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KONKA Releases the APHAEA Watch, the World’s First Micro LED Watch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Konka has announced a new smartwatch, the AphaeaWatch that uses a 2″ microdisplay with a pitch of 0.12mm (P0.12), which we calculate as giving 300 x 300 resolution (212ppi), although some …

Tags:Konka| MicroLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartwatches

Oxford spin-out Bodle secures Series A funding extension

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bodle Technologies has received funding through an extension to its £6m ($8m) Series A funding round. (Bodle Moves Onto the Next Stage) What We Think Bodle is still in the early …

Tags:Investment| Reflective Display

Riot threatens to derail Wistron, Apple and India plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Contract manufacturer Wistron Corp has suffered a riot at an iPhone factory in India, reportedly over unpaid wages, although the company had commissioned employment agencies to pay the workers, according to …

Tags:India| ODMs & OEMs| Smartphone Market

Analyst: Will SVoDs replace pay-TV?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Advanced TV blog published an article based on a presentation by Tristan Veale of Futuresouce Consulting that sets out the competition between Pay TV ($127 billion in 2020) and SVoD ($55 …

Tags:Broadcast| SVOD| TV Viewing

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Pasta-shaped structures explain chiral light emission in polymers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Imperial College, London, have developed a way to make OLEDs that emit chiral light (efficiently polarised. The material is based on ‘fusilli pasta’-shaped layers which can be created using …

Tags:OLEDs| Polarisers| R&D (Research & Development)

Interesting Links for W/E 25th December 2020

by Bob Raikes

Every week, we see interesting articles where we can’t really add value or they are just interesting and not related to displays, so we put them in a round-up list. French startup is preparing …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Cameras| Cinema| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Semiconductors| SIGGRAPH| Small Medium Panel Supply

LG to Make Bigger and Brighter OLED Panels

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AVCesar, a website in France, has reported that LG will make a new size of 83″ in its range of OLED panels. The company has also confirmed information in the Japanese …

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

ATSC 3.0 set for cable TV test

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pearl TV and brodcasters around Phoenix, Arizona, have started testing Nextgen TV over limited cable infrastructure, collaborating with Comcast. ATSC 3.0 is being used to blend OTA and OTT content. The …

Tags:ATSC| Broadcast| Streaming Video| USA

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InterDigital completes VVC and V-PCC standards

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Interdigital said that it has finalised the VVC and V-PCC video standards at MPEG. The VVC standard is claimed to improve video compression by 50%. V-PCC is a significant step forward …

Tags:360 Degree Video| Codecs| VVC (H.266)

JOLED and LandSkip Jointly Develop Digital Airplane Window

by Bob Raikes

What They Say JOLED put out a press release and video with LandSkip Inc that announced that the firms have developed portrait-shaped 22″ OLEDs for use as virtual windows for aircraft. There is also …

Tags:Aviation| OLEDs