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IT Spending Forecast Hit by Coronavirus Impact and Downside Risks Continue to Escalate, According to Updated IDC Black Book Forecast

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The escalating coronavirus crisis is already impacting IT markets as buyers and vendors adjust to a new set of assumptions and a new global economic reality. Based on data indicators in the first quarter, International Data Corporation (IDC) expects to see a significant slowdown in spending on hardware in particular during the first half of … Read more

Displays, Eye Health and Blue Light

There has been a lot of talk about blue light from displays and other LED sources recently. On March 6th, TÜV Rheinland announced an Eyesafe Display “Standard”, an industry guide to improve display users’ eye health. TÜV Rheinland group is a provider of independent inspection services and was founded nearly 150 years ago. The group … Read more

Cynora Introduces A More Efficient Blue OLED Emitter

Last week Cynora, the German developer of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) OLED emitters, announced its first commercial product, “a fluorescent blue emitter that promises to significantly improve the efficiency of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays.” The product, which Cynora calls cyBlueBooster™, is more than 15 percent more efficient than comparable emitters, the company … Read more

EIZO Releases 27” Hardware Calibration 4K UHD Monitor

EIZO Limited announced its new ColorEdge CS2740 which displays images, videos and graphics exactly as it should – ultra-sharp, rich in detail, undistorted and precise. It offers full 4K UHD resolution for videographers, maximum sharpness for photographers and absolute precision and rich colours for all. This allrounder from the CS series features a USB-C port … Read more

INFiLED Opens New Service Center in the USA

The world leading LED display manufacturer, INFiLED, announces the opening of their new service center in California, USA. Trading as INFI Group, the new service center has been strategically located in Los Angeles, to provide first class service and support to all current and new INFiLED customers across North America. This marks a further expansion … Read more

LG Begins Rollout Of 2020 TV Lineup Spearheaded By Award-winning OLED TVs

LG Electronics (LG) announced the rollout of its stellar 2020 TV lineup, led by 14 new OLED models including the art-inspired GX Gallery series, real 8K ZX models and 4K Ultra HD TVs. The undisputed world leader in OLED TVs, LG is taking the viewing and gaming experience into exciting, new territories starting this month … Read more

UDC Great Quarter and Year, Challenging Q120 and a Future that Could Under Underperform the Industry

UDC reported Q419 and 2019 results last week. For the quarter, red and green material revenues were $60.5m up 52.4% Y/Y and total material revenues, including royalties were $98.5m up 46.2% Y/Y. For the full year, red and green material revenues were $242.7m, up 34.5% and total material revenues were $392.9m up 48.0% Y/Y Figure … Read more

Samsung Presents Groundbreaking All-Solid-State Battery Technology to ‘Nature Energy’

On March 9 in London, researchers from the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the Samsung R&D Institute Japan (SRJ) presented a study on high-performance, long-lasting all-solid-state batteries to Nature Energy, one of the world’s leading scientific journals. Compared to widely used lithium-ion batteries, which utilize liquid electrolytes, all-solid-state batteries support greater energy density, … Read more

Augmented and Mixed Reality: What is It, and Where is It Going?

XR is a term that has become more prominent in the last few years. It encapsulates virtual, augmented, and mixed reality topics. The definition of each of these has become saturated in the past decade, with companies using their own definitions for each to describe their products. The new IDTechEx Report, “Augmented, Mixed and Virtual … Read more

Visually Stunning and Feature-Rich MMD Launches the Philips 346P1CRH Monitor

MMD, the leading display specialist and brand license partner for Philips monitors, announces the launch of the 34” (86.36 cm) Philips 346P1CRH LCD monitor. Featuring a curved UWQHD display with DisplayHDR 400, this monitor delivers an outstanding visual performance in addition to offering a host of convenient connectivity features such as a built-in USB-C docking … Read more

Leader Supports Britain’s First Live 8K Sports Demonstration for BT Sport

A Leader LV5900 HD/4K/8K multi-standard waveform monitor was chosen by BT Sport to monitor the signal feed from the UK’s first public demonstration of live 8K sport. The UEFA Europa League match between Arsenal and Olympiacos (round of 32) on the 27th February was transmitted live by BT Sport and its partners using the LV5900 … Read more

DSCC’s Latest Display Capacity Forecast Shows China’s Share Surging Even Higher, LCD Capacity Declines for the First Time and OLED Capacity Growing Rapidly

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DSCC has updated its display capacity forecast as part of its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report. There were a number of interesting findings such as: Capacity is only expected to grow 1% in 2020 with LCD capacity down 1% and OLED capacity up 26%. This is the first capacity decline we are … Read more