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Micro LEDs Getting Funding, but IP Situation is Messy

by Chris Chinnock

Several micro LED companies received funding recently, an encouraging sign of the continuing interest in this segment. But in a new report from Yole looking at the patent situation, the authors warn that things …

Tags:MicroLED| Patents| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Light Field Displays are Coming

by Chris Chinnock

If you haven’t been following activities in Light Field displays, here’s a quick update – there is a lot of activity in this area with products likely to be commercialized in 2018. Investments are …

Tags:Light Field Displays| Vol 25 - Issue 04| Volumetric Displays

MediaTek’s New TV SoC Supports A Range of Voice Systems

by Chris Chinnock

MediaTek was busy at CES with several announcements including a new highly integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for HDR-enabled 4K TVs. The MT5598 is a premium UltraHD SmartTV platform that supports diverse entry-to-enthusiast HDR technologies …

Samsung Points to 2018 TV Direction, but Short on Detail

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages One of the key messages from the Samsung CES 2018 press conference was basically all in on AI and IoT. H.S. Kim explained that there are three elements of Samsung’s IoT strategy. …

Panasonic North America Chairman CEO Tom Gebhardt

Panasonic Keeps OLED for Studios in the US

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages Panasonic used its CES 2018 press conference to announce four new OLED TVs and to reinforce its support for the dynamic metadata HDR10+ standard. Panasonic is part of the HDR10+ consortium formed …

TCL Looking to Upgrade Brand

by Chris Chinnock

Key Messages At TCL’s CES press conference, the company first highlighted their sales success in 2017. They are a top three global brand having sold 23M TVs, up 16% globally and 131% in North …

TV Projectors at CES

by Chris Chinnock

See Projection Round up from CES 2018 for details of other projectors at the show. ChangHong was showing two different ultrashort throw projection TVs. The first is a new prototype of a RGB laser …

PixelDisplay Claims Advantages over QDs

by Chris Chinnock

PixelDisplay is a company that debuted at last year’s SID conference with a method to create narrow band RGB light for wide color gamut HDR displays. They showed a demo of an LED with …

Lumens Idea of MicroLED is not Really MicroLED

by Chris Chinnock

Lumens is a Korean-based LED maker that was at CES to showcase their “microLED Display.” Their definition of a microLED is a bit different from Plessey’s, however (Plessey Shows GaN on Silicon Microdisplay). Lumens …

Tags:CES 2018 TV| Digital Signage| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Plessey Shows GaN on Silicon Microdisplay

by Chris Chinnock

We met with Plessey Semiconductor to learn more about what the company is doing in the microLED arena. Their announcement that the company was “launching the first monolithic microLED display” sparked a meeting. What …

Tags:CES 2018| Head Up Displays HUDs| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Stream TV Claims No Viewing Zones on 8K AS3D

by Chris Chinnock

Like KDX (KDX Builds Alliance for 3D), Stream TV Networks has been developing glasses-free displays for a long time. These still have the same issues as KDX displays – limited depth volume and accommodation-vergence …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2018 TV| Large Display Monitor| Stream TV| Vol 25 - Issue 02

KDX Builds Alliance for 3D

by Chris Chinnock

KDX Group is a leading Chinese brand which has been developing and promoting glasses-free 3D displays and products for some time. They bought glasses-free 3D specialist Dimenco several years ago. (Dimenco Acquired by KDX) …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| CES 2018 TV| China| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02