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What They Say Sony announced its new Crystal LED display and we reported on it. Sony Upgrades (and Downgrades) its Crystal LED. A correspondent pointed out that I had left in the Sony table in this article, a reference to microLED. Several years ago, I did accept, when the display was announced in 2016, Sony’s … Read more
Kopin® Corporation, a leading developer and provider of high-resolution microdisplays and display subassemblies for defense, enterprise, industrial, consumer and medical products, announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Jade Bird Display, to develop superbright monochrome LED microdisplays. Jade Bird Display, based in Shanghai, China, is a leader in microLED displays. Under the collaboration, Jade … Read more
LG Display, a leading innovator of display technologies and one of the world’s largest display manufacturers, and Eyesafe, the global leader in low blue light solutions for the consumer electronics industry, announced the world’s first ever Eyesafe® Certified television display at CES 2021. The new display, which will serve a 65″ OLED television model, was … Read more
What They Say LG has five new laptops in its Gram range which have 16:10 aspect ratio displays with up to 99% of DCI-P3 colour (95% minimum). LG gram 17 (model 17Z90P) 2560 x 1600, 2.98lb (1.36kg) LG gram 16 (model 16Z90P) 2560 x 1600, 2.62lb (1.19kg) LG gram 14 (model 14Z90P) 1920 x 1200, … Read more
Over three years after the launch of the HDMI Specification Version 2.1, major products are now widely available that support HDMI 2.1 features including 4K@120Hz, 8K@60Hz, Dynamic HDR and eARC. Instead of asking when HDMI 2.1-enabled products will be available, people are now asking for advice about which new HDMI 2.1-enabled products to buy. “It’s … Read more
What They Say Caixin reports that despite ‘miniscule sales’ and ‘astronomical financial losses’, shown in an IPO prospectus, Royole wants to raise $2.2 billion to devote half of it ‘replenish its capital supplies’ and the other half to R&D and ‘factory upgrades’. The company hopes to be listed on the Star Market (described as ‘Nasdaq-like’). … Read more
What They Say Twice reported data from NPD that TV diagonals in the US continue to increase, with sets of 60″ and above now at 15% up from 11% a year ago. The average size of replacement TVs rose from 47″ in November 2018, to 49″ in the same month in 2019 and 51″ in … Read more
Smartphone display shipments hit 422 million in Q3 2020 according to Omdia’s latest 3Q20 Smartphone Display Market Tracker. Q3 shipments have risen by 16% Q/Q but are slightly lower than 432 million shipments in Q3 2019, after a slow start to 2020 due to the global pandemic which caused many factories closed and US President’s … Read more
What They Say Omdia said that 422 million smatphone displays were shipped in Q3 2020, down from 432 million in 2019, but up 16% on Q2. The main reason was the recovery of production capacity, but Huawei also boosted its buying before the US government sanctions set in. 5G growth helped the growth of flexible … Read more
Samsung Electronics unveiled its 2021 portfolio of Neo QLED, MICRO LED and Lifestyle TV displays during its first-ever virtual First Look event ahead of CES 2021. The new line underscores Samsung’s commitment to accessibility, sustainability, and innovation with new advancements that help redefine the role of television in consumer homes. “During the past year, we … Read more
What They Say As expected, Samsung announced its Neo QLED backlight technology that is its entry in the miniLED backlight LCD TV market for 2021. The company said that it uses ‘Quantum mini LED’ and ‘Quantum Matrix’ technologies. The new LEDs, according to the way they are described, are flip-chip miniLEDs without lenses (1/40th of … Read more
What They Say Law360 reported that Lenovo can’t dodge a putative class action claiming it sold defective two-in-one computer devices, a Maryland federal judge has ruled, saying the company’s assertions that the devices are good for 25,000 “open-close cycles” is specific enough for consumers to pursue claims of fraudulent concealment. What We Think This class … Read more
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