LG Begins Paju Investment
The Korea Herald says that LG has begun the replacement of its LCD line, at its P8 Paju plant, with an OLED facility (LGD Confirms Plans for Large OLED Factory).
Samsung and Tech Data Promote Sales
Tech Data and Samsung are giving away Galaxy smartphones as part of a promotion around the European Champion football tournament. Every week until the 10th July, retailers in Germany will be able to win a Galaxy S7 or TabPro S tablet, based on the number of Samsung tablets and smartphones that they have sold.
Audi Takes OLEDs From LG Display
LG Display has revealed that it is the supplier of the OLED taillights for Audi’s TT RS coupe. ETNews revealed the fact, and also said that LG is planning to supply OLED display screens and inner and outer lights for the car.
Nikkei: Samsung Will Raise OLED Production by 50%
The Nikkei newspaper claims that Samsung will invest about KRW8 trillion ($6.8 billion) to boost OLED panel production this year. The move will raise capacity by about 50%, or 200 million smartphone panels, at a subsidiary’s plant. Raising OLED production will account for about 80% of Samsung’s capital investment in its panel business this year, … Read more
Samsung Takes Exertis in the UK
Samsung has taken Exertis on as its exclusive distribution partner for its ‘E-Board’ large-format displays in the UK. These are used in corporate and education markets.
Apple Appeals Against Chinese Sales Ban
The Beijing Intellectual Property Bureau has ruled that Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus copied the design of a handset made by a Chinese firm, and has banned their sale in the city. A statement says that Baili’s 100C and the iPhones are so similar that “the average customer could not notice [a difference].” Apple … Read more
BeIN Uses Technicolor in MENA-First
BeIN Media Group has integrated Technicolor’s UltraHD technology into its broadcast platform for the MENA region. Technicolor’s technology enables UltraHD content to be broadcast, and includes a single layer transmission using 10-bit HEVC encode/decode; this enables content to be shown on any TV set, whether or not it is UltraHD-capable. BeIN is using its platform … Read more
DS34 Nippon Seike Explains AR HUD Latency Challenges
The final talk of the second day was from Dan Cashen of Nippon Sieke, one of the largest makers of HUDs globally. The company makes most of the HUDs in autos in Europe and America, he claimed. His topic was the challenge to the whole system if AR is to work well, from the camera … Read more
DS33 TI Highlights DLP for HUDs
Sam Martin is from TI where he works on DLP for automotive HUDs. TI has made three generations of prototype HUDs to better understand the requirements and help its customers. The field of view (FOV) is 10º wide by 4º tall and the brightness of the display is 15K cd/m². TI has learned a few … Read more
DS32 Geo Explains Processing for HUDs
Paul Russo is from Geo Semiconductor which makes processors for HUDs. He started by saying that once you have a remote control for your TV, you will want one for ever. The same applies to HUDs, once you have tried one, you will always want one in any car you drive. He introduced the main … Read more
DS31 Barco Happy with RP Cubes for Control Rooms
Lutz Nehrhoff von Holderberg is from Barco where he looks after the control room business. He has been in Barco for twenty years. Barco has a new 24/7 control room projector using lasers (not laser phosphor, he said). This is for the critical infrastructure market particularly security and surveillance, traffic and transport. Barco also sells … Read more
DS29 Digital Projection Likes LED for WCG
Phil Laney is from Digital Projection Inc (DPI). The company invented the DLP with TI in the 1990s, Laney said. His topic was wide colour and by this he meant ‘beyond Rec. 709’. There are new sources for wider colour gamut such as UltraHD Blu-ray Disks. Laney went through the gamuts from Rec.709. Rec 709 … Read more
