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Primeview Introduces Industrial OLED

On Christmas Eve, Primeview USA Inc. (New York, NY) announced it was introducing an OLED monitor targeting industrial applications. The product is being introduced in partnership with LG Display (LGD) and, of course, uses LGD glass. The initial product is a 55” industrial display, model number PRV55OLED, which will be available for delivery in Q1 2014. The display … Read more

No More Plasma for Samsung, But LED is New Category

Samsung’s CES press conference is always elbow-room only. While we managed to secure a seat (through use of aforementioned elbows), cameramen in the aisles severely hampered the ability to take photos! Tim Baxter, president and COO of Samsung America, looked back at the company’s achievements over the past year. In terms of UltraHD, Samsung’s work … Read more

Dynamic Focus on 26″ Full HD Monitors V22 Issue 06

This week we are highlighting LCD monitors in the 26″ Full HD category, covering models with resolution of 1920 x 1080 and sizes from 24.5″ wide to 28.5″ wide. There are 15 brands featured in the advertising with AOC, Acer and Iiyama the top three advertised brands across all three countries. In France, Iiyama is … Read more

Molecular Computing Reveals Difficulty of Blue LEDs

RGB LEDs

Why are blue LEDs so difficult to make? It is a question that has dogged the field since the devices’ commercialisation in the 1990s, and has now been answered by scientists at University College London (UCL), the University of Bath and Daresbury Laboratory. LEDs are formed from two layers of semiconducting materials: one has mobile negative … Read more

Coretronic BLU Shipments Grow 20% YoY

Coretronic ended 2014 with a 20% increase in shipments of backlight units (BLUs), with volume reaching 92.9 million units. This was despite seeing shipments fall 11% sequentially in Q4 to 23.4 million and 2% MoM in December to 7.5 million units. Sales for the year were 11.6% higher than the previous year at NT$81.2 billion … Read more

Ministerial Seeks Most Efficient TV

Global trade body the Clean Energy Minsterial has launched an international competition to find the most efficient FPD TVs. The intent is to identify and highlight the cleanest TVs, helping consumers to make informed decisions. TVs consume between 3% and 4% of energy worldwide annually. Manufacturers have until 31st March to submit their products, with … Read more

Dolby Vision Will Arrive With Consumers in 2015

We have been covering Dolby’s work with HDR since IBC 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 38), and at CES 2014 the company showed off its Dolby Vision technology, with several partners (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3). The technology will progress this year, as there are plans to integrate Dolby Vision into cinemas and … Read more

Hisense Boasts of ULED Advantages

Hisense ULED TV

Hisense was showing the second generation of its ULED TVs, which – as was revealed at IFA – use quantum dots to enhance their colours. The new models widen contrast levels (30,000:1 static contrast is claimed) and have a higher peak brightness (550cd/m²) to show HDR content. UltraHD TVs will be part of the new lineup, … Read more

LG Stresses Importance of Colour

LG press conference Tim Alessi and OLED TV

Skott Ahn, CTO of LG, was the first speaker on-stage at the first CES 2015 press conference. LG’s theme this year is ‘Innovation for a better life’: a life that is newer, more beautiful and more convenient than what came before it. The internet of things (IoT) is a key ingredient in this, which centers … Read more

ViewSonic Sets New UltraHD IPS Price

ViewSonic was in the Encore Hotel in a suite (although the hotel staff didn’t seem to be aware of this!) and we made our way there to have a look around. First, we looked at a new VP2785-5K “5K” monitor with 99% of AdobeRGB colour space and we heard that the monitor will hit the market … Read more

Ex-Googlers Re-Skin Android on Surface Look-a-like

A team of ex-Google employees in China, who left to form their own firm last year, have now released their first tablet. The Remix ‘ultra tablet’, from Jide Technologies, is very similar in appearance to the Microsoft Surface, but runs a modified version of Android 4.4 called Remix OS.  Remix OS, although based on Android, … Read more

Innolux Records Flat Performance in 2014

Innolux reported just a 1.4% increase in sales in 2014 from the previous year, reaching NT$428.7 billion ($13.5 billion). The result came after sales in December were flat month on month at NT$38.2 billion ($1.2 billion), though this was 18% higher year on year. In the final quarter of the year, Innolux achieved a 1.6% … Read more