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eMagin Awarded New Patent for High Resolution OLED Direct Patterning Technology

eMagin has been awarded a new patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its Direct Patterning Display (dPd) technology. This patent follows two USPTO patents awarded last year and adds to eMagin’s portfolio of 18 foundational dPd patents and utility applications for OLED patterning, processes and equipment.daily The company has a roadmap … Read more

Better Distribution Methods Needed to Support Large ProAV Canvases

LED-based video walls are getting bigger and bigger and pixel pitches continue to shrink.That means these large canvases can have a lot more pixels. 30M, 50M even 100M pixels are not uncommon. The problem becomes delivering high quality pixels to these canvases over the existing distribution methods. To understand more about these issues, we spoke … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg Talks on the Future of AR and VR

The Information 411 published a 45 minute interview on the Future of AR & VR with Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg said that Facebook is so involved with AR & VR because he sees Facebook as a ‘social experiences’ company and at the moment nothing gets close to the feeling of being with someone. You can communicate, … Read more

DSCC Report Predicts Foldable Smartphones to Surge from 2H’2021 – Samsung Galaxy and Samsung Display to Remain Dominant

DSCC expects to see a significant surge in foldable smartphone shipments from August with record months for shipments each month from August to December. In fact, Q4’21 foldable/rollable smartphone shipments are expected to be larger than Q1’20 – Q2’21 combined. What is driving the surge? Quarterly Rollable/Foldable Smartphone Shipments According to DSCC CEO Ross Young, … Read more

The New SIM2 Laser Superhybrid Home Cinema Projector

SIM2 is proud to announce its latest development in Home Cinema projection, the best SIM2 middle hi-end product we’ve ever made. The new high-precision lens, coupled our latest laser-hybrid light source, the latest 0.66“ DMD with state of the art processing and perfect HDR management, creates a middle priced unit that easily overcomes most Top-class … Read more

Links for w/c 8th March 2021

samsung 711 displays

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Samsung Taiwan to provide commerical displays for 7-Eleven LG joins partner certification program for cloud OS integration Sony 2021 TV line-up TCL and Innolux expect tight LCD supply … Read more

Links for w/c 15th March 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Sony’s new 4K TVs with ‘cognitive’ CPUs are rolling out, VRR will follow later [Design Story] Complete Immersion: The Minimalist Design of Samsung’s Neo QLED 8K TVs (Samsung’s … Read more

Links for w/c 22nd March 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Hisense TVs Certified WiSA Ready, WiSA’s Interoperability Standard Becoming Must-Have Feature for Smart TVs (wireless audio connections) iFixit Tears Down the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra iFixit shows how … Read more

Samsung Promotes new MiniLED Controller Architecture

What They Say Samsung published an article on its newsroom that set out information about its S6LP441 and S6LDMB1 miniLED driver chips. Engineer Seongjong Yoo explained that, “…we borrowed from the matrix driver plan commonly used in operating LCD TV displays. We succeeded in developing a more accurate and efficient IC solution by applying the … Read more

Oppo Rollable Concept Demonstrated

What They Say The BBC had a look at a rollable smartphone concept developed by Oppo. The broadcaster said that there is a crease, but it’s not visible in use. The smartphone is said to have been tested with 100K expansion operations, which are motorised. When squeezed in the extended mode, the display rolls up … Read more

MiniLED Quantum Dot TVs – New Opportunities

The biggest advantage of miniLED Quantum Dot TV is that it takes LCD performance to a new height not possible before. MiniLED display technology can enable LCD to achieve high brightness, very high contrast, better HDR (High Dynamic Range), thinner form factor and higher power efficiency to compete directly with OLED. QD enhancement film (QDEF) … Read more

Are MicroLEDs Really Going to Happen?

Over many years, one of the events that I tried to attend (and have spoken at several times) was the Electronic Displays Conference, chaired by Prof. Karlheinz Blankenbach in Nurnberg. It has often clashed with the Mobile World event in Barcelona, but as MWC was not on and the ED event went virtual, I have … Read more