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Oppo’s Foldable Find N using Samsung Display’s OLED

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reported that Oppo would release a folding smartphone with a 7.1″ UTG-based 120Hz LTPO OLED display from Samsung Display. The Find N would have a 5.45″ inch OLED from …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Glass| Samsung Display

AMOLED Materials Market to Grow to $2.2 Billion by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said in its blog that the value of the AMOLED stack material market would grow by 32% this year and will grow at a 16% CAGR from $1.05 billion to …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| OLED Materials

Prediction: Roku gets bought out in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV reports predictions for 2022 that include the prediction that Roku could be bought by a major tech company, and suggests that it could be a ‘perfect fit’ for Apple. …

Tags:Apple| Netflix| Roku| Smart TV| Streaming Video| SVOD

Collapse of the Lira & Chinese Property Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Turkish lira plummeted by 7% in a single night this week against the US dollar. Analysts are deeply sceptical about the policy of Turkey’s President Erdogan. The currency is around …

Tags:China| Europe| Macroeconomics

SmarDTV TV-Stick completes CI Plus 2.0 certification

by Bob Raikes

What They Say SmarDTV said that its USB 2.0 based Conditional Access Module, the TV-Stick has been granted CI Plus 2.0 certification. This will allow sets with USB to offer the same kind of …

Tags:Europe| Security

Omdia Blogs on Q3 LED Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen-nine.net for spotting that Tay Taehoon Kim of Omdia had posted some interesting data on LED displays on his LinkedIn page. The market grew 17.3% on …

Tags:Absen| LED| MicroLED| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Apple Watch Battery Problems

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg reported that a class-action lawsuit has been started against Apple that claims that the lithium batteries in most Apple Watches are predisposed to swelling. Such swelling could cause the display …

Tags:Apple| Smartwatches| warranty

AR Boosts the Football Experience

by Bob Raikes

What They Say IBC sent out a video from AR³ that highlighted with what the firm could do to add data to soccer to improve the user experience. What We Think I’m a regular …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Sports and Stadiums| TV Viewing

Links Week Commencing 13th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. https://youtu.be/WU0gvPcc3jQ – check out this 10 minute …

Tags:Android| BenQ| Consoles| Covid-19| Desktop Monitors| Graphics Software| LG Electronics (LGE)| The Metaverse| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Reality

LGD & Eyesafe Push Low Blue Light for OLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display and Eyesafe have collaborated on a free to download whitepaper that highlights the advantages of OLED in reducing the level of the blue light that is seen by some …

Tags:Blue Light| Health and Safety