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Vivitek D200 Series Uses Lamps

by Bob Raikes

Vivitek has added six new models in its 200 series of single chip (0.55″) lamp-based projectors. The units have dual HDMI and VGA with video inputs and VGA out. Audio is via a single …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Large Display Monitor| Vivitek| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Vivo X20 Handsets Use OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Vivo has released two new handset, the X20, that uses a 6.01″ 1080 x 2160 (18:9 aspect ratio) Super AMOLED that covers 79.5% of the front of the phone and the X20 Plus that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

AOC 31.5″ QuadHD Monitor is Good Value

by Bob Raikes

AOC has a new 31.5″ 2560 x 1440 (QuadHD) monitor, the Q3279VWF. The monitor is very good value at £249 ($273) and has an MVA panel with 5ms response. The panel is said to …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 24 - Issue 40

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Oxide Taking Increasing LCD Share

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources have quoted IHS as forecasting the shipment of oxide-based TFT LCD panels for tablet, notebook, monitor and TV applications to hit 55.6 million in 2017, up from 20 million last year and …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Oxide TFTs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Lumens Planning HD HUD Using Micro-LED Soon

by Bob Raikes

Lumens of Korea, described as a long term partner of Samsung, has said in an interview with the Korea Herald that it plans to develop HUDs for automotive applications based on MicroLED technology. Jung …

Tags:Apple| Head Up Displays HUDs| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Samsung Says it is Selling QLED Well, Whatever LG Says

by Bob Raikes

LG and Samsung are involved in a huge battle over the premium TV market and while LG held an event in Munich this week (LG European OLED Day) and quoted data from GfK to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| QLED| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 40

The Black Hole on the Wall

by Bob Raikes

TVs are not just electronics, they are also furniture and the importance of design to the development of the market should not be underestimated, especially as displays get larger and larger. TV has a …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LCD TVs| OLED TVs| Panasonic| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Why Do We Need MicroLED displays?

by Bob Raikes

MicroLED is considered by some to be the fourth generation flat panel display technology after, plasma, LCD and OLED. It combines the best features of LCD and OLED, with higher brightness, significant increase in …

Tags:LCD TVs| MicroLED| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

QMC Updates Shareholders

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp published a ‘shareholder update‘ that highlighted progress that the company has made in developing its QD on LED technology (QMC Claims no Detioration in 1000 Hrs in QD LED Design) but …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 40

SmartKem Optimistic on Chinese Opportunity

by Bob Raikes

SmartKem’s CEO has said that he expects the company’s organic TFT technology to be in shipping flexible LCD products in the next 12 to 18 months and to be in OLEDs in two years …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Organic TFTs| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Samsung Planning Another VR Headset

by Bob Raikes

At its recent development conference, Samsung suggested that it was actively developing a product somewhere between the Gear VR smartphone-based model and the Windows Mixed Reality set that it has announced (Samsung HMD Odyssey …

Tags:AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 40

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A Lot Happening in MicroLED

by Bob Raikes

We were reasonably on time this week and we have plenty of news for you. A software glitch that we didn’t spot at the time meant that a couple of Display Daily articles didn’t …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39