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Molecular Computing Reveals Difficulty of Blue LEDs

by Tom Allen

Why are blue LEDs so difficult to make? It is a question that has dogged the field since the devices’ commercialisation in the 1990s, and has now been answered by scientists at University College …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Coretronic BLU Shipments Grow 20% YoY

by Helen Vince

Coretronic ended 2014 with a 20% increase in shipments of backlight units (BLUs), with volume reaching 92.9 million units. This was despite seeing shipments fall 11% sequentially in Q4 to 23.4 million and 2% …

Ministerial Seeks Most Efficient TV

by Tom Allen

Global trade body the Clean Energy Minsterial has launched an international competition to find the most efficient FPD TVs. The intent is to identify and highlight the cleanest TVs, helping consumers to make informed …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Dolby Vision Will Arrive With Consumers in 2015

by Vanessa Browning

We have been covering Dolby’s work with HDR since IBC 2012 (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 38), and at CES 2014 the company showed off its Dolby Vision technology, with several partners (Display Monitor …

Hisense Boasts of ULED Advantages

by Tom Allen

Hisense was showing the second generation of its ULED TVs, which – as was revealed at IFA – use quantum dots to enhance their colours. The new models widen contrast levels (30,000:1 static contrast …

LG press conference Tim Alessi and OLED TV

LG Stresses Importance of Colour

by Tom Allen

Skott Ahn, CTO of LG, was the first speaker on-stage at the first CES 2015 press conference. LG’s theme this year is ‘Innovation for a better life’: a life that is newer, more beautiful …

ViewSonic Sets New UltraHD IPS Price

by Vanessa Browning

ViewSonic was in the Encore Hotel in a suite (although the hotel staff didn’t seem to be aware of this!) and we made our way there to have a look around. First, we looked …

Innolux Records Flat Performance in 2014

by Helen Vince

Innolux reported just a 1.4% increase in sales in 2014 from the previous year, reaching NT$428.7 billion ($13.5 billion). The result came after sales in December were flat month on month at NT$38.2 billion …

Tags:Financial Data| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 03

UMC Reports December Sales Increase

by Helen Vince

United Microelectronics (UMC) reported sales of NT$12.2 billion ($384.8 million) in December, up 5.8% from November and 23.2% higher than December 2013. Last month’s result brought sales for the year to NT$140 billion ($4.4 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UMC| Vol 22 - Issue 03

Pegatron Confident About Apple Oders

by Helen Vince

Pegatron has said it is confident that shipments to Apple in 2015 will not decrease, despite concerns that the company will lose orders to Wistron and Compal Electronics now that they have become additional …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04

Lenovo to Buy Compal’s JV Stake?

by Helen Vince

Reports from Taiwan suggest that Lenovo is considering buying Compal’s 49% stake in their joint venture OEM business, LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology. LCFC started production at the end of 2012, primarily undertaking OEM production …

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Asustek Sees Rise in Q4 Sales

by Helen Vince

Asustek reported a strong performance in Q4, driven by steady demand for its smartphones and notebooks. The company’s turnover for the quarter rose 5.4% year on year to NT$137.7 billion ($4.4 billion), taking turnover …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 04