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There are some companies that seem around an industry that I never seemed to catch up with, even when I was attending a lot of events. Often they are one step removed from the display as it is seen. This week I made the effort to catch up with them – Brompton Technology – a … Read more
What They Say Toray Research in Japan, which supplies technical analysis and support for R&D and manufacturing including reverse engineering of OLED devices, is running a free webinar (which will remain online for two weeks after) on Feb 22nd. In this webinar, the firm will introduce TFT-related analysis, OLED-related analysis, and micro foreign material analysis … Read more
Kramer Electronics Ltd. announced the acquisition of UC Workspace (UCW), a pioneer and leader in unifying collaborative experiences. Uniting UCW’s and Kramer’s technology and product portfolios under one roof creates new and unique opportunities to bring a new level of simplicity, automation and collaboration to Enterprise and Education customers. UCW products facilitate engagement across multiple … Read more
What They Say IAM had an interesting summary of the issues of the IP licensing for the VVC codec following an announcement by MPEG-LA (MPEG LA Introduces Patent Pool License for Versatile Video Coding (VVC)). The article highlights that this is the second IP pool following announcements by Access Advance last summer (Links Week Ending … Read more
What They Say Karl Guttag has reviewed the Magic Leap presentation presented last week and came to the conclusion that it doesn’t reveal much that couldn’t be discovered with a teardown. However, he also reported rumours that the firm might be setting itself up to be purchased. He looks at the decision to use LCOS … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. Amazon Prime Video overtakes Netflix in Germany Sony reveals more affordable A75K 4K OLED TVs iiyama: Business monitor with USB-C docking station ViewSonic: Color-calibrated 4K IPS monitor … Read more
What They Say NBC will cover the Winter Olympics in UltraHD and with HDR for US viewers. NBC Sports will provide live coverage of the NBC broadcast network’s Olympics primetime and Prime Plus shows in certain markets in UHD/HDR with Atmos audio. NBCUniversal will distribute the 4K HDR coverage to U.S. distribution partners, who will … Read more
SmartKem, Inc., a company seeking to reshape the world of electronics with a revolutionary new organic semiconductor platform that enables a new generation of displays, and Nanosys, Inc., the leader in developing and delivering quantum dot and microLED technology, announced that they have entered into a joint development agreement to work together on a new … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell released its late January forecast for TV pricing and said that panel prices continue to go down in all sizes for this application, with larger panels going down by larger $ values, but with all the panels changing by 2.3% (32″) to 5.4% (55″). Most TV brands are being conservative in … Read more
What They Say LG Electronics reported its results for 2021 with sales overall of $63.16 billion (+28.7% over 2020) and with operating profit of $3.27 billion. The firm cited OLED TVs and premium home appliances as drivers of growth. The LG Home Entertainment Company reported 2021 revenue growth of 30.6% to $14.56 billion with operating … Read more
What They Say High end monitor maker Eizo Corportation published its quarterly report. The result showed a good result for its fiscal Q3 with sales up 19.1% from ¥53.5 billion ($467 million) to ¥63.7 billion ($556 million) and income of $58.8 million, up to 13.2% from 8.6% a year ago. There was a one off … Read more
What They Say TrendForce put out results and a forecast for the TV market. It said that the higher prices for panels stalled the market and eventually the set market was down globally in 2021 to 210 million, down 3.2%. More stability should be seen this year and the firm expects 3.4% growth to 217 … Read more
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