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As TV panel shortages continue into 2017, top TV brands are currently reviewing plans to source yet more panels from their captive panel suppliers this year, according to IHS Markit The world’s top TV makers — Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, TCL and Sharp — are forecast to sharply increase panel orders from their respective panel … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced FY16 Q4 sales of KRW 53.3 trillion ($45.7 bn) with operating profit of KRW 9.2 trillion ($7.9 bn), resulting in an operating margin of 17.3%. The quarterly sales increased 0.01% on a y-o-y basis while the operating profit jumped by 50% as compared to FY15 Q4 figure of KRW 6.14 trillion ($5.3 … Read more
You might enjoy a movie trailer for the movie ‘Rings’ which shows a real person replacing a video and coming out of the screen!
Industry sources have said that BOE is on track to meet its target of starting production at its new G6 AMOLED fab in Chengdu in the second half of 2017. (BOE Confirms Flexible OLED Plans)
LG Display reported FY16 Q4 revenues of KRW 7,936 bn ($6.83 bn) with operating profit of KRW 904 bn ($778 mn), resulting in a healthy operating margin of 11.4%. The EBITDA margin for the quarter was 20.4% with an EBITDA of KRW 1624 bn ($1.4 bn), while the net income was KRW 825 bn ($710 … Read more
Gartner said that the semiconductor market would grow by 7.2% in 2017, to $364.1 billion, a ‘complete turnaround’ for the industry after just 1.5% growth in 2016. The company said that inventory replenishment and increasing ASPs would be big factors in memory and application-specific standard products (ASSPs). Overall, the mixed growth seen in 2016 will … Read more
Sources in the supply chain are suggesting that brands that are backing the Microsoft Holographic platform are not ordering high volumes of components for delivery in 2017, but are treating the market as being in a testing and development phase. Mainstream Brands Bring VR Headsets to CES – Well Almost. As well as PC brands, … Read more
The Super Bowl in the US on 5th Ferbruary will be show with a mixture of UltraHD and 8K cameras. Fox Sports will use 38 UltraHD cameras to create a 360 degree view of the stadium that producers can use to create ‘virtual cameras’ (which is the technology that Intel showed at CES – BR). … Read more
Hudify Inc. (Toronto, Canada) is developing an inexpensive, smartphone-based automotive Heads-Up Display (HUD). The starting point for the idea behind the Hudify HUD is that everyone has a smartphone and that smartphones have a fast processor, a bright screen, GPS capability, the ability to connect to the internet and access applications. The next part of … Read more
Phew…. We’ve just got to the end phase of our CES report production. Of course, as we clear back our systems, we’ll find other stories that got missed in the deluge, but we’ll catch up on those next week. What were the big stories? Well, TV was all about OLED (now with more backers) and … Read more
In the end it all came down to two unique flaws in two different sets of batteries, coupled with an overtaxed QA system constantly being pushed by the demands of high profile smartphone hardware market. On Sunday, Samsung presented a tedious (almost one hour-long) presentation outlining the findings of the largest electronic device recall in … Read more
The Deutsches Flachdisplay-Forum (DFF) will hold a meeting at BMW in Munich on the 23rd of February. Check www.displayforum.de for details.
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