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WCG Heavyweights Slug it Out at Display Week

Although Quantum Dots (QDs) often get the headlines on extending colour gamuts, the market reality is that phosphors have often been the materials that have allowed wider colour coverage, usually for reasons of cost. GE and Nanosys are the heavyweights of marketing phosphors and QDs and each landed punches at Display Week. I wrote about … Read more

Samsung, LG Conservative on OLED Investment

What They Say The Elec in Korea reported that LG Display and Samsung Display will be conservative in their spending to boost OLED capacity. Samsung is believed to be planning to convert is L7-2 line from LCD to make rigid OLEDs for smartphones, (Samsung Display Considers Expanding Notebook OLED Production) but continues to consider making … Read more

TCL Commercially Announces NXTWEAR G Smart Glasses, Multi-Screen Support for Smartphones, New Family Watch and 5G CPE at MWC 2021

TCL, a pioneer in display technology and affordable, premium smart experiences, is announcing several new products spanning multiple mobile product categories at Mobile World Congress 2021. At today’s event, TCL unveiled availability for its NXTWEAR G Wearable Display Glasses, and launched its new cross-device multi-screen collaboration feature for select devices, in addition to TCL’s ultra-fast … Read more

Links Week Ending 25th June 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. LG rolls out Dolby Vision 120Hz update for 2021 OLED TVs – later 2020 OLED Watch a video from Technicolor about time to market with Android TV STBs … Read more

Strategy Analytics Identifies New Actionable Tech Buyer Segments  

What They Say Strategy Analytics, still my least favourite international technology analyst company, have, nevertheless, published a new segmentation concept on how consumers are now buying and has defined the following segments: Aspiring Techno (21%) – A younger demographic who love the technology lifestyle, identify with tech products, and are often early adopter but balance … Read more

LG Wins Design Patent on Horizontally Rollable TV

What They Say The Dutch language version of the LetsGoDigital website has reported on a new design patent granted to LG by The Hague International Design System, part of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO), for a ‘Television with rollable display’. Unlike the current shipping rollable TV, the design uses a horizontally scrolling technique. What … Read more

Rise Vision and Sharp NEC Display Solutions Partner to Offer Schools a Free Year of Digital Signage  

Rise Vision and Sharp NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. have partnered to offer K-12 schools and higher education institutions a free year of Rise Vision digital signage with each NEC display MediaPlayer solution they purchase. NEC displays enable collaboration between students and teachers, keeping the classroom connected and driving student engagement in an interactive … Read more

Porotech Raises £3m for New Generation of Microdisplays

University of Cambridge spin-out Porotech has raised £3m to fund the next stage of development of its unique micro-LED production technique. Its display technology breakthrough heralds a new era of brighter, sharper, more vivid microdisplays for even the smallest devices. Micro-LED is the next major leap forward for displays on products such as smartphones, smartwatches … Read more