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What They Say Digitimes reports that Epistar plans to increase prices for LEDs and miniLEDs this quarter as demand is strong and material costs have risen, quoting the firm’s president speaking at Touch Taiwan. The firm is now said to have annual capacity for 1 million 4″ wafers for miniLED, which is about right for … Read more
What They Say Omdia published a blog post that highlighted the boost in Chromebook shipments in Q1 2021 – up 369% from 2020. HP was a big winner with 39% of Chromebook shipments. Omdia also noted that the Y/Y growth rate in 1Q21 would have been even higher but for challenges presented by component shortages … Read more
Portrait Displays, the global leader in color calibration solutions and advanced display control, is proud to announce the release of Calman 2021 with the introduction of the brand-new Aurora Color Engine. Portrait Displays’ Calman color calibration solutions are largely recognized by color professionals across the globe as the foremost software to ensure that content is … Read more
What They Say The Gfu reported in Germany that the obligation to accept old electronic devices for disposal and recycling is being extended in the country from specialist stores to supermarkets with more than 800 m² of store area. They also have to offer electrical appliances ‘several times per year’. Devices have to have an … Read more
What They Say FlatpanelsHD reports that the new function that allows colour balance adjustment on the Apple TV 4K, using an iPhone, will also work later on older Apple TV boxes back to the Apple TV HD (2015). It will work with HDR10 and SDR content, but not with Dolby Vision. The feature will be … Read more
What They Say The Deutsche TV Platform reported that cumulative sales of UltraHD TVs in Germany have now reached over 20 million units since 2014, with 1.1 million out of a total of 1.45 million TVs sold in Q1 of 2021. That puts the technology at 75% penetration in the most recent quarter. Almost all … Read more
What They Say Quoting data from Omdia, The Elec in Korea reported that Apple will see a boost of 47.6% in iPhone shipments this year, to 169 million from 114.5 million. The suppliers of panels were: Samsung Display – 110 million units LG Display 50 million units and BOE 9 million units Last year, Samsung … Read more
The 2021 SID/DSCC Virtual Business Conference at DisplayWeek, sponsored by Applied Materials, Corning, GE, OTI, Radiant Vision Systems and TOK will feature over 40 different talks on all aspects of the display industry. One of five application-oriented sessions of the conference will address the market for TVs and TV displays, which is so critical for … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced the expansion of its Galaxy Upcycling program with Galaxy Upcycling at Home, an initiative that gives new life to older Galaxy smartphones by converting them into a variety of IoT (Internet of Things) devices through a simple software update. Samsung has implemented the beta service for Galaxy Upcycling at Home in the … Read more
The PC industry has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past decade or longer: up, down, up, down, up. In 2010, when Paul Otellini was Intel’s CEO, he forecast robust growth for the PC (and Intel) over the next ten years, and spoke about the next billion units. At the time, the installed base … Read more
What They Say Advanced Television interviewed Futuresource Consulting about the UK TV set market which it calculates at 8 million sets in 2020. The firm interviewed buyers in June 2020 and found that the priorities for sets were: Smart Features UltraHD/4K Larger TV sets OLED & QLED are said to be much further down in … Read more
What They Say To the surprise of nobody in the display analyst community, we suspect, Reuters reported that Foxconn has formally acknowledged that its planned ‘Wisconsin project’, backed by ex-President Trump, will not be at the scale originally discussed. The investment has been reduced from $10 billion to $672 million and the number of jobs … Read more
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