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Optimizing Frontlighting for Reflective LCDs

by Ken Werner

“Selecting and Customizing Display Products,” held by the SID Los Angeles Chapter in Costa Mesa, California on February 8, 2019, was the latest in a long-running series of annual one-day display conferences. The last …

Tags:EPD (Electrophoretic)| Reflective Display

Solving the OLED Burn-in Problem?

by Ken Werner

We, wise industry observers that we are, had believed until recently that LG had solved the OLED burn-in problem, at least as far as TV applications were concerned. However, careful and continuing long-term testing …

Tags:Display Drivers| OLEDs| TFT

LG Electronics Launches Rollable OLED-TV at CES — Well, Maybe

by Ken Werner

For the last couple of years, LG Display has shown a 65-inch rollable OLED-TV screen in its analyst/media/customer suite at CES. This year, LG Electronics introduced the LG Signature OLED TV R rollable television …

Tags:CES 2019| Flexible Displays| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLED TVs

Aaargh! CES is Coming!

by Ken Werner

CES is almost upon us, with the exhibits beginning Tuesday, January 8, and with media and analyst activities beginning Sunday, January 6. About a year ago I strongly suggested that we analyst and media …

Tags:CES 2019| MicroLED| OLED TVs| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| QLED| Quantum Dots

We’re Not There Yet

by Ken Werner

From time to time, discussions erupt concerning which display technology is or might be the ultimate one — the universal technology that will make the best displays for all applications. The closest we’ve come …

Tags:Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| EPD (Electrophoretic)| LCD| MicroLED| OLEDs| Smartphones

AR HUDs and Martinis

by Ken Werner

Making a simple automotive head-up display (HUD) is easy, and basic aftermarket units are available for less than $50. These are the units that pick up basic instrumentation info from the vehicle’s OBD II …

Tags:Automotive| DLP| Head Up Displays HUDs| TI (Texas Instruments)

Over the River and through the Woods

by Ken Werner

Over the River and through the Woods “Over the river and through the woods,To grandmother’s house we go.The horse knows the wayTo carry the sleighThrough the white and drifted snow.” I was thinking of …

Tags:Electrowetting| Novel Displays

Royole Beats Samsung to the Flexible Phablet Punch

by Ken Werner

On October 31, California-based Royole unveiled its FlexPai foldable phablet at a press conference in Beijing, and sold it to Chinese consumers in a flash sale the following day. Prices ranged from the yuan …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartphones

We Don’t Need 8K TV’s — But They’re Coming

by Ken Werner

Last week, a new report from IHS Markit predicted that the 8K TV market will grow from less than 20,000 units this year to more than 430,000 in 2019 and nearly two million units …

Tags:Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Upscaling| Vol 25 - Issue 41

How Bad is the OLED-TV Burn-in Problem?

by Ken Werner

Since we (and many others) observed a serious logo burn-in problem on an LG OLED-TV set on the Nanosys booth at SID Display Week this past May, many people in the display community have …

Tags:OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 40| warranty

SID Vehicle Display Conference is Valuable

by Ken Werner

Integrated with the Vehicle Displays technical conference, held September 25-26, 2018 at the Burton Manor Conference Center in Livonia, Michigan, was an exhibition in which 82 companies rented 90 exhbition tables, up from 78 …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| SID - Vehicle Displays 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 39

Displaying Displays at the Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium

by Ken Werner

1. Bob O’Brien (left) and Silviu Pala (next to O’Brien) present the best booth in show award to an apparently delighted 3M team. (Photo: Ken Werner) On the second day of the exhibits, Silviu …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| SID - Vehicle Displays 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 39