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Korea’s ET News claims that Samsung Display is to construct a new G10.6 LCD facility, which will begin production in the second half of 2017. The firm intends to stay ahead of Chinese competitors, such as BOE, which is building a G10.5 line that is due to start production in 2018. An announcement is expected … Read more
Expecting a weak second half for the panel industry, AUO is aiming to maintain profits by producing large-size, curved and UltraHD TV panels, say sources from Asia. High-end notebook panels, automotive and wearable displays will also be produced. UltraHD notebook panels will be mass produced in Q3’15. A 30% and 40% rise in automotive display … Read more
AU Optronics (AUO) saw sales in July fall 10.4% sequentially and 23.4% year on year to NT$27.4 billion ($852.5 million), bringing sales so far this year to NT$214.9 billion ($6.7 billion), 7.2% down on the same period of last year. AUO shipped 7.7 million large panels in July, down by 4% from the previous month, … Read more
Dish subscribers fell in Q2’15, the company has said. Around 638,000 new pay-TV subscribers joined Dish in the quarter (compared to 656,000 a year ago). However, net subscribers fell 81,000, compared to a loss of 44,000 in Q2’14. The quarter closed with 13.93 million pay-TV customers, compared to 14.05 million last year.
19,000 new UK homes joined Freesat in the first half of 2015, the company has said. Connected TV service Freetime enjoyed 200% YoY growth in new customers, and sales rose 48%.
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) will begin licensing the UltraHD Blu-ray format (BDA Completes UltraHD Blu-ray) on 24th August. As well as UltraHD resolution, the standard specifies high dynamic range, wide colour and high frame rate (up to 60fps) features.
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) will commence licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray™ format starting August 24, 2015 and expects products to start shipping in times for the 2015 holiday season. The format represents the work of global leaders from the consumer electronics, IT and content creation industries and will enable consistent and reliable delivery of … Read more
In late July, LG Display announced it will invest KRW 1.05 trillion (USD 902 million) in a Gen 6 line for manufacturing flexible OLEDs (LGD to Invest $906 Million in G6 OLED Fab – subscription needed). The new line, called the E5 Line, is located at LGD’s Gumi plant. The Gen 6 size of 1500 … Read more
We spotted an article on the Health Tech Insider site about a new app that allows disabled wheelchair users to control them using Google Glass. The full article is here.
At the 2015 Siggraph Conference, SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) shows the world’s first Eye Tracking Integration for augmented reality, based on Epson’s Moverio BT-200 see-through head mounted display and on SMI’s mobile eye tracking platform. With this new solution, unprecedented quality and efficiency is brought to personalized visualization and to multi-modal, hands-free interaction with context-sensitive displays. … Read more
IHS says that aggressive investment in AMOLED panel fabs is expected to to lead the OLED materials market to grow Thursday, August 06, 2015 Display – Display Materials & Components OLED Materials Market Tracker – H1 2015 Analysis of organic-light emitting materials used in the mass production of AMOLED and WOLED panels. Light-emissive layer materials: … Read more
A 32″ UltraHD monitor, supporting AMD’s Freesync technology, has been launched by Samsung. The U32E850R is designed as a productivity/gaming tool, with a large screen and AMD’s anti-tearing feature. The monitor uses Samsung’s own implementation of IPS technology (PLS), with 178° viewing angles, 4ms response time and a 1,000:1 contrast ratio. Brightness is 350 cd/m². … Read more
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