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Links Round-up Week Ending 5th Feb 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Powerpaste packs clean hydrogen energy in a safe, convenient gray goop (nothing to do with displays, but hydrogen power seems a great way to reduce fossil fuels) UV-C … Read more

Pay TV Subscribers in Africa to Exceed 50 Million by 2026

Nearly 17 million pay TV subscribers will be added in Africa between 2020 and 2026 to take the total to 51 million. Nigeria will be close to 11 million, with South Africa bringing in another 9 million. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, elaborated: “Multichoice had 15.51 million subs across satellite TV platform … Read more

Ten Predictions for the Display Industry in 2021

To start off 2021, I will continue a tradition started two years ago of laying out some predictions for the year. I consulted with my DSCC colleagues for both topics of interest and for predictions and received contributions from Ross and Guillaume, but I write this column for my own account, and readers should not … Read more

PS5/Samsung TV Combination Shows HDMI Issues

Call of Duty

What They Say Forbes has reported, with confirmation from its own tests that show that Sansung’s high end TVs have a limitation that mean that they can only support two out of three from the features of UltraHD, 120Hz and HDR when used on the PS5. Typically users keep the UltraHD, but have to choose … Read more

Highly Stable Perovskite Materials Under Development for LEDs

A research team led by Professors Byung Soo Bae at the Wearable Platform Materials Technology Center within the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, Korea) and Taewoo Lee at Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea) has developed a new organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite light emitting diode display material. The new material claims to minimize the … Read more

Certified Logo Program to be Applied to 8K TVs Starting January 1, 2021

The 8K Association (8KA), the cross-industry group dedicated to promoting the growth of the 8K ecosystem, has published an updated performance specification for the powerful 8K Association Certified mark program. TV shoppers looking for televisions that offer four times the resolution available from 4K TVs and that meet the high-performance standards of the 8K Association … Read more

DSCC Releases Advanced Smartphone Report

What They Say DSCC has published a release about its first ‘Advanced smartphone’ report. It highlights that the end of the year was very different from previous quarters. Apple’s plans remain the biggest factor in market direction. In Q3’20, AMOLED smartphone panel shipments were down Y/Y for the second straight quarter due to weakened demand … Read more

DSCC Releases First Advanced Smartphone Report with Significant Insights into the AMOLED Smartphone Market

DSCC released the inaugural issue of its Quarterly Advanced Smartphone Features Report last week and it packs a tremendous amount of insight about the AMOLED smartphone market. In addition to reporting on shipments by brand and model by display parameters such as: Panel Size Panel Resolution Pixel Density Form Factor – Rigid or Flexible Aspect … Read more

TCL Brings Next Gen Mini-LED and Future Display Technologies to CES 2021

TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics company, will start the year more determined than ever at CES 2021 with exciting announcements to fulfil its mission to make life intelligent through innovative, next generation Mini-LED technology. “TCL is proud to be at CES 2021 and … Read more