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Samsung Reports Breakthrough on Blue Phosphorescent OLED Lifetime

What They Say DSCC published a blog (registration required) that dug into information from the Display Week Symposium from Samsung Display that describes “Exceptionally Stable Blue Phosphorescent OLEDs”. (paper 40.2). The blog said that “In improving efficiency and reducing power consumption, a control of out-coupling has been the greatest contributor to efficiency improvement. Samsung has … Read more

DSCC Summarises Parts of the Business Conference

What They Say DSCC reported the highlights of the TV market and emerging technologies sections of the SID/DSCC Business Conference (registration required). As well as the overall shape of what DSCC calls the ‘Advanced TV’ market, there were talks by Jason Hartlove of Nanosys and Chirag Shah of Samsung Display who covered QDs and QD-OLEDs, … Read more

Apple has Patented Several New HMD-related Technologies

What They Say PatentlyApple reported that Apple has been granted a US patent for a system to cool head-mounted displays. The aim of the patent is to get over the problem that the lightweight materials often used in HMDs (e.g. plastics) tend to have less thermally conductive properties. Separately, VRTimes has reported that Apple has … Read more

Nvidia Creates Slim VR Glasses

What They Say Nvidia has worked with scientists at Stanford University to develop holographic glasses that are just 2.5mm thick, but get over the vergence/accommodation conflict issue as they seem to be genuinely holographic. The scientists have recognised that the small current eye box is just 2.3mm, but believe that this could be increased to … Read more

Links Week Starting 23rd May 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) Global TV Shipments Expected to Fall This YearGlobal TV Shipments Expected to Fall This Year Almost 3,300 LED Cabinets Create Huge … Read more

Sigmaintell Research|Global TV Panel demand shrinks more than expected, Structural Production Cuts and Product Upgrades are good strategies

What They Say Sigmaintell Consulting of China confirmed the view expressed at the SID/DSCC Business Conference that the global TV industry is in a ‘cold winter’ phase with ‘the spring’ still far away. Market demand remains weak even in China, because of the impact of the epidemic and subsequent lockdowns. The Chinese market was initially … Read more

Due to Weak Demand and High Inventories, Only 17.5 Million Notebook Panels Shipped in April, Hitting a New Post-Pandemic Low, Says TrendForce

What They Say TrendForce, the Taiwanese analyst firm, said that because of Chinese lockdowns, April shipments of notebooks were only 17.5 million, down 21.5% YoY. The firm is forecasting Q2 sales of 55.1 million down 21.2% QoQ and 19% YoY. As well as supply chain issues in China, demand remains weak because of macroeconomic and … Read more

New Version Of Hardened LED Displays Touted As Improving Visuals By Only Coating The LED Lights

What They Say Hat-tip to Dave Haynes of Sixteen-nine.net for digging out some interesting ‘techie details’ on a new version of what he calls ‘Glue on Board’ (GOB) technology that encapsulates an LED in a direct LED display to protect it from damage and some water damage. The new version is from Desay Opto of … Read more