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LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced today that it will introduce the world’s first 5.7-inch QHD+ LCD panel with a 18:9 aspect ratio, responding to growing consumer demand for bigger, better screens on smartphones. The company will supply the panel to LG Electronics for its next flagship smartphone this year. The … Read more
At CES 2017, Kopin released a new 1-inch OLED microdisplay panel, branded Lightning, with a resolution of 2048×2048 and a fast 120 Hz frame rate. Both are firsts for the VR industry and will raise the bar on performance. I and many others have said for some time that resolution, frame rate and latency in … Read more
SiliconCore said that it will show a new Quick Connect range of LED displays for rental applications at the forthcoming ISE show. There will be a Peony 2.6mm pitch display with 1.5 x 2.5 metres (3 x 5 tiles) and with a 115″ diagonal. There will also be a Tulip 3.9mm display for external use … Read more
LG Display has developed a 5.7″ smartphone LCD with 1440 x 2880 resolution (18:9 or 2:1 aspect ratio) which means 538 ppi. The display is 1mm thick and the top bezel is 0.2mm (20%) thinner and 0.54mm (10%) thinner than other quadHD displays. The display has in-cell touch and that mean no cover glass for … Read more
MediaTek Inc. reported net revenues for December 2016 at NT$21.35 bn ($0.67 bn), resulting in an unaudited annual revenues for 2016 of NT$275.51 bn ($8.6 bn). The 2016 consolidated sales were 29.2% higher than the last year’s sales. The Q4 FY16 revenues totalled NT$68.68 bn ($2.15 bn) after a 12.4% decrease over the previous quarter … Read more
Giving consumers the confidence to invest in the latest and the best television technology will now be easier, thanks to a new logo scheme that delivers High Dynamic Range (HDR), Ultra-High Definition (UHD) and Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) simultaneously. With manufacturers already expressing considerable interest in the unique logo scheme, it is expected to gain … Read more
Testing company, Eurofins, has developed a new logo scheme intended to help identify TVs with UltraHD and HDR. The logo is intended to identify products that can correctly display HDR content from broadcast streams as well as delivered via HDMI. Analyst Comment We contacted Eurofins to try to get more about this logo, but hadn’t … Read more
In case you missed it, at CES 2017 Intel hosted the most “unique and technically complex event” the company has ever held, according to Laura Anderson from Intel corporate communications. She kicked-off the 45 minute CES press event where CEO Brian Krzanich hosted 250 journalists with a presentation dedicated entirely to Virtual Reality. Remarkably, the … Read more
A new organization called the VR Industry Forum (VRIF) was officially unveiled at CES 2017. It replaces the previously formed and less formal VR Interest Group with the stated goal “to further the widespread availability of high-quality audiovisual VR experiences for the benefit of consumers.” We have been following the activities of the VR interest … Read more
The HDMI Forum used CES 2017 to announce the upcoming release of Version 2.1, which will offer support for higher data rates, dynamic metadata and improved audio signaling. In terms of bandwidth, the data rate will rise from 18 Gbps obtained using 3 lanes running at 6 Gbps and 10/12 bit encoding to 48 Gbps … Read more
Three TV brands, Seiki, Westinghouse and Element (the Best Buy house brand), will feature TVs in 2017 that have integrated the Amazon Fire TV service. However, the integration is more than just the streaming part – it is essentially the TV OS and includes Alexa for voice navigation, search and commands. Tongfang Global is the … Read more
China-based TCL is coming on strong. At CES they launched 4 new series of TVs that include the full range of features including Roku integration, quantum dots, HDR and Dolby Vision. We attended the company’s press conference and visited their booth on the show floor. A Growing Brand At the company’s press conference, Li Dong … Read more
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