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Samsung Group titan Lee Kun-hee dies aged 78

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There are widespread reports that Samsung chairman, Lee Kun-hee has died, aged 78. He stepped down in 2008 as chairman, but rejoined in 2010, but was made bed-ridden by a heart …

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Sony may be building the display for Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5 Mac reports that the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun has identified Sony as the likely supplier of OLED microdisplays for a new Apple AR headset. The site reports that there are expected …

Tags:Microdisplays| sony

Epson EpiqVision makes laser projectors affordable

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We missed it at the time, about a month ago, but Epson has launched some new 3LCD laser phosphor projectors for the home. There are two mini-projectors (EF-11 and EF-12) with …

Tags:Epson| Laser Phosphor Projectors

German smart TV sales up 14%

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GfK data reported by DigitalTVEurope quotes sales of smart TVs for the first nine months of the year (against 4.6 million total TVs recently reported by GFU (TV Market Up in …

Tags:Germany| Market Data| Smart TV

Facebook Watch has launched on Vizio SmartCast TV sets.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Vizio in the US has added a new app to allow the viewing of video content from Facebook Watch. The tech giant has been expanding its video content to include sponsored …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Smart TV| Vizio

Samsung and Stanford researchers develop a novel Metaphotonic OLED structure that enables high performance OLED displays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Scentists from Samsung and Standford University, with support from Hangyang University, have published a paper explaining a new methoid of making coloured OLEDs that could support 10,000ppi and are said to …

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

Dubai installs ePaper FIDS displays

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say For the first time, E Ink-based displays are being used as Flight Information Displays (FIDs) at Dubai’s Airport. They are solar-powered and the cloud-based FIDS solution was installed in the baggage …

Tags:Aviation| E Ink| MEA (Middle East & Africa)

Brexit endangers display exports to the UK

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UK currently imports around 3.7 million TVs and digital signage displays from Europe, valued at €900 million. If there is no agreement on a free trade deal with the EU, …

Tags:Duty| TVs (TV Sets)

LG Display Co., Ltd. 2020 Q3 – Results – Earnings Call Presentation

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display reported a positive result in Q3, with sales up 27% QoQ and 16% YoY and income switching to a positive EBITDA, although net income was only slightly positive. The …

Tags:Financial Data| LG Displays (LGD)

ANC and GLAAM (formerly G-SMATT) America Form Partnership to Introduce, Integrate and Operate the World’s First Digital Media and Interactive Glass Building Material to the United States

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ANC of the US and Glaam of South Korea said that they would promote Glaam’s Media Glass which would be integrated by ANC for sale in the US. The glass has …

Tags:LED| Outdoor Displays

Connect Americans Now Urges FCC Action on White Spaces

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An association of 51 companies, under the name ‘Connect Americans’ has backed the FCC’s plan to allow the use of 600MHz spectrum and TV broadcast ‘white space’ for non-broadcast applications including …

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Fire TV boxes are getting a host of new hands-free features via paired Alexa devices

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Amazon is rolling out new features to allow its Alexa-enable devices to access more features in Fire TV devices. Previously, only the Fire TV Cube had the integrated microphones to allow …

Tags:Amazon| Streaming Dongles| Voice Input