Acer Signs Sarco
Acer has chosen to use Al Seeb Technical Establishment (Sarco) as its distributor in Oman.
Sumitomo will Raise OLED Capacity
Conducting inspections at Sumitomo’s plant in South Korea. Photo: Nikkei.Sumitomo Chemical is to invest up to ¥20 billion ($165.9 million), to raise OLED touch panel production capacity at its Pyeongtaek factory by 40%. The new line will be able to produce touch panels on both glass and plastic substrates. The news was reported by Japan’s … Read more
Samsung Electronics’ New Smart TV Won CES Best of Innovation Award for Accessibility
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced it has won a CES 2016 Best of Innovation Award in the Accessible Tech category for one of its new Smart TVs, which will be revealed in full at CES in Las Vegas, on January 5th, 2016. Held annually, the CES Innovation Awards honor outstanding design and engineering in … Read more
Asus and MSI Lead Gaming Notebook Market
Sources in the supply chain say that Asus and MSI will together be responsible for more than 50% of global gaming notebook shipments this year. They will ship 1.1 million and 900,000 units, respectively. Dell will ship around 100,000 units, and the remainder of the expected 3.8 – 4 million units will be split amongst … Read more
Thailand by Air – in 4k
Professional videographer Nathan Bartling has shot some truly astounding aerial footage of Thailand – in UltraHD – from the grasp of a Phantom 3 drone. Watch it below or visit http://tinyurl.com/q6stn6f.
Samsung ‘Will Cut Shipments by 12%’
The Korea Times claims that Samsung will cut its smartphone shipments in 2016 by more than 12% YoY. An official from one of Samsung’s local partners is reported to have made the comments. Another official said that such a cut would mean that Samsung would produce between 420 million and 430 million handsets in 2016.
Three New Fabs for Foxconn
Sources from Asia claim that Foxconn is to establish a G6 LTPS TFT-LCD panel fab in Guiyang City, China. The fab will mainly be used to produce 5.2″, 5.5″ and 6″ panels for smartphones. Investment is planned to be CNY30 billion ($4.6 billion). The fab is owned by Century Technology (a joint venture between the … Read more
4k and Retina Scanner Rumoured for LG G5
Despite rumours to the contrary (Samsung and LG Will Pass on UHD in 2016), a new report from Android Headlines claims that LG’s G5 handset will sport a 5.6″ 2560 x 1440 or UltraHD display. A retina scanner is also rumoured, and LG is apparently working with Korean company Irience on just such a component. … Read more
OTA 4K To Arrive at CES
An over-the-air demonstration of an UltraHD TV broadcast will be shown at CES 2016, using the ATSC 3.0 standard. The signal will be sent from the Sinclair Broadcasting transmitter, near Las Vegas, to various TVs across the show floor – much like the earlier demo in December (Sinclair Uses ATSC in UHD HDR Demo). The … Read more
Local Automotive Infotainment is Old Hat
For troglodytes such as myself — who believe that the reason for Interstate Highway on-ramps is to see how much lateral acceleration you can generate as you drive up them — it is disheartening to to realize that the current generation cares more about a car’s entertainment and informatics systems than it does about the … Read more
Apple “Steady as she goes” in the Year(s) Ahead
We have a shorter issue this week as the Western world winds down towards the holiday. European business will be closed from today until the opening of CES on January 4th, although the Display Daily team will still be publishing (although not on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day). We’ll also be doing some infrastructure … Read more
Rovi and AT&T Agree to Seven-Year Renewal and Expansion of License Agreement
Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) today announced that Rovi has renewed its patent license agreement with AT&T, the world’s leading provider of premium TV entertainment. The comprehensive seven-year agreement provides AT&T worldwide access to Rovi’s best-in-class entertainment discovery patent portfolio. The deal also extends the existing product agreements between the companies. “For years, Rovi’s intellectual property … Read more
