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LG Display’s 1Hz LCD Takes On OLED in the Laptop Battery War

by Emory Kale

Mass production of the Oxide 1Hz panel has begun, with Dell XPS 14 real-world results posting battery life that exceeds its own tandem OLED sibling by more than eight hours, reshaping the premium laptop display calculus.

Tags:Apple| laptop| LCD| LG| showcase

LG Display Logo on hot coals

LG Display’s Bet on US Courts Is Starting to Pay Off

by Emory Kale

A patent suit against China’s Tianma, the first LG Display has ever filed against a Chinese rival, just gained a decisive advantage before a single merits argument has been heard.

Tags:LG Display| Patents| showcase| Tianma

Visionox at MWC 2026: Rethinking How OLED Scales

by Emory Kale

With lithography-based pixelization and a fourth-generation emissive material now in production, the Chinese panel maker is making the case that OLED’s next challenge is manufacturing architecture, not peak performance.

Tags:BOE| Manufacturing| MWC 2026| OLED| Samsung| showcase| ViP

Section 301 Is Now the Tariff Floor. The Display Industry Should Plan Accordingly.

by Emory Kale

The Supreme Court’s ruling narrowed presidential tariff authority but left Section 301 on China fully intact and, if anything, more politically durable. For the display industry, that resolves the uncertainty in the worst possible direction for anyone still hoping for a near-term unwind. Tariffs on China-origin display hardware are now a structural, model-worthy input. The routing questions, the sourcing questions, the capex questions, they all have to be answered in that light.

Tags:BOE| China| CSOT| Korea| LG| omdia| Samsung| showcase| USA