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iMac to Have >27″ Display?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacRumors reports that a ‘credible leaker’ has added to what is described as ‘widespread speculation’ that the next version of the iMac will have a larger display than the current largest …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple

LG Display’s OLED TV panels obtain ‘Discomfort Glare Free’ verification from UL

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display put out a press release saying that it had received a ‘Discomfort Glare Free’ marketing claim verification for its OLED TV panels. The certification is said to show a …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)

LG Out of the Smartphone Business

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As expected, today LG’ Electroncs’ board of directors decided to quit the smartphone business, although the existing inventory will be sold and there will be on-going support for hardware and software. …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphone Market

UDC and LG Display Extend Their Deal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UDC and LG Display have extended their long term OLED Technology License and Material Purchase Agreements for a further five years. UDC pointed out that the companies have had agreements for …

Tags:Financial Data| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Materials| UDC

Immersive Images Using LEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to my good friend Alfred Poor for the heads-up on a new LED display, described as ‘holographic’, but of course, it’s not. The Dragon O display uses a kind …

Tags:LED| Location-based Entertainment (LBE)| Museums & Exhibitions| Theme Parks and Amusements

Echo Show Motion Features Released to Developers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol newsletter wrote an interesting article about the motion features that are in the Echo Show 10 smart speaker from Amazon. Amazon said that it worked back from a desire …

Tags:Amazon| Voice Input

Samsung Doesn’t Want to Explain its Drivers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on a release by Samsung that talked about new miniLED driving chips, the S6LP441 and S6LDMB1. (Samsung Promotes new MiniLED Controller Architecture). The chips are not listed on the …

Tags:Display Drivers| Semiconductors

BOE and Himax Announce an Electric Vehicle Design Win

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Himax Technologies and BOE Varitronix put out a press release saying that they had collaborated to “secure a flexible AMOLED automotive display solution design-win with a leading new energy vehicle (“NEV”) …

Tags:Automotive| BOE| Display Drivers| Optics

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Skyworth Adds 65″ Bendable OLED TV and 88″ 8K

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Skyworth launched in China two 8K OLED TVs, the W82 and W92 which are 65″ and 88″ sets, respectively. There’s a video about the W82 here. The W82 can be bent …

Tags:Flexible Devices| Flexible Displays| Skyworth| TVs (TV Sets)

TSMC Cancelling Price Cuts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Nikkei said that it had seen a letter from TSMC to clients asking them to accept higher prices so that it can ramp up investments as it has seen a …

Tags:Investment| Semiconductor Market| TSMC

Microsoft’s Big Hololens Army Deal

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft said that it was moving its Hololens-based headset project with the US army to a production phase. CNBC reported that the firm has a contract for 120,000 devices over ten …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Big Data/AI| Microsoft| Military & Defence

Snap Plans Hardware Push With AR Spectacles,

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information talked to Snap, the firm that is behind Snapchat, about their plans for a new pair of AR glasses. The new glasses will have some kind of display and …

Tags:Augmented Reality