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Cambrios Updates on Silver Nanowires

by Bob Raikes

Sri Peruvembra of Cambrios (he is marketing for them one day a week, while also running a consulting business now) introduced silver nanowire technology from Cambrios. As we have reported, metal mesh technologies were …

Tags:Cambrios| Large Display Monitor| Latin Display 2014| Mobile Display Monitor| Silver Nanowire| Vol 21 - Issue 46

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Hannstar Display Result 2/11/2014

by Bob Raikes

Hannstar Display Corporation announced turnover in Q3 of NT$5.6 billion ($183 million), down 32.8% year on year from NT$8.4 billion ($274.6 million). The company reported a net loss for the quarter of NT$580.4 million …

Tags:Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 44

Samsung Shows 30″ Transparent OLED and Foldables

by Bob Raikes

The 2014 Samsung Investor Forum saw several OLED prototypes on display. According to Samsung Display VP Chang Hoon Lee, OLED displays have reached the point where they can now be produced at a lower …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 21 - Issue 47

Thoughts on Black Friday

by Bob Raikes

One of our lead stories this week is about Black Friday. We first used the phrase “Black Friday” in the newsletter in 1997 in the context of a sales day after Thanksgiving. Interestingly, our …

Tags:Black Friday| Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 48

TV TEM in Brazil Expands Over-The-Air DTV Network with GatesAir

by Bob Raikes

Broadcast & Distribution – GatesAir, a global leader in over-the-air broadcast solutions for television and radio, is expanding TV TEM’s ISDB-Tb digital television network to cover an additional 139 cities in the state of …

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NHK to show High Frame Rate 8k TV at IBC2014

by Bob Raikes

Beyond HD – NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) is planning to show high frame rate (HFR) 8K (UHD-2 7680 x 4320) TV at the upcoming IBC2014 in Amsterdam September 12 – 16. NHK has shown …

Nielsen says DOOH Beats TV!

by Bob Raikes

A new analysis of reported Nielsen data, conducted by the Digital Place Based Advertising Association (DPAA), reveals that digital place based (DPB) networks deliver more impressions among 18-49 year-olds on a monthly basis compared …

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Estar Takee 1: A Smartphone Worth Watching?

by Bob Raikes

Mobile Displays – During this past week, a press release appeared announcing a new “holographic” smartphone. It is designed and offered by Shenzhen Takee Technology Co., Ltd. I found several aspects of this product …