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German smart TV sales up 14%

What They Say GfK data reported by DigitalTVEurope quotes sales of smart TVs for the first nine months of the year (against 4.6 million total TVs recently reported by GFU (TV Market Up in Germany). Smart STB sales are up from 135K last year to 280K this year. There was a significant promotion by Vodafone … Read more

Samsung and Stanford researchers develop a novel Metaphotonic OLED structure that enables high performance OLED displays

What They Say Scentists from Samsung and Standford University, with support from Hangyang University, have published a paper explaining a new methoid of making coloured OLEDs that could support 10,000ppi and are said to be twice as efficient as WOLEDs. The devices work by using nano-patterned metasurface mirrors behind the IKED device, The layer uses … Read more

Brexit endangers display exports to the UK

What They Say The UK currently imports around 3.7 million TVs and digital signage displays from Europe, valued at €900 million. If there is no agreement on a free trade deal with the EU, the imports would be subject to a 14% duty. That would force prices up. What We Think Of course, the Brexit … Read more

Light Field Streaming Milestone Reached

Cable operator Charter Communications and host of partners used the recent SCTE*ISBE Cable-Tec Expo to showcase a light field capture-transmission-display demonstration. This is the first time such an end-to-end demonstration has been attempted and is an important milestone in the development of the light field ecosystem. The video of the demonstration can be seen HERE. … Read more

ANC and GLAAM (formerly G-SMATT) America Form Partnership to Introduce, Integrate and Operate the World’s First Digital Media and Interactive Glass Building Material to the United States

What They Say ANC of the US and Glaam of South Korea said that they would promote Glaam’s Media Glass which would be integrated by ANC for sale in the US. The glass has embedded LEDs so that it can act as a window in daylight, but become a display after dark. It is said … Read more

Innolux Ushers in Cutting-Edge Technology

Innolux made a giant leap to commercialization of innovative display technology for customer and consumer market. In the 2020 OPTO TAIWAN exposition taking place at TaiNEX during Oct 21-23, Innolux is going to premiere the exclusive Color-Conversion-Based Retina AM-MicroLED Tiling Display and a series of miniLED advance display technology and solutions. LC Meta-Surface Antenna will … Read more

Connect Americans Now Urges FCC Action on White Spaces

What They Say An association of 51 companies, under the name ‘Connect Americans’ has backed the FCC’s plan to allow the use of 600MHz spectrum and TV broadcast ‘white space’ for non-broadcast applications including rural internet provision. What We Think I have a close relative that lives in rural America and understand the frustration of … Read more

Many of the World’s Leading Consumer Electronics Brands Announce New Eyesafe Products at Blue Light Summit

Eyesafe, UnitedHealthcare Vision and TÜV Rheinland Group presented the Blue Light Summit 2020, bringing together world leaders from consumer electronics and health care, for a first of its kind cross-industry event. Brands including Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer, ZAGG Brands, AMD as well as display maker BOE, shared in broad discussion with health care professionals from … Read more