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IHS Warns on UHD Danger

by Bob Raikes

A report from IHS Markit on UltraHD content and quoted by Advanced Television has suggested that UltraHD may follow from S3D because too few titles have been mastered in higher resolutions. Although the report …

Tags:4k| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 23 - Issue 51

So What is Y-OCTA?

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is lining up to launch its next smartphone (which forecasters are calling the ‘S8’) and last week we saw a report that it would use a touch technology called ‘Y-OCTA’, used in the …

Tags:IHS Markit| Touch| Vol 23 - Issue 50

IHS Markit Expects TDDI Boost

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit has released information about developments in TDDI (Touch and Display Driver Integration LCD Makers Developing In-Cell Touch Based on TDDI) which integrates the circuitry to monitor touch and drive the display into …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch Controllers| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Flexible Displays to See Big Boost in 2017

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit expects sales of flexible displays to grow from 59 million in 2016 to 139 million in 2017, an increase of 135%. After that, growth will slow, but will be steady to the …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 23 - Issue 49

LCD TV Panel Makers Lower Shipment Targets for 2017

by Bob Raikes

Restructuring of older display fabs, migration to larger-sized LCD TV panels and business strategy adjustments are some of the factors prompting LCD TV panel manufacturers to set a conservative shipment goal of 258.4 million …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 47

FPD Revenues to Increase in 2017 – IHS Markit

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit said that the flat panel industry will grow by 9.3% in 2017 to $110 billion, after two years of decline. Firmer pricing will be the key factor as supply has become tighter …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Panel Makers Increase Fab Utilization Rate to 90% in Q4

by Bob Raikes

The overall utilization rate at fabrication plants (fabs) used for display panel production is expected to reach 90% in the Q4 of 2016, up 7 percentage points from the same period in the previous …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 45

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Google Pixel XL Cost Matches Rivals

by Bob Raikes

The cost to manufacture the Google Pixel phone closely matches that of its intended rivals—a logical and expected move, according to IHS Markit, especially since it’s aimed at the buyers of high end smartphone …

Tags:Google| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Teardowns| Vol 23 - Issue 42

8K To Get Real in 2019, Says IHS

by Bob Raikes

We saw some data from IHS Markit quoted in a story from Asia about 8K development, so we checked on the latest estimates. The company told us that the current expectation is that this …

Tags:4k| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 23 - Issue 44

300 ppi is 50% of Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

IHS said that the the share of displays with 300 pixels per inch (ppi) and higher resolution is 50% of the smartphone display market in 2016, and it will rise to 70% by 2023. …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 41