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Radiant Predicts High Smartphone BLU Shipments

by Tom Allen

Radiant Opto-Electronics expects backlight units (BLUs) for smartphone applications to represent between 20% and 25% of its consolidated revenues in the second half of the year. The company said that it would invest NT$3 …

Nichia’s BG Lasers Raise TV Backlight Efficiency

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nichia has developed a laser backlight technology for LCD TVs, which could be 25% more efficient than LEDs. Sources, speaking to The Nikkei, said that Nichia had found a way to produce laser …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Laser| Laser TVs| LCD Backlights| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Li-Fi is not a Misprint…

by Bob Raikes

We recently saw a news item stating that Yuyang D&U has started to commercialise Li-Fi and we thought it might be useful to give a bit of background on the technology. Yuyang has a …

BLU Sales, Shipments Fell Last Month

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s two main BLU manufacturers, Coretronic and Radiant-Optoelectronics both reported declines in sales and shipments in February. Coretronic shipped 5.3 million BLU units, 24% down from January and said that it expects overall first …

Mobile LCD Backlight Technology and Market Study Released

by Vanessa Browning

Insight Media is now offering early access to a report that is being put together right now. Titled “Mobile LCD Backlight Technology and Market Study,” early access customers will get a 15% discount off …

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Coretronic Expects Monitor BLU Growth and Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Sources at Coretronic say that the company expects its shipments of backlight units to rise 10% YoY in 2015. Total shipments last year were just under 93 million units: a 20% YoY increase. Q4 …

Toray Phosphor Sheet Raises LED Brightness

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper claims that Toray Industries has developed a phosphor sheet that can raise WLED brightness by 10%, without an increase in input power. The sheet is intended for use with WLEDs formed …

LED-Lit Displays’ Value Falling

by Bob Raikes

LEDinside, a division of Trendforce, has predicted that global production value of LED-backlit tablets and LCD TVs will fall 21.7% and 14.3% YoY, respectively, this year. The products’ production value will be $476 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 21 - Issue 50

BLU Shipments Fell in November

by Raverstead

Taiwan’s two major backlight unit (BLU) manufacturers reported sequential falls in shipments and sales in November. Coretronic’s BLU shipments fell 6% month on month in November to 7.7 million units and sales for the …

BLU Shipments for January-October Rise

by Raverstead

Coretronic shipped 8.2 million backlight units (BLUs) in October, 9% down on September but helping to bring shipments so far this year to 77.7 million units, 25% higher year on year. By application, Coretronic …

Apple Supply Chain Rushed After Redesign

by Super User

Apple suppliers are ‘scrambling’ to ready screens for the iPhone 6, says Reuters, after a late component change required a redesign. The website’s sources said that Apple wanted to use a single layer of …