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DVIGear Shows Powerful Range of AV Distribution Products at InfoComm15

by Tom Allen

DVIGear, a leading manufacturer of digital connectivity products, is introducing the game-changing new DisplayNet AV distribution platform at InfoComm15 in Orlando, FL on June 17-19 at Booth 3659. DVIGear is also demonstrating its comprehensive …

Tags:AV Processors| DVI| Infocomm 2015| UltraHD & 4K

“4k is so Early 2015″…

by Tom Allen

YouTube has posted its first 8k video. Ghost Towns (http://tinyurl.com/oxzja3k) follows a woman exploring an abandoned village. It was shot in portrait mode on a Red Epic Dragon 6k camera, and stitched to create …

UltraHD Appears to Hit Setback in France

by Tom Allen

The future of UltraHD TV, on DVB-T2, does not look bright in France. According to Barry Flynn of Inside Satellite TV, the CSA, the French regulator, has been cagey about the platform. Few of …

Tags:France| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Taiwan Makers Look to VR Market

by Tom Allen

Himax worked with Google on Google GlassWe hear that Himax and Etron Technology are looking to enter the virtual reality market. According to Asian sources, Etron has been working with customers to develop 3D-sensing …

Nokia’s Unfinished Smartwatch Hits Tumblr

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeA Nokia smartwatch, which was axed by Microsoft after the company’s takeover, has been revealed. Known as ‘Moonraker’, the unreleased smartwatch was said to be close to launch when Microsoft scrapped it. …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 25

by Tom Allen

A very thin smartphone has been launched in China. The Coolpad IVVI is 4.9mm thick and uses a 5″ AMOLED display (1920 x 1080). Running Android 4.4.4 on a 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor, the …

Samsung Raises Internal Reliance, Lowers External Orders

by Tom Allen

According to rumours, Samsung will lower its panel order value to other companies even further in 2015. The company has been reducing orders for several years, increasingly relying on internally-made components. Rumours say that …

Tags:LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 25

Rumour: Apple Scraps Multi-Vendor Strategy

by Tom Allen

MK News, of Korea, claims that LG Display could become the exclusive display supplier of the second-generation Apple Watch. Sources told MK News that Apple will (or has) discarded its multi-vendor supplier strategy for …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 25

LG Pushes OLED TV Yields to 65%

by Tom Allen

LG Display has raised yield rates for its large OLED TV panels to 65%, and plans to pass 80% this year. LGD will soon demonstrate a pilot inkjet printing line at its M2 line …

Guangzhou NV Achieves 0.01mm AMOLED Thickness

by Tom Allen

Click to enlargeGuangzhou New Vision, of China, has unveiled a 0.01mm-thick prototype flexible AMOLED panel. The unit uses a polyimide substrate, oxide-TFT backplane and RGB front plane. Curvature radius is 4.5mm. A video of …

Boron Doping Unlocks Blue OLEDs

by Tom Allen

A team at the Goethe University in Germany have developed a new class of organic luminescent materials, via the targeted introduction of boron atoms into the molecular structures of graphene. The new compound features …

SDC to Triple Flexible OLED Production in 2015

by Tom Allen

The OLED Association says that Samsung has been investing in existing fabs, aiming to triple flexible OLED production by the end of the year. A new tool from Tera Semicon will be installed. Capacity …