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Skyworth Launches the W82, the World’s First Mass-Produced Transformable OLED TV, and W92, the Industry’s First 8K 120Hz OLED TV with Skyworth Audio Glass Sound

April 4, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

SKYWORTH, a leading global television brand, unveiled the world’s first mass-produced transformable OLED TV, SKYWORTH W82, and the industry’s first 8K OLED 120Hz TV with SKYWORTH AUDIO GLASS SOUND™, SKYWORTH W92 at the SKYWORTH TV 2021 Spring Product Launch themed “REACH NEW HEIGHTS”. “As a pioneer in 8K OLED TV solutions, SKYWORTH is committed to … Read more

LCD Panel Price Increase – Implications for the TV Market

April 4, 2021 by Sweta Dash

Large LCD panel prices have been continuously increasing for last 10 months due to an increase in demand and tight supply. This has helped the LCD industry to recover from drastic panel price reductions, revenue and profit loss in 2019. It has also contributed to the growth of Quantum Dot and MiniLED LCD TV. Strong … Read more

Immersive Images Using LEDs

April 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say A hat-tip to my good friend Alfred Poor for the heads-up on a new LED display, described as ‘holographic’, but of course, it’s not. The Dragon O display uses a kind of 3D set of 100 LED ‘strings’ that hang down to form a 3D space. Individual pixels can be addressed to … Read more

Echo Show Motion Features Released to Developers

April 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol newsletter wrote an interesting article about the motion features that are in the Echo Show 10 smart speaker from Amazon. Amazon said that it worked back from a desire of users to have the display facing them wherever they were in a room. The firm has given developers access to … Read more

Himax and BOE Varitronix Join Forces to Secure AMOLED Display Design-Win with a Leading New Energy Vehicle Maker

April 2, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Himax Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, and BOE Varitronix Limited, a world leading supplier of automotive display products, announced they joined forces to secure a flexible AMOLED automotive display solution design-win with a leading new energy vehicle (“NEV”) maker. The solution has recently been applied … Read more

Gartner Forecasts Global Devices Installed Base to Reach 6.2 Billion Units in 2021

April 2, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The number of devices (PCs (laptops and deskbased), tablets and mobile phones) in use globally will total 6.2 billion units in 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2021, 125 million more laptops and tablets are expected to be in use than in 2020. “The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed device usage patterns of employees and … Read more

Samsung Doesn’t Want to Explain its Drivers

December 21, 2022April 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported on a release by Samsung that talked about new miniLED driving chips, the S6LP441 and S6LDMB1. (Samsung Promotes new MiniLED Controller Architecture). The chips are not listed on the firm’s website so we couldn’t find any more information and followed up to ask for more information. This is the result … Read more

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Upgrades E Series Standalone Large Format Displays with 4K Ultra HD, a Built-In Media Player and Intuitive Controls

April 2, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Sharp NEC Display Solutions, a global leader in the projector and display market, announced its upgraded E Series standalone large format displays. Designed with corporate, education and indoor digital signage applications in mind, the improved E Series delivers 4K UHD resolution with a slim bezel design, giving users the opportunity to quickly and effectively share … Read more

BOE and Himax Announce an Electric Vehicle Design Win

April 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Himax Technologies and BOE Varitronix put out a press release saying that they had collaborated to “secure a flexible AMOLED automotive display solution design-win with a leading new energy vehicle (“NEV”) maker. The solution has recently been applied to the customer’s upcoming launch of a flagship NEV model”. The display is a … Read more

Skyworth Adds 65″ Bendable OLED TV and 88″ 8K

April 2, 2021 by Bob Raikes

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What They Say Skyworth launched in China two 8K OLED TVs, the W82 and W92 which are 65″ and 88″ sets, respectively. There’s a video about the W82 here. The W82 can be bent to 2000R for movies or 1500R for gaming and Skyworth calls the feature OLED Basic Module (OBM) Transform. It has a … Read more

TSMC Cancelling Price Cuts

April 1, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Nikkei said that it had seen a letter from TSMC to clients asking them to accept higher prices so that it can ramp up investments as it has seen a “structural and fundamental increase” in the demand for semiconductors. It plans to spend $100 billion over three years including new fabs … Read more

Microsoft’s Big Hololens Army Deal

April 1, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft said that it was moving its Hololens-based headset project with the US army to a production phase. CNBC reported that the firm has a contract for 120,000 devices over ten years with revenues expected of $21.9 billion over the period. The contract includes cloud services based on the Azure platform. What … Read more