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DSCC Looks at Panel Makers’ Finances

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published a blog article (registration required) that highlighted the recent financial results of panel makers as it anticipates Q1 results arriving. The firm expects a continued downtrend in results. The …

Tags:Financial Data| LCD Panels| Market Data

Links Week Starting 25th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Pete takes an amusing dig at those …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Market Data| MMD (AOC Philips)| Smart TV| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| USB Monitors

Royole Still in Trouble

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A report in the Chinese media suggests that flexible OLED developer Royole remains close to failing. (Flexible-screen Maker Royole Delays Employee Salaries) One of the directors has posted a blog that …

Tags:China| Flexible Displays| Investment| OLEDs

Graphite ROE

ROE Visual Launches Graphite LED Panel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ROE Visual launched its Graphite lightweight indoor LED display which weighs just under 17 kg/m². The panels are designed to be fast to assemble with integrated magnet-assisted assembly and a smart-lock …

Tags:LED| Rental and Staging| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Good and Bad News for TCL on Patents

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There was good news and bad news for TCL this week in the world of patents. First DivX LLC said that it had signed a deal with TCL for extending a …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Litigation| Patents| TCL

SK IE Technology to supply PI film for HP’s foldable OLED notebook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that SK IE Technology is to supply polyimide film for a foldable notebook that HP is said to be developing, based on a 17″ 3840 x 2160 when …

Tags:Film materials| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| HP Inc| LG Displays (LGD)| Notebooks| Supply Chain

EU Adopts USB-C for Chargers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Following a recommendation by the European Commission last year, the European Parliament decided to go to an assembly vote over whether to mandate the USB-C connector as a universal charging standard …

Tags:Europe| Legislation| Power Supplies| USB

BOE’s iPhone OLED production problems to continue up to May

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that BOE is continuing to have supply problems with OLEDs for iPhones as it has had challenges in getting enough display driver supply. The blog said that both …

Tags:BOE| Display Drivers| LG Displays (LGD)| Supply Chain

Tianma Fab

Tianma to invest in 8.6-gen panel project

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tianma announced that it is to proceed with a plan to invest $5.18 billion in a new G8.6 LCD fab in Xiamen, China. The company itself said that it would start …

Tags:China| IGZO| LCD Fabs| Tianma

Been Underground? Netflix Had a Bad Week

by Bob Raikes

You’d have to have been underground helping to recover pot-holers or trapped miners not to have seen the flood of news this week following a plummet in the stock price of Netflix after it …

Tags:Investment| Netflix| OTT Video| Streaming Video| SVOD

BMW 31 inch touchscreen proc

A Big Display in the Back of the BMW 2022 i7

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BMW has unveiled its 2023 i7 top-of-the-range electric vehicle and revealed a drop down 30.9″ ‘8k’ touch-enabled OLED display. You can buy the car for only €135,900 ($147,384) and it will …

Tags:Automotive| OLEDs

TFT Central Looks at the LG 42C2 OLED as a Desktop Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although it’s promoted as a TV, TFT Central reviewed (subscription required) the LG 42C2 as a desktop monitor. The first challenge was that the stand does not allow any tilt and …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| WOLED (White OLED)