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Even though SID Display Week started this week, I could not help myself from attending a new conference last week with a heavy focus on quantum dot technologies. Since I also dabble in technology areas outside of displays, I was very interested to attend TechBlick’s “Quantum Dots – material innovations and commercial applications” conference. Compared … Read more
What They Say The GFU in Germany released its Hemix Home Electronics Market Index for Q1 2021 and said that home electronics sales were up 4.8% on 2020 at €11 billion. The three CE segments developed very differently: Consumer electronics recorded a minus of 4.5% to just under €1.9 billion. Privately used telecommunication products achieved … Read more
What They Say In an interview with the WSJ at at a WSJ event, Alex Kipman, described as a co-creator of the Microsoft Hololens headset said that to be a consumer product the current concept must be brought down to 90 gms, rather than the 500g+ of the current device but maintain the same level … Read more
What They Say We reported a link to news about new headsets from Pico, the Neo 3 Pro and the Neo 3 Pro Eye and now more details are available of the displays used. (Spring Brings New Headsets). The headsets are intended for business use and have a single 5.5″ 3664 x 1920 resolution display … Read more
What They Say Digitimes said that it expects Q2 to see smartphone shipments decline because of chip shortages. Overall the firm saw 47% year on year growth in Q1. Samsung was up 15.9% to 75 million and #1 position Apple was in second place with 56 million units and up 49.5% Huawei’s problems have given … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell Research released a report on the trends in small/medium panel pricing in May which showed no change from last month. Smartphone demand has fallen in some countries, such as India, but this has been balanced by issues such as shortages and price increases in display drivers. In tablets, education demand remains … Read more
What They Say Sharpo announced a new Aquos R6 smartphone in the Japanese market. It has only a single back camera, but it has a 1″ sensor, the biggest ever on a smartphone and the camera was developed with Leitz. The device has an IGZO 6.67″ 2730 x 1260 OLED display that can support variable … Read more
What They Say Business Korea reported a claim from LG Display that pointed out that an OLED panel uses much less plastic than an LCD, with a 65″ panel using 0.43kg compared to 5.2kg on an LCD. It also claims that emissions of volatile organic compounds are 50% lower than LCD TV panels . It … Read more
What They Say JDI has announced a new 21.3″ 5MP (2048 x 2560) IPS monochrome display panel that uses the idea of dual cell LCD technology to boost contrast. The firm said that it has solved potential problems of halo effects and double images which can be caused by parallax issues. General Specifications Specifications (Target) … Read more
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) announced the development of a 21.3-inch 5mega-pixel monochrome LCD (2048 × 2560ppi) with High-brightness and High-contrast ratio TFT display made by Dual-cell (*1) technology. In the medical field, displays are required to have accurate image quality with, high-brightness, and high-contrast for the best image diagnosis. JDI has developed a 21.3-inch high … Read more
Over the years, I have watched Ross Young give display conference business keynotes many times. There are few people that can get as much information across as concisely as he does. I guess you would call it ‘Broadband market research & analysis’. Yesterday I listened in to his talk at the DSCC/SID Business Conference and … Read more
What They Say Yesterday I reported on the C|Net article that looked at Apple’s TV calibrator app. Just after publishing it, I spotted that HDTVTest’s Vincent Teoh had also looked at the system and compared it with his professional calibration tools and also used it to adjust the image on a Sony broadcast monitor. (C|Net … Read more
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