News

subscribe

Samsung to Face Class Action on Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch Battery Life

by Andrew Fenn

A New Jersey federal judge has accepted most of the claims in a proposed class action accusing Samsung Electronics America of misrepresenting the battery life of its Galaxy Gear S Smartwatch, ruling that the …

Tags:Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 06

emagin

Apple, Valve and LG Don’t Invest in eMagin!

by Andrew Fenn

After eMagin announced a new offering of stock, there were wide reports that investors included Apple, LG and Valve. (eMagin Announces Price of Underwritten Public Offering) However, the company put out a special release …

Tags:Apple| eMagin| Investment| LG Electronics (LGE)| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

LG’s OLED TV Sales Up 220% YoY in January 2018

by Andrew Fenn

LG said that its Korean sales of high-end OLED TVs surpassed 14,000 units last month—that’s one sold every three minutes—according to Yonhap. In contrast, the company sold 5,000 OLED TVs in January 2017, which …

Tags:Korea| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLED TVs| Pricing| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Renesas Result 9/02/2018

by Vijaya

Renesas Electronics Corporation reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017. Consolidated sales in the quarter were 210.2 billion yen ($1.65 billion), up 26.3% compared to 195.5 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Renesas| Vol 25 - Issue 06

V-Technology Moves into FHM/FMM Production

by Bob Raikes

V-Technology showed a Fine Metal Mask (FMM), or, as it calls it a Fine Hybrid Mask (FHM) at the Finetech show in 2017 (FMM Improvements Allow Higher Resolution) that can support displays up to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 25 - Issue 06

Foxconn Teams Up with Red on Affordable 8K Video Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn has announced it will partner with Red Digital Camera on professional-quality, affordable 8K video cameras for public consumption, as well as expanding into the manufacture of semiconductors for displays and cameras. Red already …

Tags:Cameras| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 06

asus

Asustek Result 9/02/2018

by Vijaya

Asustek (Asus) reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2017. Net revenue was NT$ 103,944 million ($3.54 billion), a 11% decline compared to NT$ 104,203 million ($3.550 billion) reported in Q4 of 2016. …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 06

IHS Predicts AMOLED Capacity Will Grow 322% by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new blog from IHS Markit shows that global AMOLED capacity will rise from 11.9 million m² in 2017 to 50.1 million m² in 2022, equivalent to 322% growth. The numbers include capacity for …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 06

HP Notebooks Offer Bright and Private Display Options

by Bob Raikes

HP announced the EliteBook 800 series of notebooks which support 8th Generation Intel Core processors. The 830 G5 replaces the G4 model and boosts the display to 13.3″ in a ’12” notebook profile’. There …

Tags:HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Security| Vol 25 - Issue 05

Evolution Digital Launches eStream 4K Device with Android TV

by Damir Lokas

Evolution Digital announced the availability of eStream 4K, powered by Android TV, an all-IP streaming box that delivers traditional cable services coupled with streaming apps from the Google Play Store. eStream 4K also aims …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| STBs| Vol 25 - Issue 05