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[China Trend Report] Further Delays to BOE Chengdu B16 Line Investment

by Bob Raikes

What They Say UBI Research of Korea published a press release that said that there is a possibility that the investment in BOE’s B16 8.7G OLED line located in Chengdu will be further delayed. A …

Tags:BOE| China| Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPO TFT| OLED Fabs| Samsung Display

Links Week Starting 28th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week.  Jon Peddie has written a farewell to …

Tags:Automotive| Cinema| Game Playing| LG Electronics (LGE)| Operating Systems| OTT Video| Simulation| Smart TV| Streaming Video| Tivo| Virtual Reality

MSI Teases New 49″ 32:9 QD-OLED Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MSI has teased a new 49″ 32:9 240Hz QD-OLED curved monitor that it will formally announce at CES 2023 and will be the 491C. What We Think Up to now, SDC …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| QD OLEDs| Samsung Display

Enjoying art with 1 million lumens in London

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis published an article that dug into the ‘Frameless’ digital art experience close to London’s Marble Arch. The installation uses more than 50 Panasonic 3-chip DLP projectors to show digital versions …

Tags:DLP Projectors| Panasonic| Pro AV| Projectors| UST Projectors

China Singles’ Day Smartphone Sales Drop 11%YoY

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that sales of smartphones on Chinas’ Singles’ Day on 11/11 were down 11% YoY as a result of the strict Covid-19 lockdowns. Apple was the main winner with …

Tags:Apple| China| Retail| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Survey: 86% Europeans will watch World Cup at home on TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Quoting a survey commissioned by TCL in five countries of Europe (UK, France, Germany, Poland and Spain), on TV and the World Cup, Advanced Television reported that  61% will follow the …

Tags:Europe| Market Data| Sports and Stadiums| TCL| TV Viewing

Lextar Wins Award for Integrated LED Drivers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lextar sent us a press release in Chinese that set out that that the company has won a Smart Display Industrial Alliance (SDIA*) award for its actively driven microLEDs. Lextar_release_20221124-1.docx The firm said …

Tags:Awards| LED Drivers| MicroLED

Links Week Ending 25th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week.  LG Display: All new OLED TV panels produced …

Tags:BBC| Broadcast| Desktop Monitors| Field Monitors| HDTV| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HP Inc| LED| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLEDs| Patents| UK (United Kingdom)| USB Monitors| Virtual Sets

Foxconn Chinese iPhone Plant in Unrest Breakout

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that ‘hundreds of workers; have have joined in with unrest at the Foxconn Zhengzhou factory, breaking surveillance cameras and smashing windows. The outbreak is said to have been triggered …

Tags:Apple| China| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone

Samsung Display Nullifies LG Display’s OLED patent

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that SFC Co Ltd, a joint venture in Korea of Samsung Display and Japanese chemical firm Hodogaya won a battle with LG Display over patent number 2277303 in June of …

Tags:LG Displays (LGD)| Litigation| OLED Materials| Patents| Samsung Display

Qatar 2022: E-paper displays for the soccer World Cup

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Papercast said that it has installed 23″ ePaper displays for passenger information in public transport in Qatar just in time for the World Cup and claims that the project is “one of the …

Tags:E Ink| EPD (Electrophoretic)| Outdoor Displays| Transport