Roku Well Up in Q3
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Roku reported revenues up 73% year on year to $452 million in Q3 2020 with gross profit up 81% to $215 million. Operating profit was up to $12 million against a …
Tags:Financial Data| Roku
Sharp’s first-half net profit falls 17.8%
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Sharp saw sales up 1.9% to $10.78 billion for the first half of its fiscal 2020, but saw profits decline 17.8% as sales of office printers dropped. The company expects to …
Tags:Financial Data| sharp
HC SemiTek Ships miniLEDs to Innolux, LG
by Bob Raikes
What They Say We reported a couple of days ago on the Innolux demonstrations of miniLED and microLED at an event in Taiwan (OPTO Taiwan 2020 Live Coverage – Innolux and PlayNitride Unveil New …
Tags:Innolux| MicroLED| MiniLED
Samsung Prepping Mini-LED TVs for 2021?
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that both Samsung and LG are planning TVs with miniLED backllights to get closer to the contrast performance of OLEDs. The paper said that Samsung’s supply …
Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| MiniLED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)
Taiwan Panel Makers Down in October
by Milos Pavlovic
What They Say Taiwanese panel makers saw a drop in volumes of both large and small panels in October. Hannstar gave positive guidance on its expectations for the year. What We Think The volumes …
Tags:Large LCD Supply| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan
Global tablet shipments to hit 13-quarter high in 4Q20, says Digitimes Research
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Global tablet shipments are expected to increase 7.3% sequentially to a 13-quarter high in the fourth quarter of 2020, with significant increases in orders from Southeast Asia, India and Latin America …
Tags:Market Data| tablets
Analyst: Pandemic boosts console market; delays 8K TV
by Bob Raikes
What They Say ABI Research said that 40 million consoles will ship in 2020, up 6% on last year as a result of the pandemic. However, the crisis has delayed the introduction of 8K …
Tags:Consoles| Market Data| Super Hi-Vision (8K)
This Week’s Links
by Bob Raikes
Here are some links to some stories that may interest you. Touch Solutions Pioneer, TES America LLC, Acquires 3M™ Touch Systems Asset Portfolio (we missed this one a few weeks ago, but thought it …
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LG rollable smartphone Explorer is ‘Project B’
by Bob Raikes
What They Say LetsGoDigital has produced some CAD renders of an LG rollable smartphone concept that was outlined by LG Electronics in a patent application for a smartphone using a rollable display. The device …
Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| LG Electronics (LGE)| OLEDs| Patents| Smartphones
Microdisplays industry: an explosive ecosystem mixing technical innovations, strategy games and attractive applications
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Yole Développement has forecast high growth for microdisplay modules to be used in AR headsets and HUDs, with more than 100% CAGR until 2025 from $1.9 billion this year to $4.2 …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Microdisplays
Fast food chains order 40,000 digital screens
by Bob Raikes
What They Say AV Interactive reported that Statacache is installing up to 40,000 46″ outdoor digital menu boards for drive-through restaurants in the Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes locations in North America. As …
Tags:Digital Signage| North America|
Seeya starts producing OLED microdisplays
by Bob Raikes
What They Say OLED-Info has reported that Seeya Information Technology, a start-up in China making OLED microdisplays, has now started production with a capacity of around 20 million displays/year. OLED-Info is selling several OLED …
Tags:China| Microdisplays| OLED Fabs
