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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
An offical at LG has told CNet that the company is struggling to meet the demand for OLED TVs. “There’s enough demand right now that we can’t build OLED TVs quickly enough”, said David VanderWaal, senior director of marketing. He also said that LG does not expect to sell “a ton” of OLED TVs this … Read more
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