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AU Optronics Will Adopt Mini LED Backlighting in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

AU Optronics chairman and CEO Paul Peng has announced that the firm will adopt miniLED backlighting in 2018. (Epistar Chairman Predicts Mini LED will Drive Growth in 2018) Peng reiterated that the adoption of …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Vol 24 - Issue 45

Epistar Chairman Predicts Mini LED will Drive Growth in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Epistar chairman Lee Biing-jye predicts that mini LED will be a major growth driver in 2018, according to a report by Digitimes. The article also states that chipmaker Epistar will soon begin production of …

An Update on LED Displays

by Bob Raikes

LED Inside has published article that talks about the differences between fine pitch LED, miniLED and microLED. The blog sees products with pitch of 1.2mm (e.g. Sony Cledis) or 2.5mm like Samsung’s Cinema LED …

Samsung Trademarks “Direct Full Array Elite”

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has reportedly trademarked Direct Full Array Elite, suggesting that it plans to return to direct backlighting in the manufacture of its TVs in the future. The KS9500 was the last Samsung set to …

AOT Offering Mini-LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Local sources say that Taiwan-based Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc said in its investor conference that it planned to develop mini LEDs for backlighting in TVs. Although the technology is likely to be more expensive …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41

Backlight LEDs Likely to Increase in Number

by Bob Raikes

Although much of the discussion of smaller LEDs is related to direct display use, the technology is also being looked at as a way to improve LCD backlights. The use of large numbers of …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Digitimes Research Predicts 2-5% CAGR for LED Production Value

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research has published new figures, estimating that global production value for high-brightness LED chips will grow 2-5% year-on-year between 2018 and 2022. The prediction is based on the industry’s value in 2017, which …

Panel Makers Trying Small LEDs for BLUs

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources say that Epistar, the LED maker, is developing new direct backlight systems using small LEDs to help to counter the progress of OLED TV smartphones. The use of larger numbers of smaller …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36

OLED, Shmoled – LCD Makers Trying Many Approaches to WCG

by Bob Raikes

At IFA last week, every TV maker except Samsung and Sharp was talking about OLED, partly because of the good colour performance. However, LCD makers (especially those two) are not about to roll over …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Phosphors| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 34| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

QMC Claims no Detioration in 1000 Hrs in QD LED Design

by Bob Raikes

Quantum Materials Corp (QMC) of the US said that its cadmium-free quantum dots have surpassed a 1000-hour continuous durability test in a remote LED application. The testing has been conducted with red and green …

A New QLED Artifact in Paju

by Ken Werner

Last week I, along with three other media/analyst types, was LG Display’s guest in Seoul and Paju for a tour of facilities and interviews with executives. There is a lot to share from that …

Tags:Edge Backlights| LCD Backlights| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 27

Lextar Electronics to Focus on LED Backlighting for 2017

by Alan Spencer

The company chairman of Lextar Electronics, David Su, has told sources in Taiwan that the company will focus its 2017 operations on profitability instead of revenue growth, by maintaining improvements in product mix. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Taiwan| Vol 24 - Issue 25