Asus Adds Portable OLED Displays
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Somehow I missed last week that in its set of product releases, it included the ZenScreen MQ13AH which uses a 13.3″ FullHD OLED to create a 500g and 5mm thick USB …
Tags:Asus| OLEDs
VESA Introduces New DisplayHDR True Black 600 Performance Tier
by Bob Raikes
What They Say VESA has announced a new True Black 600 level to its DisplayHDR certification, raising the brightness level to 600 cd/m² from the previous 400 and 500 levels. There are three products …
Tags:Certification| HDR - High Dynamic Range| VESA
20 Years of LCD TV in Germany
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The GfU pointed out that it is 20 years since LCDs were first introduced in Germany as TVs, starting with sales of 8,000 12″ units (priced at DM4,500/€2,300). Since then, the …
Tags:Germany| LCD TVs
Samsung Boosts Sensor Resolution
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Samsung announced new image sensors, a 200 megapixel sensor (HP1) with 0.64?m pixels and a ‘Dual Pixel Pro’ device (GN5) with two photodiodes in a single 1.0?m pixel. The higher resolution …
Tags:Cameras| Samsung| Sensors
BenQ Materials ships polarizers for smartphone-use flexible OLED
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say Digitimes reported that BenQ Materials has started shipping polarisers for flexible OLEDs in smartphones and is hoping to have them used for OLED TV panels. The blog also said that the …
Tags:Film materials| Polarisers
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is ‘one of the toughest’ Phones in Durability Tests
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Toms Hardware reported some work done by an insurer, Allstate Protection Plans, that has tested a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and found that is ‘one of the toughest’ phones “The …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| warranty
Apple Stops Watch Production
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Nikkei reports that Apple has paused production of the upcoming Apple Watch 7 (probable name) because of difficulties in assembly. The design is said to be more complex than previous …
Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Production
Nanotech OLED Electrode Liberates 20% More Light
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The University of Michigan reported work to develop a new OLED electrode structure, based on a 5 nanometer layer of silver on top of a copper seed layer that is reported …
Tags:OLEDs| R&D (Research & Development)
LG Has Five SmartTV Models for Cruise Ships
by Bob Raikes
What They Say LG Business Solutions USA have five new smartTVs specifically optimised for cruise ships. They have customisable interfaces built around the firms Pro:Centric technology. To suit a range of cabins, there are …
Tags:Hospitality TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Maritime
Ergis Develops Customizable High-performance pQD Barrier Films
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Ergis Group, based in Poland, has a nanofilm that has been offered for OLED encapsulation and is now being offered as a QD protection film. The firm announced via Perovskite-info.com …
Tags:Encapsulation| Film materials| OLED Materials| Pricing| Quantum Dots
VueReal Announces Volume Shipments of MicroLED Displays
by Bob Raikes
What They Say VueReal of Canada said that it has received ‘volume’ orders for its transparent microLED-based displays in automotive, aerospace, and industrial applications. It will start shipping in Q4 2021. MicroLED-Info posted a …
Tags:MicroLED
HP Inc. Reports Fiscal 2021 Third Quarter Results
by Bob Raikes
What They Say HP Inc. released its fiscal Q3 results with revenue up 7% to $15.3 billion and net earnings of $1.1 billion (up 51%) with an operating margin of 9.8% (up from 6.1%). …
Tags:Financial Data| HP Inc| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)
