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AOC and BenQ Monitors Have FreeSync 2 and HDR400

by Bob Raikes

AOC and BenQ have new gaming monitors that are very similar in specification and have support for both the VESA HDR400 specification and also FreeSync 2 for tear-free display. Peak brightness is 400 cd/m², …

Tags:BenQ| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Samsung is Not Looking to Commercialise OLED + QD

by Bob Raikes

At a TV launch event in Korea, Han Jong-hee, head of Samsung Electronics’ visual display business has confirmed that the company is not trying to make any kind of OLED TV, but is focusing …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Quantum Dots| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 15

HKC Has Plans for G11 and G8.6 LCD Fabs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources have highlighted that HKC Optoelectronics, based in Chongqing, China, is to build a new LCD fab in Zhengzhou, China, that will make panels from 65″ on a G11 fab. The investment level …

Tags:China| Investment| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Vol 25 - Issue 15

RTings Looking at LCD & OLED Static Image Performance

by Bob Raikes

The RTings.com website is conducting a long term stress test on VA and IPS LCDs and an OLED to try to assess the impact of image sticking and ‘burn-in’. The sets are the OLED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 15| warranty

Barco/Appotronics J/V Has a New Name

by Bob Raikes

Barco, China Film Co, Appotronics and CITICPE said that they will call their new joint venture “Cinionic”. (Barco Looks to Joint Venture for Digital Cinema)

Tags:Barco| Cinema going| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 15

June DFF Meeting in Potsdam

by Bob Raikes

The DFF in Germany is running its next meeting at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research in Potsdam on June 13th and 14th. The organisation is looking for contributions – contact [email protected].

Tags:Back Panel| DFF (Deutsches Flachdisplay Forum)| Events| Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Samsung Introduces Mid-Range J7

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has a new mid-range J7 smartphone that is available in single or dual SIM versions. The phone uses a 5.5″ AMOLED with 720 x 1280 (16:9 – 267ppi). The phone is built around …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 15

TPCast Supports Wireless Vive

by Bob Raikes

TPCast has released a multi-user wireless VR adaptor for the HTC Vive. The Business Edition Wireless VR Adapter can support two or four users and with a transmission delay of less than 2ms, while …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 15| Wireless

OLPC Arc Documented

by Bob Raikes

Some of our long term readers may remember a project called ‘One Laptop per Child’, known as OLPC. We first wrote about it in October 2005 and wrote more than fifty articles until March …

Tags:Back Panel| Education| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Transflective Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 15

CSOT Shows IJP OLED at CITE

by Bob Raikes

OLEDNet reported that at the CITE show in China, visitor levels were down, but there was some interest in OLED, with CSOT showing a 31″ display that is said to have been made with …

Tags:CSOT| InkJet Deposition| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 15

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Barco Result 18/04/18

by Bob Raikes

Barco Group reported its financial results for the first quarter ended 31/03/2018. Sales for the 1Q18 were €245.2 million ($304.04 million), a 0.4% decrease compared to €246.2 million ($305.28 million) reported in 1Q17. Revenue …

Tags:Barco| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 15

UBI Research Reports on OLED Making

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research has released a report on OLED manufacturing processes that covers both small RGB OLEDs and larger RGBW. The report is said to have details of the equipment, materials and processes used.

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 15