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Macroblock launches miniLED backlighting driver ICs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macroblock said at Touch Taiwan that it was highlighting its drivers for miniLED backlights. The 65″ TV that the firm showed had 1,152 dimming zones and can reach the 1,000 cd/m² …

Tags:Display Drivers| LCD Backlights| LED Drivers| MiniLED

Low Power LCDs from Sharp and Azumo

by Bob Raikes

One of the perils of having a job title that includes the word ‘Editor’ is that some PR people can be very persistent. However, sometimes that persistence may be merited so in the end, …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Lighting| Reflective Display

Samsung Promotes new MiniLED Controller Architecture

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung published an article on its newsroom that set out information about its S6LP441 and S6LDMB1 miniLED driver chips. Engineer Seongjong Yoo explained that, “…we borrowed from the matrix driver plan …

Tags:LCD Backlights| LED Drivers| MiniLED| Samsung| Semiconductors

Zhijing Nanotech

Perovskite Film Makes it to Pilot Production in TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Perovskite-Info reported that the perovskite film that we reported on during Display Week (SID Display Week 2020: QD Review Part 2 (perovskites) that is being developed by Zhijing Nanotech in China, …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Perovskite| Phosphors| Quantum Dots

Apple Explains the Pro XDR Monitor

by Bob Raikes

Apple launched its Pro Display XDR in June 2019 (Apple Pro Display XDR has 6K and HDR) and drew quite a few comments for the price of its stand ($999!), but there was relatively …

Tags:Apple| Colour Critical Monitors| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| Optics

Lextar ships mini LED BLUs for Xiaomi TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Lextar is the supplier of miniLED backlight units for new Xiaomi TVs and gave some technical details on the configuration. The 4K/8K 82″ sets are said to have: …

Tags:LCD Backlights| MiniLED| TVs (TV Sets)| Xiaomi

VitreaLab Developing Laser Backlight

by Chris Chinnock

One of the presentations from the recent SID DisplayWeek virtual event was from Vienna-based VitreaLab. They described a new RGB laser light engine that can be used as a backlight for conventional LCD displays …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Laser| Laser TVs| LCD Backlights| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

SID Display Week 2020: QD Review Part 2 (perovskites)

by Peter Palomaki

As a follow up to last week’s article SID Display Week 2020: QD Review Part 1 where I covered the business conference, this article will dive deeper into the technical progress I saw at …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Perovskite| Quantum Dots| SID Display Week 2020| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

I Saw It, but I Didn’t Understand It

by Ken Werner

At the Pepcom show within a show at CES 2020 I saw some attractive miniLED demonstrations by a company called Rohinni (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) and some additional nicely integrated miniLED applications in Rohinni’s nearby …

Tags:BOE| LCD Backlights| MiniLED

MiniLED-Based Displays Poised for Expanded Presence

by Sweta Dash

MiniLED display technology can enable LCD to achieve high brightness, very high contrast, better HDR (High Dynamic Range), thinner form factor and higher power efficiency to compete directly with OLED. MiniLED-based displays were introduced …

Tags:LCD Backlights| MicroLED| MiniLED| Taiwan

Are QLEDs Still Competitive in the Luxury TV Market? (Part 2)

by Barry Young

In Part 2 of the article, (part 1 is here) I will discuss the differences in luminance between LCD TVs and OLED TVs and the effect of FALD on the implementation of HDR. Part …

Tags:Direct Backlights| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LCD Backlights| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs