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Taiwanese Panel Makers Have Good Sales

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Taiwanese panel makers have put out their monthly data – see below graphics. What We Think Given the recovery in large panel prices, the boost in large panel volumes will …

Tags:AUO| Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large LCD Supply| Small Medium Panel Supply| Taiwan

Apple’s iPhone 12 OLED screens supplied by Samsung and LG

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung is supplying the displays for three of the new iPhone 12 models (Mini, Pro, Pro Max), with LG Display supplying OLED panels for the 6.1-inch iPhone …

Tags:Flexible Displays| iPhone| LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung Display| Small Medium Panel Supply

A discussion on MicroLED efficiency – microLED displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say OLED Info published an article that highlights the high level of energy loss in the driving circuitry of microLEDs. The report suggests that the energy loss could be enough that it …

Tags:MicroLED| Power Consumption

LG Innotek Improves Ferrites for Power Supplies

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reports that LG Innotek has developed a new “highly efficient” ferrite material that can be used in power supplies to improve efficiency and could also allow much smaller …

Tags:Materials| R&D (Research & Development)| TVs (TV Sets)

Everlight ships POB miniLED BLUs for TCL TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reports that Everlight Electronics has shipped POB (package on board) miniLED backlight units (BLU) for TCL’s LCD TVs starting in the second-quarter 2020. The revenues from miniLED will be around …

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A Very Interesting OLED Development

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Display Daily today has an article about a new development that was reported recently by Nature. It highlights how UDC has researched plasmonic enhancement of OLEDs to extend OLED lifetime and …

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

AirTies Cloud surpasses 25m homes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say AirTies has said that its Cloud service is now being used by 25 million homes. The company makes Wi-fi systems (STBs and gateways) for the use of TV and other ISP …

Tags:STBs| VideoConferencing| Wi-Fi

Omdia: PVOD v cinema trends varying by market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Omdia said that PVOD v cinema trends varying by geographical market. The research was conducted around the release for Mulan. What We Think The cinema business is heading for an existential …

Tags:Cinema| PLF (Premium Large Format) Cinema

Covid-19: Virus can survive on touchscreens for 28 days

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Researchers in Australia’s national science agency (CSIRO) have reported that Covid-19 can remain infectious on surfaces including touchscreens for up to 28 days. At 20°C, the virus was ‘extremely robust’, but …

Tags:Covid-19| Haptics| R&D (Research & Development)| Touch Market

SMPTE Publishes Study on WCG

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scientists at Dolby and RiT in New York have conducted a project, published in the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, that confirms that viewers had a preference for images that had an …

Tags:Colour Quality| DCI P3| Rec 2020| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

OLED TV sales topped 10 million since 2013

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Pulse News in Korea reported that OLED TV sales have reached 10 million units, cumulatively. The paper also said that global OLED TV shipment will reach 1.2 million units in the …

Tags:Forecasts| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLED TVs| TVs (TV Sets)

Apple unveils iPhone 12 series

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After months of speculation, and slightly later in the year than before, Apple finally announced the iPhone 12 series. The 6.1″ iPhone 12 and the 5.4″ iPhone 12 mini get the …

Tags:Apple| Corning| Glass| iPhone| Smartphones