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Han Sang-beom, CEO of LG Display, has spoken to the Wall Street Journal about the firm’s plans for OLED investment. LGD will ramp up its second OLED fab by the end of the year, which will produce up to 26,400 substrates per month. A third plant is also being considered. The company is trying to … Read more
The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI) has developed an ultra-thin OLED electrode material that can be used as an ITO alternative on flexible displays. The material can reach a curve radius of 0.1mm. According to the researchers, the new material – the electrodes are made by fusing silver nanowires and transparent polyimide – can be … Read more
AUO has begun to mass-produce 5.46″ AMOLED panels with 1920 x 1080 resolution, say OLED-Info’s sources.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that Prime members and customers in the US, UK and Germany will be able to watch titles in High Dynamic Range (HDR) this year. Amazon Originals will be the first to arrive in HDR video quality later this year. Amazon is working with Hollywood studios, leading technology innovators and global consumer … Read more
In an interview with the Nikkei, Sharp executive Norikazu Hoshi says that Sharp is aiming to expand sales of LCD panels for industrial applications in China. The company will establish sales locations in Shenzen and other locations in July, in an effort to grow sales by 70% over the next three years.
Photo credit: InvidisNike has installed an indoor LED videowall in its flagship store in Wroclaw, Poland. The 6m² screen uses modules from BigLED, with a 3mm pixel pitch.
Following the transfer at the end of last year of Sharp’s AV business in Europe to United Media Corporation (UMC) in Slovakia (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), UMC has now announced that the first new Sharp TVs will be launched in Europe in May 2015. Sharp’s TV manufacturing facility in Poland transferred to UMC … Read more
Market research by GfK, published by Germany’s Association for Consumer and Communication Electronics (GFU), shows that TV set sales in Western Europe rose 3.2% YoY in 2014. Unit sales exceeded 34 million units, while revenues rose 0.2% to €16.3 billion. As seen from the difference in unit and revenue growth, the average TV sale price … Read more
Google’s Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) is a 3D-sensing project using prototype tablets and phones, capable of using the devices to build a 3D model of their environment. According to Android Police, Google is getting ready to sell the tablet version to developers – for half of its original price. The dev … Read more
Hon Hai Precision has reported sales in March of NT$338.3 billion ($10.8 billion), 20.8% higher than February and 9.9% higher than March 2014. The company’s first quarter sales reached NT$1 trillion ($32.1 billion), which was 32.3% down on Q4 but increasing 14.9% from a year earlier.
Intel and Altera are reported to have halted discussions on a possible takeover by Intel of the smaller firm because the two parties were unable to agree on price, according to “a person familiar with the matter”. Last month Intel was said to be in the early stage of talks with Altera, which sources claimed … Read more
Shipments of the Apple Watch have been delayed from late April to the summer. Originally set to be launched on 24th April, the Watch is now listed as shipping in June or July – although customers can still try it out in-store. Apple says that it is trialing a new way of selling with its … Read more
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