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China to Boost LED Capacity

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes reports that Chinese LED makers are boosting the capacity for LED manufacture with 300 more MOCVD equipment sets coming online in the period from October 2018 to the end of March 2019. That …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Report: Spain Could Actually Have 6 Million Netflix Users

by Andrew Fenn

IAB Spain has reported that the number of Netflix users in Spain could be four times more than regulatory body CNMC’s estimate of 1.5 million, according to Advanced Television. IAB’s survey finds that 25% …

The Shrek of Quantum Dots

by Ken Werner

If you buy a quantum-dot (QD) or QLED-enchanced LCD-TV, it will have quantum dots made by or licensed by Nanosys. There are other quantum dot companies playing around the edges, and some claim they …

ePaper Roundup: E Ink and ClearInk

by Ken Werner

Last year at Display Week, there were several start-ups showing reflective displays of one sort or another. This year, the interlopers were gone, and we were free to concentrate on was now-maturing E Ink …

MicroLEDs Raise their Epitaxial Heads at Display Week

by Ken Werner

microLED displays — displays consisting of micron-scale inorganic LED chips that are not individually packaged — have been much discussed but little seen. At Display Week, though, several microLED technology demonstrations could be seen …

Display Glass and Plastic Roundup

by Ken Werner

As soon as you walked into the exhibition area at Display Week 2018 you were confronted with an impressive flexible display substrate, the one used in LG Display‘s flexible 77 display (Fig. 1). In …

Quantum Dot Symposium Roundup

by Peter Palomaki

Quantum Dots (QDs) were again a hot topic at Display Week. I attended over two dozen talks with a focus on QDs, and many more where QDs were a secondary topic in the conversation …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2018| Vol 25 - Issue 21

QD Supplier Roundup

by Peter Palomaki

Nanosys Nanosys has been a leader in the QD space for years, and they had a clear presence on the trade show floor strategically placed alongside Samsung’s booth. They had their usual demos of …

Vivo Launches Bezel-less OLED Smartphone Series

by Andrew Fenn

Vivo has launched Nex, its bezel-less OLED smartphone series. The Vivo Nex S features a 6.59″ Super AMOLED display with a 91.24% screen-to-body ratio, a 1080 x 2316 resolution and 388 pixels per inch. …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 23

McDonalds’ Plans Include More Technology

by Bob Raikes

There’s a new CEO at McDonalds, Steve Easterbrook, has given an interesting interview to CNBC. In the interview, he addresses the issue of the use of kiosks in the company’s sites. Easterbrook has moved …

Tags:Kiosks| Large Display Monitor| QSRs & Menu Boards| Vol 25 - Issue 24

LRG: 74% of US TV Homes Have at Least One Connected TV Device

by Andrew Fenn

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) finds that 74% of US TV households have at least one internet-connected TV device, including connected smart TVs, standalone streaming devices — like Roku, Amazon Fire …

Pay TV Subscribers in LatAm Expected to Grow to 79.3 million in 2023

by Andrew Fenn

According to Dataxis, pay TV in Latin America (LatAm) is forecast to reach 79.3 million homes in 2023. Analysts predict that 8.5 million new pay TV customers will be added compared to 2017, although …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23