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US-China Trade War Could Hit TV Supply

by Bob Raikes

One of the big stories in the last couple of weeks has been the action by the US in the escalating trade war between the two largest economies in the world – the US …

Tags:Duty| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Gartner: Global IT Device Spending to Grow 6.6% in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Worldwide IT device spending is projected to total $706 billion in 2018, an increase of 6.6% from 2017, according to Gartner. Research VP John-David Lovelock said: “The device market continues to see dual dynamics. …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Everlight Wins Patent Battle with Seoul Semiconductor in Korea

by Andrew Fenn

Everlight Electronics has announced that South Korea’s patent authority has revoked Seoul Semiconductor’s appeal to invalidate one of its patents following an 11-month legal battle between the two companies. (Seoul Semiconductor Files Patent Lawsuit) …

Tags:Germany| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Vol 25 - Issue 14

March Sees Improved Panel Shipments But Q1 Turnover Down

by Yvette Raikes

Following the shortest month, sales of large panels from the four big panel makers bounced back 22.4% MoM and 1.4% YoY to 20.716 million. AUO saw March revenue of NT$25.55 billion ($874 million), up …

Tags:AUO| CPT| Financial Data| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14

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Huawei Dismisses FCC Concern

by Bob Raikes

Huawei has hit back at a plan by the US FCC to block the use of federal funds to purchase the firm’s products or services, based on concerns about security. The company said: “After …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 14

JDI Puts OLED Plans on Hold

by Bob Raikes

JDI has had to re-align its capital raising and investment plans in the light of market developments over the last nine months. Having first planned to raise funds to invest in OLED production, the …

Tags:Investment| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Sony Impresses with 8K CLED Display

by Chris Chinnock

In its NAB opening press conference, the media were able to get a full briefing on all of Sony’s new equipment for broadcast and cinema production. Most of the event was focused on cameras …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| MicroLED| NAB 2018| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 14

CCS Insight: Commercial Use of Smartglasses is “Disappointingly Low”

by Andrew Fenn

CCS Insight has predicted that sales of VR and AR head-worn devices will grow by an average of 50% annually over the next five years. In 2022, a total of 121 million units will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| SmartGlasses| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Half of the TVs Shipped in Western Europe Are Now UHD

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit research director Paul Gray has revealed that half the TVs shipped in Western Europe are now Ultra HD, while in North America and China, it’s over two-thirds. Average screen size is also …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 14