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Is Samsung Looking at a Change in its OLED TV Plans?

by Bob Raikes

This week, we’ve seen rumours from Korea that Samsung may be getting back into the OLED TV business by adopting the “White OLED with colour filter” approach that was developed by Kodak and is …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 14| WOLED (White OLED)

SiliconCore Granted Two Common Cathode LED Patents

by Bob Raikes

SiliconCore has been granted two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) which describe a common cathode LED system. The new patents, US 8963811 B2 and US 8963810 B2, both titled ‘LED …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Patents| SiliconCore| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Li-Fi is not a Misprint…

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a news item stating that Yuyang D&U has started to commercialise Li-Fi and we thought it might be useful to give a bit of background on the technology. Yuyang has a …

CeBIT Shows the Future of Mobile Computing

by Bob Raikes

Back in the spring of 2012, for my market research clients, I looked at the topic of wireless connections to displays. It has seemed to me, for some years, that the increasing miniaturisation of …

Display Week is Annual Highlight

by Bob Raikes

We have set up a special “Microsite” for the SID Display Week which in 2015 is taking place in San Jose, California. As someone that lives outside the US, one of the joys of …

Tags:LCD Modules| SID Display Week 2015

Track the Latest Trends in Wearable Technology at the Display Week 2015

by Bob Raikes

Track the Latest Trends in Wearable Technology at the Display Week 2015 Business Track Series, Co-organized by SID and IHS/Display Search We recently caught up with John Jacobs, SID’s Conventions Vice-Chair: BC and MFC, …

Tags:SID Display Week 2015| Wearables

Less than Half US HDTVs Showing HD

by Bob Raikes

In a panel discussion at the recent HPA Tech Retreat, reported by “TV Technology”, Bob Seidel of CBS quoted data from Nielsen that reported that although 86% of US homes have an HD set, …

Tags:Broadcast| HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Is Google Signalling Display as a Service?

by Bob Raikes

Steve mentions in his report in this issue that the interest at DSE from Google might be related to the idea that Digital Signage might just become part of the “Internet of Things” (IOT). …

Hall 9 Technology Round Up

by Bob Raikes

We would have liked more time to get around Hall 9, which is devoted to new technologies and R&D. If you are a real technology geek, almost every item could be of some interest. …

CeBIT 2015 Round Up

by Bob Raikes

Acer showed a new consumer idAcer was in the API area with mobile and monitor products. We have covered the mobile products before, but staff told us that there were new monitors. However, when …

Wortmann Is Main “Local Hero” Brand in Germany

by Bob Raikes

Wortmann is almost the last remaining German “local hero” PC brand with real momentum – it recently announced that it had achieved sales of €1 billion in 2014 from €850 million in 2013. Sales …

LG Hides New Monitors Away

by Bob Raikes

LG had a section of the API booth, but also had a meeting room in the IC building in the middle of the Messe where the desktop monitor business was demonstrating its new range. …