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E Ink Joins Forces with Six Module Partners to Promote Color ePaper and Aim to Reduce CO2 Emissions

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E Ink, the originator, pioneer, and global commercial leader in digital paper technology, today announced they are working with six ePaper module partners, including BOE Technology Group, DKE Co., Ltd., Jiangxi Xing Tai Technology Co., Ltd., Innolux Corporation, Qingyue Technology, and Yes Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. to promote E Ink GalleryTM Palette and E Ink GalleryTM … Read more

AUO Defines New Automotive Era with Micro LED and AmLED Creating New Experience for Future Smart Cockpits

The trends of electric vehicles and smart cars are drastically altering vehicle architecture, manufacturing models and supplier ecosystem. In response to such trends, AU Optronics Corp. (AUO) continues to dedicate in the research and design of high quality displays for automotive featuring Micro LED and AmLED, and will debut at Touch Taiwan 2022 the future … Read more

Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with ISE, NAB and Display Week all on the horizon) VueReal Announces Oversubscribed $14 million Series B Round Of Financing M1 Ultra … Read more

Consumer 8K TV Buying Intentions are Up

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What They Say We reported on some market research among US consumers by Hub Entertainment Research a couple of weeks ago. (Research: 76% US homes have smart TV) The 8K Association followed up the news and got a bit more background on the particular issue of the trends in the desire for 8K. The article … Read more

Live Production 8K Video is Down to 48 Mbps With 40 Mbps Already in Spin Digital’s Sights

What They Say The 8K Association has, understandably, digging into the required bandwidth needed to transmit high quality (Estimating the Bitrate for 8K Videos When Encoding with HEVC and AV1). The Association has moved on to discussions with Spin Digital about how much bandwidth you need to transmit 8K at 60Hz and with 10 bit … Read more

Pearl TV Launches RUN3TV, a New TV Web Platform That Brings Interactive Experiences and Streaming Content To Over-the-Air Viewers for the First Time

Pearl TV, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV, announced the launch of the RUN3TV web platform that enables broadcasters to offer a brand-new hybrid TV service to over-the-air (OTA) viewers. RUN3TV was built to support NEXTGEN TV, otherwise known as ATSC 3.0, and bring content to life through two-way web interactivity. … Read more

Pearl TV, MediaTek Introduce ‘FastTrack to NEXTGEN TV’–A Platform That Speeds Development and Time to Market of New Smart TVs and Devices

Pearl TV, the coalition of U.S. broadcast companies transitioning to NEXTGEN TV, and MediaTek have launched ‘FastTrack to NEXTGEN TV,’ a program that accelerates and streamlines the path for adoption of NEXTGEN TV technology by consumer electronic makers producing smart TVs and related devices at volume. “The trajectory of NEXTGEN TV hasn’t slowed down and … Read more

Pearl TV, MediaTek Introduce ‘FastTrack to NEXTGEN TV’

What They Say Chip maker Mediatek said that it has worked with Pearl TV, which has been developing the ATSC 3.0 Nextgen technology, to include technology to support the specification in the Mediatek Reference Platform. The Reference Platform will be pre-certified for compliance with the Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) Nextgen TV logo requirements, A3SA Security … Read more

Dynascan To Present New High-brightness Displays at ISE 2022

What They Say After LG Electronics revealed new 4,000 cd/m² outdoor-facing displays (LG Creates 4K Nit Signage Displays), high brightness specialist Dynascan said that it would show its own 4,000 cd/m² 65″ LCD and the firm highlighted that its display consumes just 460W at ISE. The company said that this is the result of the … Read more

LG 28MQ780: Key data for the 16:18 display with SDQHD

What They Say Prad.de reported that the LG 16:18 display with 2560 x 2880 resolution has been given a specification and model number in a monitor from LG Electronics. However, the delivery date and pricing have not yet been released. Features include 90W charging via USB-C and there is an ambient light sensor. According to … Read more

Sharp Adds Another Layer for Two Million to One Contrast

Despite my interest in dual layer LCD technology, it looks as though I missed an interesting article about a development of a version with even more contrast, as much as 2,000,000:1, at last year’s Display Week. I spotted it on the 8K Association’s website – thanks to them for spotting it. The panel was developed … Read more

Enkris releases Full Color GaN products and expands wafer size to 300mm for micro-LED applications

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What They Say We just caught up with news from Semiconductor Today that a Chinese ‘pure play’ foundry for GaN epitaxial wafers has released ‘full color GaN-on-Si’ LEDs based on production on ‘up to’ 300mm wafers. Enkris is said to have overcome challenges of low EQE for red LEDs by using patented strain engineering and … Read more