Issue 29| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Ikegami Sets HDR at Centre Stage for IBC 2018

by Bob Raikes

Ikegami is planning to boost its range of broadcast monitors at the forthcoming IBC show in September with better support for HDR which is becoming more important in broadcast. Michael Lätzsch, Broadcast & Professional …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 29

CINNO Research details the mobile AMOLED market share by producers

by Bob Raikes

A research company, based in China, and called Cinno Research, said that Samsung Display produced 160.9 million AMOLEDs according to the OLED Association, while the OLED-A quotes DSCC as reporting 195.6 million for all …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Huntkey Goes Global with Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Huntkey is a Chinese PSU maker that has decided to get into the global monitor market and has four product lines. It has unveiled its LED gaming monitor, the X3481CK with a curved, 34-inch …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 29