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It has come and gone again. Display Week 2021 is in the books, although I continue to pick up a few talks here and there since they are all online for another few months. What follows is only a sampling of the innovations and news that I took away from SID. There is just so … Read more
What They Say Researchers from Cornell’s School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Samsung’s SAIT have made a new metalens that can be focused using voltage instead of mechanically moving its components. Metalenses are flat arrays of nano-antennas or resonators, less than a micron thick, that act as focusing devices. But until now, once a … Read more
Kopin® Corporation, a leading developer and provider of high-resolution microdisplays and display subassemblies for defense, enterprise, consumer and medical products, announced it has succeeded in developing all-plastic Pancake® optics with breakthrough performance for virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) applications. This is a major advance and believed to be the first … Read more
Sharp NEC Display Solutions Europe has extended its dvLED lineup, adding the E ‘Essential’ LED prepared bundles and the ‘Fine pitch Enterprise Eco’ solutions for LED customised video walls. The new dvLED E Series delivers great visual performance for any indoor video wall applications. The solutions are ideal for applications in corporate environments with large-scale … Read more
The Japanese professional display manufacturer iiyama has signed an exclusive agreement with Catalan start-up nsign.tv to incorporate the nsign.tv software into its displays. Thanks to this international homologation, all the nsign.tv platform features will ship with all the iiyama digital signage displays sizes ranging from 43 to 86 inches. The post-pandemic era is accelerating digitalization … Read more
Plastic Logic, a leader in the design and manufacture of flexible, glass-free electrophoretic displays (EPDs), is enabling OneWave to produce a universal connected smartcard with built-in user authentication that enhances cybersecurity. OneWave, started in 2016 in western France, has developed the connected smartcard incorporating Plastic Logic’s flexible display that can be configured with a dedicated … Read more
What They Say Chris Chinnock, wearing his 8K Association hat, has looked at the development of pricing in 8K displays, and reports that 8K has followed the general price trend of increasing prices, but has not risen as much at the retail level because of the higher margins available to resellers. His article details average … Read more
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for gaming PCs posted another quarter of solid growth in 2021Q1, growing 50.2% YoY and recording 2.4 million units shipped, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Continuing into 2021, growth is expected to lessen, despite strong unit shipments. 2021Q2 is predicted to grow at 17.6% YoY, while … Read more
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Solus has announced that it will be supplying hole transport layer (HTL) to LG Display for its WOLED displays that are used in TV panels. Production will start this month and this is its first deal with LG Display, although it has supplied Samsung Display and … Read more
The unprecedented increase in prices for LCD TV panels will soon come to an end as the demand surge which resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic eases and industry supply has caught up. We expect prices to peak in June 2021 for some sizes and in July for others, and to decline for the rest of … Read more
What They Say DSCC has a new report on foldable and rollable smartphones and published a blog article that revealed some highlights including news of a win by Corning in sharing supply for the Samsung Z Flip 3 along with the incumbent supplier, Schott. Corning’s UTG will be processed by Korean supplier eCONY who will … Read more
What They Say FlatPanelsHD has had close look at the Samsung QN95A miniLED ‘Neo QLED’ TV which was based on a VA panel (there is a suggestion in the article that IPS and VA panels may be supplied in different regions). It also used a separate ‘One Connect’ box. Observations from the review include: Very … Read more
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