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QLED Alliance Co-Founder Announces First Ever OLED TV

by Andrew Fenn

Hisense, co-founder of the QLED Alliance, has taken quite a side-step, announcing that it will be releasing its first ever OLED TV in Australia and the UK during the first half of 2018. The …

Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 03

BOE Exempt from Repaying $984 Million Loan

by Andrew Fenn

There are unconfirmed reports coming out of Taiwan that China-based panel maker BOE Technology has been exempted from repaying a CNY6.3 billion loan ($984 million) by the local government in Fuzhou, China. The loan …

Tags:BOE| China| Investment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 03

TSMC Result 18/01/2018

by Vijaya

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. TSMC announced Q4 revenue of NT$277.57 billion ($9.21 billion), compared to NT$262.23 billion ($ 8.19 billion) in Q4, fiscal …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Occipital Reveals New Room-Sensing Inside-Out Tracking for VR

by Andrew Fenn

Occipital, a start-up based in Colorado, has revealed a new type of inside-out tracking for VR that it is calling Occipital Tracking. Designed to replace external room-sensing hardware, Occipital Tracking uses 3D scanning and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Sensors| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 02

VidTrans 2018 Includes Multivendor IS-06 Demonstration

by Damir Lokas

The Video Services Forum is pleased to announce a major industry interoperability demonstration of the latest technologies for transporting uncompressed video and audio over IP networks. This interop event will take place during VidTrans …

Tags:Video Services Forum (VSF)

Leader Test Instruments Chosen for 4K HDR APAC Sports OB

by Damir Lokas

Seventy Leader test instruments have been chosen to perform signal monitoring at one of the largest outside broadcast projects in the 2018 sports calendar. Approximately 90 nations will compete in over 100 tournaments embracing …

Samsung Files Trademarks for Micro QLED and 8K QLED

by Andrew Fenn

Reports are coming through that Samsung recently filed two new trademarks: for Micro QLED and 8K QLED. South Korean publication, The Investor, reached out to Samsung for comment. A representative of the company is …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 02

BOE Takes Over SES Imagotag

by Bob Raikes

We didn’t spot it at the time, but it seems that in December, BOE of China completed the acquisition of a majority stake of 6.67 million shares in SES Imagotag, which specialises in Electronic …

Tags:BOE| Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs)| Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Direct LED Backlights Ahead in TV LCDs

by Milos Pavlovic

In a blog post, David Hsieh Research & Analysis Director within the IHS Technology Group at IHS Markit has pointed out that direct lit architectures dominate the TV LCD panel market, hitting a peak …

Tags:Direct Backlights| Edge Backlights| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Help with JPR Gamer Survey

by Bob Raikes

Our friends at Jon Peddie Research are conducting an anonymous survey among gamers that it will share with participants. To take part, go here.