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Chinese Government Expected to Approve LG’s Guangzhou OLED Fab

by Andrew Fenn

Sources close to the Korea Times have revealed that LG will soon build its 8.5G OLED TV production line in Guangzhou, China, subject to conditional approval from the country’s authorities, who are expected to …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Asus & Dell Are Top Two Gaming Notebook Brands

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Taiwan suggest that while Asus remains the top brand in the gaming notebook segment, with estimated sales of more than 600,000 ROG-branded notebooks in the first half of 2018, MSI has slipped …

Disney Boosts Fox Offer

by Bob Raikes

Disney has increased its offer for 21st Century Fox to $71.3 billion (€61.6bn) in cash and shares and ahead of the offer for the company by Comcast. The offer is $10 per share more …

Will I Ever Buy a microLED TV?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Do you remember the world largest Plasma TV? The 152” monster released in 2010 was made to show the supremacy of PDP over LCD in the large screen TV market segment. As it turned …

Tags:MicroLED| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 25 - Issue 25

MuxLab’s New Extender Sends Uncompressed 4K up to 100 Meters

by Damir Lokas

Connectivity solutions provider MuxLab announced the availability of its next generation HDMI 2.0 Fiber Extender Kit (model 500464). The transmitter/receiver system comes in a small footprint with rugged, dongle-style enclosures that can be connected …

AMC Launches $20-a-Month Movie Subscription Plan in the US

by Andrew Fenn

AMC Theatres in the US has announced “A-List”, a new tier to its AMC Stubs rewards programme, which rewards guests with up to three movies per week, along with all the current benefits of …

Tags:Cinema going| Large Display Monitor| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 24

SID Catch Up

by Bob Raikes

Well, we created a very big SID report, but it seems we still missed some things. Irish company, Solas OLED said that it has a number of patents relating to OLED structures, display design …

LEDinside “Expects Explosive Business Opportunities” for Micro and Mini LED

by Andrew Fenn

According to LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, the market value of Micro LED and Mini LED devices is estimated to reach $1.38 billion by 2022. Micro LED displays and Mini LED backlight technology have …

OPPO Find X Launched – Exploring the Infinite Potential of Technology and Art

by Damir Lokas

Leading global smartphone brand OPPO today launched the OPPO Find X at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Find X combines innovative technologies with groundbreaking design philosophy, fully reflecting OPPO’s pursuit for the futuristic flagship …

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Are on the VRge of Growth, Says IDC

by Damir Lokas

Worldwide shipments of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets were down 30.5% year over year, totaling 1.2 million units in the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18), according to the International Data Corporation …

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New Wearables Forecast from IDC Shows Smartwatches Continuing Their Ascendance While Wristbands Face Flat Growth

by Damir Lokas

The worldwide wearables market is forecast to ship 124.9 million units by the end of 2018, up 8.2% from the prior year. Although this growth is slightly lower than the 10.3% growth experienced in …

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OLED TVs beat “QLED” LCD TVs in unit sales

by Bob Raikes

An article in Business Korea has reported data from IHS Markit that shows that OLED remains ahead of QLED in the TV market. Note that data for Q2 2017 was not included in the …