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Flexible Displays Will Grow 900% in 2015

The flexible display market (those that can be bent and folded when active, and are manufactured on flexible substrates and/or using flexible processes) will grow 900% next year, compared to 2014. Charles Annis of DisplaySearch writes that this rise is being enabled by growth in flexible manufacturing capacity, as both LG Display and Samsung increase … Read more

Flextronics Result 31/10/2014

Flextronics has reported its second quarter results, posting a net profit of $138.9 million on turnover of $6.5 billion. In Q2 of the previous year the company’s net profit was $118.2 million and turnover reached $6.4 billion. In the first six months of the year, the company’s net profit was $312.9 million on turnover of … Read more

Fraunhofer Investigates Flexible Lighting

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding an OLED project at Fraunhofer FEP. The R2D2 project will investigate production processes and technologies for manufacturing flexible OLEDs. R2D2 is primarily focused on lighting applications. These types of OLEDs have been fabricated on rigid glass substrates in the past. Fraunhofer believes that OLED lights … Read more

Freesync to Arrive in 2014

There have been conflicting reports over when the first Freesync monitors (AMD’s answer to Nvidia’s G-Sync) will be launched. We have heard both Q1’15 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 37) and Q4’14 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42). AMD has now revealed that the first UltraHD units equipped with the technology will be launched by … Read more

Gefen Extends UltraHD to 100m

Gefen’s new extenders use HDBaseT to deliver UltraHD (30fps) and power signals over a distance of up to 100m over a single cable. They both carry 7.1 channels of lossless audio, as well as control signals (RS232 and IR). The 4k Ultra HD ELR-POL Extender w/RS-232, Ethernet and IR (EXT-UHD-CAT5-ELRPOL) carries ethernet signals as well … Read more

Gefen Scales for Post-Production

Gefen is ready to launch its new scaler/converter, the EXT-HDVGA-3G-SC. The unit converts HDMI or VGA video signals to SDI (including 3G-SDI and single-link HD-SDI) for post-production and broadcast applications. As well as conversion, the EXT-HDVGA-3G-SC can embed HDMI or analogue L/R audio into the SDI stream. Video can also be scaled, up to 1920 … Read more

Gefen Updates Legacy Systems

Gefen aims to bridge the gap between modern and legacy systems with new scalers/converters. Each unit supports Gefen’s Syner-G software suite, which provides EDID management options and ‘ensures easy configuration’. The HDMI & VGA to 3GSDI Scaler/Converter (EXT-HDVGA-3G-SC) supports HDMI, DVI and VGA. Signals are scaled and output as 3G-SDI or single-link HD-SDI. Resolutions up … Read more

German CE Trends Continue in Q3

The positive trend in consumer electronics (CE) sales in Germany has continued. Compared to the first nine months of 2013, sales to September 2014 were up 2.5%. The Consumer Electronics Market Index (Cemix), published by the GFU, has shown that total revenues reached more than €18.9 billion, compared to just under €18.5 billion in Q1-Q3 … Read more

Google, LG Sign Patent License Agreement

Google and LG Electronics have signed a long-term and global patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products and technologies. The agreement covers the two companies’ existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years. The agreement builds on the long-standing strong alliance between Google and LG Electronics, the companies said … Read more

Gorilla Glass Targets Automotive and Alternative Applications and Technologies

While Corning’s Gorilla Glass is aimed primarily at mobile devices, the company has set up a separate group to look at alternative uses for the product. In our exclusive tour at the Sullivan Park Corning facility, we had a chance to learn more about how it is being used in automotive, architectural and other applications. … Read more