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Rollable OLEDs are nothing new. LG has been showing its OLED-R horizontally rollable TV display on the trade show circuit for years, and BOE has shown a rollable prototype. But in late October, TCL’s China Star Optoelectronics Technology showed OLEDs at the on-line DTC 2020 that were both rollable and ink-jet printed. The primary demo … Read more
What They Say Global tablet shipments are expected to increase 7.3% sequentially to a 13-quarter high in the fourth quarter of 2020, with significant increases in orders from Southeast Asia, India and Latin America for education applications, according to Digitimes Research. Third-quarter 2020 global tablet shipments rose 10.5% sequentially and 0.4% on year to 43.83 … Read more
What They Say ABI Research said that 40 million consoles will ship in 2020, up 6% on last year as a result of the pandemic. However, the crisis has delayed the introduction of 8K which was expected to be highlighted at the delayed 2020 economics. Khin Sandi Lynn, Industry Analyst at ABI Research said: “Although … Read more
Here are some links to some stories that may interest you. Touch Solutions Pioneer, TES America LLC, Acquires 3M™ Touch Systems Asset Portfolio (we missed this one a few weeks ago, but thought it worth listing) E-Paper Real-Time Transit Signs Dot Bus Routes in Portuguese City (Visionect wins a project) New Study Shows Fitness Band … Read more
What They Say LetsGoDigital has produced some CAD renders of an LG rollable smartphone concept that was outlined by LG Electronics in a patent application for a smartphone using a rollable display. The device slides out from a regular smartphone shape to a wider format, with both edges rolling out to double the width. Alternatively, … Read more
What They Say Yole Développement has forecast high growth for microdisplay modules to be used in AR headsets and HUDs, with more than 100% CAGR until 2025 from $1.9 billion this year to $4.2 billion. AR headset displays are expected to grow at 110% CAGR to $1.8 billion in 2025 from $45 million this year … Read more
Apple can source microdrivers and microLED chips from foundry partners and assemble those components in-house or with other partners to create unique displays. Although it currently has more pressing battles to fight, the same logic applies to Huawei, with the possible added benefits of a 100% domestic display supply chain that doesn’t rely on restricted … Read more
What They Say AV Interactive reported that Statacache is installing up to 40,000 46″ outdoor digital menu boards for drive-through restaurants in the Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes locations in North America. As of September, Burger King has installed digital drive-through menu boards at more than 1,500 locations in the US, Tim Hortons has … Read more
What They Say OLED-Info has reported that Seeya Information Technology, a start-up in China making OLED microdisplays, has now started production with a capacity of around 20 million displays/year. OLED-Info is selling several OLED microdisplays, including a 0.49″ FHD, 1.03″ 2560×2560 and a large 1.4″ 2560×2560 display. What We Think We have reported briefly on … Read more
In the first nine months of 2020, the share of UHD televisions in the overall TV market reached the 70 percent mark. According to GfK Retail & Technology, a total of around 4.7 million television sets were sold in Germany in this period, including 3.3 million UHD TVs. In the same period of the previous … Read more
What They Say The UK’s DTG, which coordinates the development of digital TV in the UK, has published its new requirements in version 12.5 of its D-Book. A mark of progress in the market is that Standard Definition (SD) set profiles will be dropped and all future sets will have to be able to support … Read more
What They Say The US Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that it has a new test suite for 2021 year model TVs to be used to verify ATSC-3.0 TVs for the Nextgen TV logo. The test suite includes over 135 tests covering 150 unique requirements across audio, video, captions, interactivity, service changes and more. What … Read more
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