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World’s Fastest Gaming Monitor Hits 500 Hz Refresh Rate

What They Say A Chinese news outlet, Sina, quoted by Tom’s Hardware and ComputerBase, reports that BOE has built a prototype/demo 500Hz 27″ FullHD monitor for gaming. The LCD uses an oxide backplane and is reported to have a 1ms response time. No details of the LC mode/mixture were given What We Think Of course, … Read more

LGD and BOE Competing with SDC for Larger Share of iPhone Business

Apple has depended on Samsung for the majority of its OLED panel supply, but its policy is to minimize dependency on any single supplier. To that end it has encouraged LG Display (LGD) to expand its capacity and technology. In 2021, Samsung supplied 67% of the OLED panels, LGD supplied 28% of the panels, while … Read more

Rising Sales of Smartphones and High-End TVs Spark Explosive Increase in AMOLED Display Demand in 2021, Omdia Reports

Strong sales of premium OLED TVs combined with rebounding smartphone sales last year drove a sharp increase in demand for AMOLED display panels according to a new report from Omdia. Total area demand is expected to reach 14.2 million square meters, a 52.0% year-on-year (YoY) increase over 2020. AMOLED display demand will continue to see … Read more

Scanning the Horizon at SXSWedu 2022

The annual SXSWedu conference typically serves as the most innovative, fresh, and predictive venue for envisioning the future of the ed-tech marketplace. This year, the SXSWedu® Conference & Festival will be held in face-to-face format in Austin, Texas from March 7-10. This conference specializes in the future. What will the horizon look like? How will … Read more

Tablet and Chromebook Shipments Slowed in the Fourth Quarter but Saw Solid Growth for 2021, According to IDC

Worldwide tablet shipments reached 46 million units during the fourth quarter of 2021 (4Q21), posting a decline for the second time since the pandemic began in 2020. Shipments declined 11.9% year over year in 4Q21 as demand slowed, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. For … Read more

Philips New OLED807 Ambilight TV

Philips new OLED807 brings PQ and SQ improvements to one of 2021’s most award-winning OLED TVs. Philips OLED807 features New 6th P5 Gen AI picture processing suite to guarantee superb picture quality. Next Gen OLED EX panel offers a 30% increase in light output compared to regular OLED panels. New improved Four-sided Ambilight system with … Read more

Counterpoint Releases Smartphone Data on World, China and US

What They Say Counterpoint Research published some interesting data on the smartphone market in the US and China as well as looking at the overall development of the market over the last five years. The firm pointed out that in China : Apple reached its highest ever share in Q4, with 23% share, although over … Read more

Sky sheds 200,000 subs in 2021

What They Say In the report on Q4 from parent company, Comcast, Sky is reported to have lost 198K subscribers in the UK, Germany and Italy. Revenue was down in Q4 by 2.4% to $5.07 billion, although subscribers did increase in Q4 as did revenue overall, by 3.1% compared to 2020. Italian subscriptions are said … Read more

Schott’s High-index AR Wafer Halves Waveguide Weight

What They Say At Photonics West, Schott highlighted its high refractive index glass RealView 1.9 lightweight ultra which it said allows ‘up to 50% lighter’ waveguides without reducing image quality. It also said that it has improved the flatness of its wafers by ‘up to 60%’, which also helps with the weight reduction. Overall, the … Read more