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The 8K Association, perhaps with a nod to the close timing of the annual US ‘state of the nation’ address, held a webinar to talk about 8K developments and technology. It was called ‘Seeing is believing: Everything you need to know about 8K in live broadcasting and professional displays’ – they didn’t add the “(but … Read more
What They Say The Korea Herald reports that Samung has been attacked by a lot of users in Korea over reports that an add-in, the ‘Game Optimizing Service’, or GOS, may kick in to slow down the performance of apps on the latest S22 smartphones. The software add-in is designed to avoid excessive heat and … Read more
What They Say The Elec has continued to drip feed information (well, rumours, really!) about the expected switch by Apple to OLEDs for its iPads. As we reported last week, Samsung has started developing tandem structures for OLEDs for this application. (Samsung Display Begins Two-stack Tandem OLED development to win iPad order) The Elec has … Read more
What They Say DSCC said that 242 million OLEDs were shipped in Q4 2021, up 11% on Q3, bringing shipments for the year to 831 million, up 25%. Smartphones dominated with 638 million, up 27%, with Apple the top buyer with 29% share, compared to Samsung’s 22%. In Q1 2022, smartphones are expected to take … Read more
What They Say DSCC has an interesting explanation of what it currently expects the future to be for iPhone designs as Apple looks, like others, to reduce the impact on the display of the various cameras in the unit. An interesting comment is that patterning the cathode is said to be the preferred way for … Read more
What They Say Hat-tip to OLED Info for spotting that YouTuber Ben Wulff has managed to cause ‘subtle’ burn-in on his Nintendo Switch OLED display. However, it has taken 6 months continuous display of a static image and that means around 3,600 hours. He points out that there is an ‘invert image’ function which could … Read more
What They Say GizmoChina reported that the Oppo Air Glass system (Oppo announces the Air Glass monocle AR device) is due to be on sale in China at 4,999 yuan (~$791) in silver or black. Features include: single glass design with a proprietary ‘Spark’ microprojector (greyscale microLED-based) (640 x 480) 16/256 grey level modes with … Read more
What They Say Laptop Magazine reviewed the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon notebook, which has a 14″ 2800 x 1800 OLED display that it describes as ” not only gorgeous, but (it’s) also super smooth thanks to its 90Hz refresh rate”. The site measured P3 chromaticity coverage of 139.3% of DCI-P3 – way ahead of … Read more
Building strong connections to diners is key to enhancing a restaurant’s brand. NCR Corporation, a leading enterprise technology provider, is now partnering with STRATACACHE, the global industry leader in digital signage and retail marketing technology, to deliver engaging menus, compelling offers and best-in-class service. Accelerating Digital Signage Innovation “Digital signage is a powerful tool that … Read more
What They Say Reacting to the Russian invasion and war on Ukraine, Samsung has said that it will suspend shipments to Russia. Sales of semiconductors in Russia accounted for less than 0.1% of Samsung Electronics’ profits, according to a report by Hana Financial Investment. What We Think Chinese brands will, no doubt, be happy to … Read more
SmartKem and Nanosys announced on Feb 2nd their joint development agreement to work together on a new generation of low-cost solution printed MicroLED and quantum dot materials for advanced display. Both companies believe a “fully solution-printed display” using SmartKem Organic TFT (OTFT) and Nanosys’s microLED and quantum dot nanoLED technologies should result in the creation … Read more
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. A great 360 degree presentation of Van Gogh’s painting style SEL’s ExTET OLED device architecture wins patent decision in Germany Philips: video conferencing display with WQHD and 5 … Read more
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