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Big Claims for an ITO Replacement Film

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers from the University of Sydney claims to have developed a film that can act as a substitute for ITO to reduce the dependence on indium (as well as being cheaper) …

Tags:CNTs (Carbon Nanotubes)| ITO Replacement| R&D (Research & Development)| Vapour Deposition

Apple Wins Headset patent

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PatentlyApple reported that Apple has been granted a US patent for a mixed reality headset with a 3D display that can dynamically focus images directly onto the retina to correct for …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Patents| Virtual Reality

Q&A with Sapien

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MicroLED Info interviewed Sapien Semiconductors, a Korean fabless chip company that designs PWM backplane and drivers for microLEDs. The company was founded in 2017 and claims a lot of depth and …

Tags:Display Drivers| LED Drivers| MicroLED| MiniLED

Midwich set to ‘outperform financial expectations’  

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Midwich Group, the dominant AV distributor in the UK and increasingly an operator at European level, has reported sales up 29% in the first half of 2021 on an annual basis. …

Tags:Distribution| Financial Data| UK (United Kingdom)

TP Vision integrates HD+ into Philips TVs via HbbTV OpApp

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TP Vision has integrated an app in its Philips-branded TVs to support the German DTH satellite service, HD+. The app acts as a ‘virtual STB’ and will be available on the …

Tags:Germany| Satellite| Smart TV| STBs| TPV (TP Vision)

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Sigmaintell Issues July 2021 (early) TV & Mobile Panel Prices

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Sigmaintell confirmed the news that we have been reporting for the last month or two, that the panel price rise has peaked. In early July, smaller TV panels (32″ and 43″) …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply

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LG Display to restart spending in Apple OLED line next month

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reports that LG will restart spending on its E6-3 line in Paju shortly as it looks to boost capacity to meet demand for flexible smartphone OLEDs from Apple. The …

Tags:Apple| Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Production

Wammes Proposes NDT for Bonded Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say German display engineering specialist Wammes sent out a press release describing a new method it has for checking the quality of UV-cured Optical Bonding without destroying them. This means that there …

Tags:Measurement| Optical Bonding| Repair

LG Pledges Transition to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2050

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say LG Electronics issued a release that set out that it would transition to using 100% renewable energy by 2050 after an early promise to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. The process …

Tags:Environment| LG Electronics (LGE)

Samsung The Wall Updated

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung announced the latest version of its latest commercial LED display “The Wall” with a number of improvements: 1,600 cd/m² peak brightness and new ‘Black Seal Technology’ for deeper blacks ‘Ultra …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

New IDMS Approved

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The ICDM has held a meeting to approve the latest version (v 1.1) of the IDMS standard which is now available for download. The effort has taken nine years to get …

Tags:Measurement| SID Society| Testing