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Radiant Opto-Electronics Sees Increased Revenues in May

by Alan Spencer

Radiant Opto-Electronics, the manufacturer of backlight units, has reported revenues for May 2017 totalling $137.36 million. This represents a rise of 8.76% compared to the previous month, and a rise of 41.77% compared to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

SID 2017 Show Floor Round Up

by Bob Raikes

DNP of Japan was showing a new Louvre Array Film that is designed for automotive applications and that can block reflections on the windscreen of autos from displays in the car. The film can …

Ultra-thin and Efficient Flexible Light Guide – Perfect Light Guide for LCDs, EPDs or any Medium Sized Displays

by Isaac Oburu

Nanocomp is a global forerunner in micro- and nano-optics design and manufacturing. It has developed multiple thin and flexible film based light guides for medium-size displays. Nanocomp is a privately-held, globally operating high-technology company …

Tags:Film materials| LCD Backlights

Three Premium 2017 LCD-TVs Plot Different Paths to Enhanced Performance

by Ken Werner

The white LEDs used in conventional LCD-TV backlight units — which are actually blue LEDs with a broadband yellow phosphor inside the package — produce a white light that has insufficient output and purity …

Tags:Colour (Color)| LCD Backlights| LED| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 16

There’s More than One Way to Make a WCG LCD

by Bob Raikes

One of the interesting topics that has developed over the last couple of years has been the development of wider colour gamut (WCG) LCDs. We’ve reported a lot on the QD approach, but QDs, …

Tags:LCD Backlights| Phosphors| Vol 24 - Issue 03| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Lumens Completes LED Factory in Vietnam

by Bob Raikes

Korean sources report that LED maker, Lumens, is boosting its LED production facilities in Vietnam to support growth in its supply to Samsung for LCD TV backlights. Samsung is reported to be shifting TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Nichia Takes Action Against HTC

by Bob Raikes

Nichia has taken legal action against HTC Nippon and its distributor in Japan over the use of white LEDs in the HTC smartphone Desire 626 which are said to have infringed Nichia’s patents, JP5177317 …

Leading LED Suppliers in 2015

by Yvette Raikes

The IHS Markit Packaged LED Report, published in August, showed that Nichia led with 12.9% of the market in 2015. Osram and Lumileds followed with a combined share of 14.7%. Nichia was the top …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Sony To Become GLT Biggest Client

by Milos Pavlovic

Digitimes of Taiwan reports that Global Lighting Technologies (GLT), the backlight maker, expects to supply Sony with three million light guide plates (LGPs) for TV use this year and will become its largest client. …

Tags:GLT| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Vol 23 - Issue 36

A New Market for OLED Lighting

by Ken Werner

At the 2016 National Hardware Show held in Las Vegas, May 4-6, the Kickstarter-funded company Alkilu (Los Angeles) won the New Product World Winner prize for aesthetics. The product, called TripLit, is a thin, …

Tags:GLT| LCD Backlights| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 34

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 33

by Tom Allen

Germany’s Data Display Group has launched a new version of its 55″ LCD video wall display. This model has lower brightness and a thicker bezel than its previous screen, at 500 cd/m² (vs 700 …

Sony Goes Beyond Premium

by Tom Allen

Sony has announced a new series of premium LCD TVs known as XBR-Z: these are positioned above the company’s current flagship models in the X series, such as the X930D. The focus for these …