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Insurance firm SquareTrade recently put the HTC One M9, iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge through bending tests. Both the iPhone and Galaxy were found to bend – but while the iPhone deformed a little, the Galaxy’s display cracked. Samsung has disputed the test, saying that the 50kg of force in the test … Read more
Aixtron is to acquire privately held Silicon Valley-based PlasmaSi, for approximately $16 million. PlasmaSi enables the encapsulation of organic thin-films by depositing ultra-thin and flexible barrier films through its proprietary technology which are said to be particularly well-suited for next-generation OLED display products including mobile phones, hand-held devices, tablets, wearables and large screen HDTVs. Aixtron … Read more
AUO recently showed a range of new products at the China Information Technology Expo 2015, in Shenzen. As well as its existing range of UltraHD quantum dot LCD TVs (55″ – 85″), AUO debuted the world’s largest curved monitor and a circular AMOLED display for smartwatches. A key announcement by AUO was the reveal of … Read more
Gefen has released a new 8×8 matrix which is capable of handling UltraHD signals into its Toolbox line. The Toolbox 4k UltraHD 8×8 Matrix (GTB-HD4k2k-848-BLK) is a surface-mountable alternative to rack-mounted units. It is HDCP-compliant, routing up to eight UltraHD sources to the same number of displays via HDMI. Resolutions up to DCI-4k (at 24Hz) … Read more
Two new narrow-bezel video wall displays have been introduced by Eyevis, in the EYE-LCD range. The 55″ EYE-LCD-5500-XSN-LD-FX-700 has a 3.5mm bezel and 700 cd/m² of brightness, while the fanless 47″ EYE-LCD-4700-USN-LD-FX has a 4.9mm bezel and 450 cd/m². Both new displays are intended to be cost-efficient products with high-quality image reproduction. They consume 140W … Read more
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) reported sales in the first three months of the year of NT$13.2 billion ($423.9 million), 11.6% down on the same period of 2014. In March, CPT’s sales reached NT$4.6 billion ($147.7 million), 19.9% higher than February but 19.6% down on March 2014. The company’s large panel shipments in March increased 8.8% … Read more
Samsung and LG have won Energy Star Partner of the Year awards, from the USA’s Environmental Protection Agency. Both companies won a Sustained Excellence award, while Samsung also took a Climate Communications award.
The first graphene quantum dots, made with high-quantum-yield nanodots (obtained through graphite intercalation compound synthesis), have enabled luminance above 1,000cd/m² in OLEDs. Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) worked on the quantum dots, in which graphene replaces cadmium. Carbon has recently begun to be used as a replacement for cadmium; … Read more
NEC Display Solutions’ new US E-Series displays are commercial models with VA panels and a built-in USB media player, supporting audio, video and static images. They also feature an analogue/digital TV tuner (NTSC/ATSC) and have an integrated 24-hour on-off scheduler. The new models are the 32″ E325; 42″ E425; 50″ E505; 58″ E585; and 65″ … Read more
TCL Multimedia saw sales volume of LCD TVs increase 19.7% year on year in March to almost 1.6 million sets, of which the volume of smart TVs increased by 125.7% YoY to 437,493 sets. In TCL’s home market in China, sales volume increased 22.6% YoY to 684,995 units, with smart TVs increasing 51.5% to 352,747 … Read more
A new display series from Planar, the RA range is formed of narrow-bezel units for tiled video walls. Beginning with 49″ (RA4980) and 55″ (RA5580) units, the products have a 12.6mm pixel-to-pixel distance and can be used 24/7 in bright environments. Both displays can be used in portrait or landscape orientations and can be part … Read more
Sharp issued another statement this week denying speculative reports about plans to overhaul its business. The latest rumours suggest that Sharp is in talks with state-backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) to invest ¥100 billion ($840 million) in a new LCD subsidiary for small and medium sized panels. INCJ helped launch Japan Display in … Read more
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