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System Plugs Looks (Very) Closely at Apple miniLED BLU

by Bob Raikes

What They Say System Plus (SP) in France, part of the Yole Développement group, released information about the miniLED backlight in the 12.9″ iPad Pro after a teardown with support from Yole analysts. The …

Tags:Apple| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| tablets

Samsung Explains New Foldable UX

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung published a blog post that sets out many of the ways that the new Galaxy Z Series foldable features can be used by supported software. What We Think A lot …

Tags:Android| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Operating Systems| Samsung

Lenovo Adds to AR Solutions with RealWear

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo said that it has done a deal with RealWear to supply the RealWear HMT-1 family of assisted reality wearable devices through its global sales network. It is also certifying the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo

Planar Lifestyle Displays Rolled Out for Luxury Markets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Planar launched two ranges of LED-based displays for high end consumers, the Planar Luxe MicroLED and Planar Luxe LED displays in these sizes: MicroLED 108″, 136″, 163″ (all 4K) and 217″ …

Tags:LED| Planar

OLED Shipments Expected to Increase 12% Y/Y in 2H 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its weekly data extract, DSCC published an interesting chart that shows the lesser (excluding smartphone main displays) applications for OLEDs on a volume basis (as TVs are included, it would …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Forecasts| Market Data| Notebooks| OLED Fabs| OLED TVs| OLEDs

Samsung foldable Smartphone production

DSCC Fills in Details on Samsung Foldable Production

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say We reported on the positive pre-orders for Samsung’s new foldable smartphones last week and now DSCC has published a detailed forecast for Z Fold and Z Flip production plans, comparing 2020 …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphone Market

Infocomm Requires Vaccinations or Tests

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Infocomm is still planning on taking place in Orlando from 23-29th of October (exhibition from 27th to 29th). However it has updated its anti-virus precautions and all visitors must be either …

Tags:Covid-19| Infocomm 2021| USA

Prices for LCD TV panels to fall in September, says Sigmaintell

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell reported its late August panel pricing forecasxt for September, and sees a significant drop in TV panel prices, although moniitors and notebooks are relatively flat. The firm sees smaller sizes …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing

GamesCom Sees Huge Support Online

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Because of the virus, the Gamescom event in Germany went virtual and this year saw 5.8 million viewers on the opening night from 180 countries, with up to two million simultaneous …

Tags:Events| Game Playing| Germany

Germany Sees Good CE growth in 1H 21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The GfU put out its data (based on GfK & GfU sources) on the German CE market in the first half of 2021. The overall electronics market was up 7.4% to …

Tags:CE (Consumer Electronics) Data| Germany| Market Data

A 12K Camera for $6K? Yes, You Heard That Right

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The 8K Association reports that Blackmagic Design (BMD) has reduced the price of its 12K resolution camera from $10K to $6K. Further, the firm’s Davinci Resolve software has had a 3X …

Tags:Cameras| Super Hi-Vision (8K)