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TCL Huaxing’s Foldable Screen Shipments to Surpass BOE

What They Say A market research agency, Magirror Research, sent us a report that claims that TCL Huaxing, based on success for the Motorola Razr folding smartphone, would make more shipments than those of BOE in the foldable segment. The global market for foldable phones will be 8 million units in 2021, the firm believes, … Read more

Advantages and Challenges for QDs in MicroLEDs

I’m still catching up with all the news from a lot of virtual events over the last few weeks, but here’s my second article from the Electronic Displays Conference in Nuremburg. I’m covering a talk by Xiaoxi He of IDTechEx, an industry analyst and her subject was the ‘Technical and Commercial Trends for MicroDisplays and … Read more

2020 Was the Strongest Growth Year on Record for PC Monitors, According to IDC

Persistent demand led the global PC monitor market to impressive heights during the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20). The market grew 16.9% year over year with shipments surpassing 39.2 million units, a number last exceeded during the fourth quarter of 2011. For the full year 2020, shipments grew 8.3% compared to 2019, according to the … Read more

2020 Was the Strongest Growth Year on Record for PC Monitors, According to IDC

IDC monitor forecast

What They Say IDC put out a press release highlighting the strong sales of desktop monitors in 2020, which saw 16.9% growth from 2019, the highest it has ever recorded (since 2008). 2020 Was the Strongest Growth Year on Record for PC Monitors, According to IDC. The release has the detailed tables of brand shares … Read more

Asustek posts record profit in 2020

What They Say Asustek posted its result for 2020 and saw profits up 119% year on year to $938 million, with revenues for the year at $13.54 billion with gross margin at 17.18%. Q4 was down 4.93% on 2019, but was up 27.35% year on year. Profit was $346 million in Q4, up 273% on … Read more

Ming-Chi Kuo: OLED for 2022 iPad Air and Forecasts Apple XR

What They Say Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is regarded as a good source for reasonably reliable rumours on Apple’s plans and we saw two separate reports on his comments. First, he has said that he expects Apple to use an OLED in the 2022 iPad Air (while the MacBook Air will start using miniLED LCDs). Separately, … Read more

Transceivers Stream Full HD 1080p over IP for Video Matrices, Video Walls, and Live Broadcasting

DVDO®, leveraging over two decades of award-winning Pro AV video and data connectivity leadership, introduced DVDO-H264/5-Encoder and DVDO-H264/5-Decoder, designed to convert Full HD 1080p video from any HDMI source into high-quality H.264/5 streams over IP for use in video walls, matrices, and live broadcasts. “Our H.264/265 encoders and decoders turn high definition video into efficient … Read more

Sansi Launches Line of Indoor Rental LED Display Products Using Keyssa’s Wireless Connectors

Keyssa, a leader in high-speed, contactless connectivity, announced that Sansi Technology, a global Leader in LED displays and lighting, has launched their SR Series of indoor rental LED display cabinets using Keyssa’s wireless connectors to transmit the high-speed video signals between cabinets. Keyssa’s embedded solid-state connector improves LED video wall reliability by reducing failure rates … Read more

Samsung Phones Boast 800 nits & HFR

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What They Say Samsung has launched three new A-series phones, the Galaxy A52, A52 5G, and A72 with European pricing at €349, €429 and €449 respectively. Displays are 6.5″ for the A52 models and 6.7″ for the A72. They all share 800 cd/m² and 1080 x 2400 resolution. Covers are Gorilla Glass 5 and update … Read more

RealD wins Euro 3D patent battle

What They Say Advanced Television reported that RealD has successfully finalised its patent dispute with Volfoni of France and appeals have been withdrawn, the site said. The dispute covered patents EP2067066, EP2469336 and EP2846180. In parallel proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO), Volfoni attempted to challenge the validity of the patents asserted against them. … Read more