TV Market Up in Germany
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The Gfu in Germany has reported on the TV market in Germany. The value of the market was up to €2.6 billion over the first three quarters of the year and …
Tags:Germany| TV Set Market
Displaymate Looks at OnePlus 8T
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Dr Ray Soneira of DisplayMate Technologies reviewed the display on the OnePlus 8T smartphone and found that it is a very good display with up to 1,090 cd/m² peak brightness. Like …
Tags:OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones| Testing| Visual Quality
CEA LETI prints pixelated hologram on miniature 6 x 6mm component
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Optics.org reports that scientists at CEA-LETI in Grenoble (it seems to be LETI week – probably related to a virtual open day it recently held) have developed a 6 x 6mm …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Holographic Displays| Optics
Study: Smart TVs raise piracy and privacy concerns
by Bob Raikes
What They Say The article gives some interesting data on how (US) consumers view the sharing of data to SmartTV operators. There are also some interesting numbers on how viewers feel about video piracy. …
Tags:Privacy| Smart TV
Netflix Develops lower bitrates and higher quality
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Netflix published a blog post to say that it is to use its latest codec schemes including per-title encode optimisations and per-shot dynamic optimisation on its back catalogue to reduce the …
Tags:Codecs| Netflix| Streaming Video
Some Smartphone Market Items
by Bob Raikes
What They Say Here are three links with useful news on the smartphone market Strategy Analytics said that Samsung Captured 88 Percent Market-Share of 5G Smartphone Shipments in Western Europe in H1 2020 Report: …
Tags:5G| Huawei| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market
MicroVision Introduces The World’s Smallest And Lightest Display Module For Smart Glasses
by Bob Raikes
What They Say A post on Seeking Alpha (an investors’ site) said that MicroVision has released a very small and light display module for AR glasses. The article has quite a lot of information …
Tags:Augmented Reality| Microvision
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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