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CPT Will Deliver Flexible AMOLEDs in 2017

CPT and ITRI agreed the transfer of flexible AMOLED technology and touch panel integration last month (CPT Signs Technology Agreement with ITRI). Now, there are reports that CPT expects to begin mass-production of flexible AMOLED displays by 2017. The company will apparently convert its existing G4.5 pilot line, or somehow integrate it with ITRI’s G2.5 … Read more

AUO’s Flexible AMOLED Makes Appearance

More information has been shared about AUO’s flexible AMOLED prototype, which was seen at Touch Taiwan (High Resolutions Rule Touch Taiwan). The display is a 5″ unit with an integrated touch sensor. It has 1280 x 720 resolution and was made using an LTPS backplane. The frontplane is a top-emission AMOLED, and the substrate is … Read more

Products using VESA Display Stream Compression (DSC) Coming Soon

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The standards organization, VESA, has developed a compression codec that it calls Display Stream Compression (DSC). Now, silicon to support the encoding and decoding of video has been developed and should enable products to enter the market by the early next year. To learn more, we talked with Montreal-based Hardent, which has developed the IP … Read more

FlexTech Alliance Secures $75 Million DoD Funding

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded FlexTech Alliance $75 million in federal funding to establish and manage a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) for Flexible Hybrid Electronics. The award will be made over a five year period and is being matched by more than $96 million in cost sharing from non-federal sources, including the … Read more

Hisense Launches 4K ULED H10 Series Curved Smart TV – 65″ Class

Hisense launched their Hisense 4K ULED H10 Series Curved Smart TV – 65″ Class at an event held at the Edison Ballroom and hosted by NBC Sports commentator Leigh Diffey. ULED is a game-changing LCD display technology from the Chinese electronics company. During the presentation, Hisense made it clear that the ULED TVs were there … Read more

CEA Defines ‘HDR Compatible’ Displays

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced the industry definition for high dynamic range (HDR) compatible video displays. HDR is a new capability that promises to deliver an expansive range of brightness and shadow detail, further enhancing the viewing experience. Paving the way for the introduction of HDR-Compatible Displays, the new CEA designation is designed … Read more

The Battle for Eyeballs Goes On…

We’re just “clearing the decks” ready for the annual dive into IFA and IBC. For those of our readers that haven’t attended them, IFA is the European equivalent of CES and is followed immediately by IBC in Amsterdam, which is equivalent to NAB in the US. The two events are completely different in feeling, with … Read more

HP Speeds Up Mobile Thin Client

The MT42 is the ‘the world’s thinnest, lightest and most powerful quad-core mobile thin client’, according to HP/IDC data. Measuring 18.8mm thick and weighing 1.5kg, the unit features quad-core AMD processors up to 3GHz: 10% higher clock speeds and two additional cores, compared to the previous generation. Designed for mobile business customers, the MT42 is … Read more

LG Prepares for 1.8mm Bezel in UK Market

LG has shown transparent displays before, such as this one at ISE 2015LG Electronics will bring its new 1.8mm-bezel video wall product to the UK market, showing it for the first time at Midwich Technology Exposed on the 16th and 17th September. (it was first shown at Infocomm LG Pushes UltraNarrow Bezels Further) The new … Read more

Christie’s Laser-Phosphor Projectors Arrive in 2016

Christie has shown its first laser-phosphor cinema projector at BIRTV 2015, in China. The CP2208-LP replaces the lamp-based light source in the new CP2208 with solid state illumination, reaching 22,000 lumens and lasting 30,000 hours to 50% brightness. The projector is intended to provide options for exhibitors, who are increasingly seeking to lower operating costs. … Read more