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An un-named official from Samsung Electronics is reported to have said “We expect more electronics makers would manufacture quantum dot TVs after the trade show and we will share our technology and know-how with them,” to the Pulse News in Korea. Analyst Comment Samsung Electronics helping other brands would be somewhat surprising (although it wouldn’t … Read more
OLED.Net has reported that LG Displays showed a new OLED stack that it is investigating to boost the output of 2017 OLEDs. The site reports that LG claimed a boost of gamut from 90% to 99% of the DCI P3 gamut (114% to 129% of sRGB). The brightness of a 55″ sample showed 150 cd/m² … Read more
Taiwanese reports say that Huawei is expected to ship around 90% of its target of 140 million smartphones (126 million), as it has hit competition from vendors including Oppo and Vivo. The company has started to push back and that could mean a target of 170 million for 2017, which would mean an overall level … Read more
We spotted a story that the Photonics Industry & Technology Development Association (PIDA) (a Taiwanese trade association) had said that 68% of TVs would be OLED by 2020. We started to try to track it down. The PIDA website itself seems to have stopped updating its English language site in 2009. So we looked for … Read more
Foxconn has increased its stake in Smart Technologies Inc by a $60 million investment through Foxconn Singapore Pte which will take the firm’s stake in Smart to 84.2% after completing an acquisition of the company in September 2016. (Foxconn Absorbs Smart)
Meko Ltd has published a white paper detailing the current state of development of displays for TVs. The white paper is available for download from the DisplayDaily.com website. “We were very pleased to be asked to write this document. There’s a lot of confusion at the moment about different display types in the market and … Read more
Planar has released a case study of the use of a transparent OLED by the Minnesota Vikings, a team from the American NFL. The displays are used to give information about the uniforms worn by the team over the years. Separately, the installation includes Planar’s 43″, 46″ and 70″ displays. Analyst Comment In digging out … Read more
Design company, SeymourPowell of London, has created a new interactive virtual dressing room for the Berlin flagship location of Superdry. The installation uses a display and camera to track customers and allow them to ‘virtually’ try on different garments. There’s a video below.
We noticed that App-Tronics has a new “Smart Nav 5a mirror” that has GPS, radar detection, and a ‘front-viewing’ DVR. The ‘mirror’ has a 5″ display with 800 x 480 resolution (although this is described as ‘FullHD quality’) and there is an optional reversing camera available (which can alternatively be used to monitor children in … Read more
One of the most under-emphasized areas in the booming field of virtual reality involves user-generated content. Almost a year ago I penned an article about the seven categories of educational VR content, producing the following chart: It’s the last column that speaks to student-generated content creation. Since then, I’ve noticed that a keen interest for … Read more
Samsung has worked with YouTube to ensure that the YouTube app on the firm’s Smart TVs will support HDR content streaming. The update started rolling out just before Christmas and will apply to all 2016 SUHD TVs. To coincide with the launch, the YouTube application will feature new HDR videos from popular YouTube content creators, … Read more
Samsung has new versions of its Notebook 9 with a 13.3″ or 15″ display and with the 13.3″ claimed to be the lightest in its class at 1.8lbs (0.81kg) and with a slim bezel display. Both feature FullHD resolution displays with 350 cd/m² of brightness (500 cd/m² in outdoor mode) and with 95% coverage of … Read more
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