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What They Say We have seen reports, but no details, that JOLED has done a deal with Samsung over patent licensing. What We Think Somehow, I missed an announcement in March that the US ITC had started an investigation over a patent complaint by Samsung against Asus and JOLED over inkjet-printed OLEDs that we reported … Read more
What They Say Snap is acquiring WaveOptics of Oxford in the UK for over $500 million in cash and stocks having just announced new glasses using the optics. The new glasses will be limited to a’select group of creators’ rather than publicly available. It was not clear at press time whether WaveOptics would continue with … Read more
What They Say Leaked alleged renders of the Google Pixel 6 Pro suggest that the device will have a 6.67″ OLED display, which GSMArena reports as having 1080×2400 resolution and 120Hz refresh, although that is also in the category of rumour, we think. It is said to have an under-display optical fingerprint reader. What We … Read more
AVOD expenditure for TV episodes and movies will climb by 144% between 2020 and 2026 to reach $66 billion across 138 countries. AVOD growth dipped to ‘only’ 9.2% in 2020, but high growth will resume from 2021. From the $39 billion additional revenues generated between 2020 and 2026, the US will contribute $21 billion and … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced the global availability of its newly expanded Smart Monitor lineup, providing more display sizes and design options, along with new and enhanced smart features. The lineup now includes a larger 43-inch M7 (UHD resolution) model, delivering enhanced productivity and an immersive entertainment experience. The M5 (FHD resolution) models are now available in … Read more
What They Say UBI Research of Korea forecast that the OLED emitter material market would grow this year from $1.3 billion in 2020 by 17% to $1.52 billion this year. Korean companies dominate the purchasing of the materials, with 74.3%, the balance being from China. The firm said that emitters for RGB OLEDs are 81.4% … Read more
What They Say Vestel tweeted the announcement that it has signed a 10 year global licence with Posco International, to use the Daewoo brand name for major appliances and TV sets. Vestel said it plans to sell products to 50 countries in Europe as well as Russia and the Turkic Republics. What We Think This … Read more
It’s no doubt been a pretty tough season for most of us. Lots of things have changed during these unrivaled times. For one, we’ve become fatigued with daily doomscrolling and the unrelenting tsunami of negative news. And who among us these days haven’t found ourselves completely oysgezoomt, or “zoomed out”, as the Yiddish word describes? … Read more
What They Say A hat tip to Jon Peddie for pointing me to a new eReader from Kobo. The Ellipsa uses a 10.3″ E Ink Cart 1200 display with 1404 x 1872 resolution (227ppi) and touch. It will be supplied with a stylus to allow note taking and graphic input, the first Kobo device to … Read more
What They Say We got an email to advise us that Nanosys had purchased Gl?, which has been developing technology for microLEDs. In a Youtube interview on Nanosys’ Youtube channel, Jason Hartlove (at this point in the talk) gave some background on the acquisition saying that the eventual ‘end point’ for Nanosys was to develop … 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 second part of this week. LG 27GP950: Precise data for the 4K nano IPS monitor China 5G smartphone shipments to top 100 million units in Jan-May Green light for DSS Europe 2021 Dezeen … Read more
The Society for Information Display (SID) announced the winners of the I-Zone (Innovation Zone) at its 58th International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, known as Display Week 2021. In addition, thousands of display enthusiasts across the world voted in the first-ever virtual People’s Choice Awards at SID’s second all-virtual event, May 17-21. “Display Week attendance exceeded … Read more
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