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VITEC Acquires Exterity to Create Global IPTV and Digital Signage Powerhouse

April 6, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

VITEC, a worldwide leader in IP video streaming solutions, today announced the strategic acquisition of Exterity Limited, the award-winning, market-leading provider of integrated IPTV, digital signage and user engagement technologies. The move signals VITEC’s intention to accelerate growth and strengthen its leadership position, with natural technology and customer synergies between the two companies that will … Read more

Automotive Market & Display Drivers From Sigmaintell

April 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

Today, I’m covering two separate topics that are combined only because talks on the topics formed the second half of the Sigmaintell/SID China event that I attended a couple of weeks ago. I reported on the first part, which covered smartphones, here. Vera Cao looks after the automotive display segment for Sigmaintell. She started by … Read more

UBI Sees UTG Dominating in Foldable Covers

April 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say In digging around about the Omdia OLED materials market article today, we spotted a forecast from UBI research that we missed a few days ago on the Elec. UBI said that UTG will continue to dominate the market for foldable OLED cover windows over the next four years with the glass at … Read more

Judge Reveals Mac PC Display Problems Apple ‘Tried To Hide’

April 6, 2021 by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say A class action in the US against Apple over issues with backlights in MacBook Pro notebooks has come to court. Macrumors.com reports that:the problem was caused by a flex cable that was slightly too short, which caused the scandal to be named Flexgate in the media. Displays could fail after repeated opening … Read more

Next-gen Apple TV may support 120Hz output

April 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac reported that there are references to 120Hz frame rate support in the code for Apple’s tvOS 14.5 beta code, although the current Apple TV box would not have the hardware to support. The blog believes that this means that Apple is testing a 120Hz mode for further models. HDMI 2.1 support … Read more

OLED materials market to grow 40% in 2021 – Omdia

December 21, 2022April 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported data from Omdia that forecast that the OLED material market would grow to $1.754 billion in 2021, with growth higher than in 2020, when it was 16%. A combination of high demand for OLED smartphones increases in OLED TVs QD OLED production and more OLEDs in IT applications will … Read more

SID Business Conference on May 17th to Celebrate Display Industry Optimism

April 6, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The all virtual 18th SID/DSCC Business Conference taking place during Display Week on May 17th will celebrate rare optimism surrounding the business of the display industry. According to DSCC CEO Ross Young, “The display industry is expected to enjoy one of its better years on record in 2021 with prices rising, shipments surging, new display … Read more

LCD TV Panel Prices Keep Going Up

April 6, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say In its latest blog post, DSCC has expanded on the topic that Sweta covered in yesterday’s Display Daily, LCD pricing. The company said that it had expected a deceleration in panel price rises in Q2, but after continued price rises in components including drivers and glass, it now expects prices to continue … Read more

Xiaomi Adds an Extra Display

December 21, 2022April 5, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Somehow the latest release of a new smartphone series from Xiaimi crept up on us! We reported on Ray Soneira’s test (DisplayMate Tests More Xiaomi Smartphones) and we then spotted that the camera in the Mi 11 Ultra had become the top ranked smartphone camera at DXOMark. We then spotted that the … Read more

iMac to Have >27″ Display?

December 21, 2022April 5, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacRumors reports that a ‘credible leaker’ has added to what is described as ‘widespread speculation’ that the next version of the iMac will have a larger display than the current largest iMac at 27″ (there is also a 21.5″ version). The Apple monitor, the Pro Display XDR (Apple Explains the Pro XDR … Read more

BenQ Announces the CS Series Corporate Meeting Room Display

April 5, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

BenQ, an internationally renowned provider of visual display and collaboration solutions, is expanding its end-to-end corporate leadership with the new CS Series premium smart signage display.Available in 65″, 75″, and 86″ models, the 4K UHD CS Series is designed to enable highly engaging meetings and presentations with a built-in, wireless screen-sharing solution; whiteboarding and collaboration … Read more

Samsung’s Z Fold 3 Thinning Innovations Could Make All Flexible OLEDs Brighter

April 5, 2021 by Barry Young

In Samsung’s quest to make OLED panels thinner, the company discovered a way to increase the luminance by 20% to 30%. The typical OLED panel configuration, includes: An active matrix using LTPS or IGZO or LTPO (using IGZO for the driving TFT and LTPS for the switching TFT) A yellowish pixel defining layer (PDL) made … Read more