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Macroblock launches miniLED backlighting driver ICs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macroblock said at Touch Taiwan that it was highlighting its drivers for miniLED backlights. The 65″ TV that the firm showed had 1,152 dimming zones and can reach the 1,000 cd/m² …

Tags:Display Drivers| LCD Backlights| LED Drivers| MiniLED

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HDR10+ Support Continues to Increase

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say HDR10+ Technologies LLC said that Google and Roku have now certified HDR10+ products. Roku said “We recently announced Roku OS 10, a free software update rolling out to Roku devices, and …

Tags:Aviation| HDR - High Dynamic Range

Zymergen Uses Biology to Make Polyimide Films

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In the news about Touch Taiwan, I spotted a company that we haven’t reported on before, Zymergen, which makes films. The firm is based in the US, but has offices in …

Tags:Film materials| Flexible Displays| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch

More From Touch Taiwan, but not Much More!

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Disappointingly, although AUO did a good job with providing information on what it was showing at Touch Taiwan Innolux didn’t, with just a simple text description of the company and its …

Tags:BenQ| E Ink| Touch Taiwan 2021

Sony PS5 VR Due ‘After 2021’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei published an article in Japanese (unfortunately not available on the English language service) in which Sony Interactive Entertainment’s CEO told the paper that the next Sony PlayStation VR headset, will …

Tags:PlayStation| sony| Virtual Reality

Magic Leap CEO Interviewed

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Peggy Johnson, the CEO of Magic Leap since last summer, told Protocol that the Magic Leap 2 will have twice the field of view as the Magic Leap One, but will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Medical| Military & Defence

MiniLED, microLED a focus at Touch Taiwan 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes highlighted some LED displays at Touch Taiwan. Lextar showed a 147″ miniLED display with 0.46mm pitch. It also had 12.3- to 65-inch COB (chip on board) and DOB (driver on …

Tags:LED| MicroLED| MiniLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Touch Taiwan 2021| Transparent Displays

Epistar to Raise Prices for LED, miniLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reports that Epistar plans to increase prices for LEDs and miniLEDs this quarter as demand is strong and material costs have risen, quoting the firm’s president speaking at Touch Taiwan. …

Tags:LED| Pricing| Touch Taiwan 2021

Chromebook Boom to Continue

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Omdia published a blog post that highlighted the boost in Chromebook shipments in Q1 2021 – up 369% from 2020. HP was a big winner with 39% of Chromebook shipments. Omdia …

Tags:Chromebooks| Forecasts| Market Data

Old devices can soon also be disposed of in supermarkets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Gfu reported in Germany that the obligation to accept old electronic devices for disposal and recycling is being extended in the country from specialist stores to supermarkets with more than …

Tags:Germany| Recycling| Retail

75% of TVs sold in Germany in Q1 were UHD capable

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Deutsche TV Platform reported that cumulative sales of UltraHD TVs in Germany have now reached over 20 million units since 2014, with 1.1 million out of a total of 1.45 …

Tags:Germany| HD+ (Germany)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Market Data| Smart TV| sony| TV Set Market| UltraHD (4KTV)