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Samsung Denies Rumour of LG OLED Purchases

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on Friday the rumours that Samsung might have agreed to buy OLEDs from LG for its TV business (Samsung to Buy OLED TV Panels from LG?). After we published, …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| QD OLEDs| Samsung

AUO & Innolux Enjoying the Markets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In line with the positive results in the LCD business, AUO and Innolux announced strong results for March with the first reporting revenue of $1.08 billion, up 20% on February and …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Innolux| Large LCD Supply

A New Tunnel Under the LVCC

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Tesla invited local reporters to have a look at the new tunnel under the LVCC that will use Tesla’s electric cars as taxis to move passengers between three stations. The tunnel …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2021| Digital Signage| Transport| USA

Samsung to Buy OLED TV Panels from LG?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Various Korean news reports say that Samsung’s Visual Display division has met with LG Display with a view to buying, it is reported, one million TV panels this year and four …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

UHD TVs Installed Base Rises 27%

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics reported data for the development of the market for UltraHD TV sets. The number of homes worldwide using an UltraHD TV reached 380 million at the end of 2020, …

Tags:Market Data| UltraHD (4KTV)

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CReal showed off its light-field display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Real released a video that showed its latest ‘light field’ VR display optics system that shows how different objects at various distances can be rendered in focus at the centre of …

Tags:Cameras| Light Field Displays| Virtual Reality

Is Gamma Still Needed?: Part 10 – Summary

by Bob Raikes

What They Say If you were interested in the Display Daily last week on the topic of scene-referred video (Poynton Defines “Scene Referred” Video), you will probably be interested in an article in ‘the …

Tags:Codecs| Colour (Color)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Video Encoders & Decoders

ILM Explains Stagecraft Virtual Production Tools

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Industrial Light & Magic released a video showing how its Stagecraft virtual production technology was used on the Mandalorian Season Two to accelerate and more accurately control production. The system relies …

Tags:Cinema| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Visual Computing

SLAC Looks at QDs Very Closely

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have published a paper via Nature that describes how the group has used lasers to stimulate quantum …

Tags:Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)| USA

We Catch Up with Omdia LED Market Data

by Bob Raikes

What They Say About three weeks ago, Omdia released data on the development of the LED display market and said that in Q4 there was some recovery in the market, to see a total …

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

ViewSonic UK Extends Warranty on Some Monitors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ViewSonic said that it would extend the warranty on its VG (corporate) and VP monitors (for creatives) to five years in the UK. The previous warranty was three years. What We …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| warranty

Rollable TVs

Omdia Forecasts Rollable TV Sales

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Business Korea reports that Omdia has said that rollable TV sales will reach 3,000 units in 2022, rising to 74,000 in 2024 and 672,000 in 2027. At present, only LG Display …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Rollable Devices| Rollable Displays| TVs (TV Sets)