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What They Say AUO was down 7.8% in revenues on the month of January on a sequential basis to $950 million, but a long way up on a year ago at the start of the pandemic. Area shipments dropped by the same percentage. The firm said that it expects impacts from the problems in glass … Read more
What They Say Parks Associates said that 55% of US pay-TV households see live sports coverage as an important part of their decision to keep Pay TV services. Separately, a report on viewing of the Super Bowl last weekend said that 69% of those that watched used a SmartTV. 40% watched on Samsung sets, 21% … Read more
LG OLED was honored at the 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards for its consumer OLED TV. Established by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1948, the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards honor development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognize innovators for their contribution to television engineering. The recognition highlights … Read more
Please excuse me if I return to a particular interest of mine – dual cell LCDs. I have been intrigued by the idea when Sharp showed an LCD with ‘a million to one contrast ratio’ at a CES show, years ago, although it did not admit that it was doing it that way. (For those … Read more
What They Say A majority interest in Kramer Electronics has been acquired by Fortissimo Capital Fund, a private equity fund based in Israel. Michael and Ben-Zion Hochstein, two of the company’s founders, will retain their interests in the company. Dr. Joseph Kramer, one of the founding fathers of the AV industry and of Kramer 40 … Read more
Fortissimo Capital Fund acquired a majority interest in Kramer Electronics, a leading player and pioneer in the Pro AV industry. Michael and Ben-Zion Hochstein, two of the company’s founders retain their interests in the company, while Dr. Joseph Kramer, an entrepreneur and the founder of Kramer Electronics is retiring from the company. Kramer Electronics develops, … Read more
What They Say I heard this week via a friend the sad news that Larry Tannas, a renowned display technologist, has recently died from the Covid virus. Larry was a pioneer (and patent holder) in the process of re-sizing LCDs. He was an important LCD pioneer who came from the aerospace industry, where he worked … Read more
What They Say A company called Expanscape has developed a notebook with 7 displays, the Aurora 7. There are four 17.3″ UltraHD displays, two 7″ 1200p displays and a third one, with touch, in the handrest. The prototype weighs 26lbs (11.8kg) and is 4.3″ (11cm) thick. What We Think Display Daily’s friend, Jon Peddie, is … Read more
Tobii, the world leader in eye tracking, confirmed that it is engaging in research collaboration with Valve and OpenBCI by incorporating Tobii’s eye tracking technology with elements of Valve’s Index hardware to produce developer units for the recently announced Galea Beta Program. “We are excited to work with Valve and OpenBCI to explore the future … Read more
What They Say DSCC published a blog article on the TV business results of the top three brands, Samsung, LGE and Sony and the overall business of TCL, the fourth business. All of the firms did relatively well both in revenues and in margins on an annual basis. Samsung and LGE cited increased panel prices … Read more
What They Say Despite the long term trend towards consumption of video on mobile devices, Conviva’s State of Streaming Q4 2020 report shows 75% of all viewing time via connected devices was watched on big screens. Within the TV category, streaming devices dominated nearly 50% share of viewing time in Q4. Preferred devices for streaming … Read more
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. Display causes fire in museum Samsung reveals US pricing for 2021 “Neo QLED” LCD TVs Acer Reports January 2021 Consolidated Revenues at NT$23.50 Billion, Highest in Eight Years … Read more
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