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Limited Disruption for Local Electronics Businesses Following Osaka Earthquake

by Andrew Fenn

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake which hit Japan’s Osaka area earlier this week, tragically killing four people and injuring hundreds more, also had a catastrophic effect on the city’s infrastructure, creating a knock-on effect for …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Netflix and Virgin to Offer Combination Subscription

by Andrew Fenn

Virgin Media has announced that from October 2018, its customers in the UK will be able to add Netflix to their main TV package and incorporate it into their Virgin Media bill. The two …

Kyulux and Wisechip Unveil Flexible Hyperfluorescence PMOLED Display

by Andrew Fenn

Kyulux recently demonstrated Wisechip’s latest flexible PMOLED display, which uses Kyulux’s Hyperfluoresence yellow emitter. The company says that the power consumption of this display, compared to Wisechip’s fluorescent yellow, is almost half. The Wisechip …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| PMOLED| TADF| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Report: “HDTVs Can’t Reproduce the True Colours of the World Cup”

by Andrew Fenn

Last year, it was announced that the World Cup 2018 is being shot and broadcast in Ultra HD and HDR for the first time ever. More recently, Jeff Yurek, of quantum dot technology provider, …

IHS: Automotive Displays Expected to Maintain Healthy Growth in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

The global demand for automotive display systems is expected to continue a strong growth path in 2018, according to a recent report from IHS Markit. OEM production of the three primary automotive display systems …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24

IDC: Smartwatches Continue to Ascend While Wristbands Face Flat Growth

by Andrew Fenn

The worldwide wearables market is forecast to ship 124.9 million units by the end of 2018, up 8.2% from the prior year, according to IDC. Although this growth is slightly lower than the 10.3% …

Tags:IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 24| Wearable Market

Visionox Shows Outfolding OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Chinese OLED maker, Visionox, presented one of the keynotes at Display Week (KN01 Press Breakfast and Keynote – check it for more on the displays shown) and had a substantial display in Los Angeles. …

Samsung Highlights Flexible OLEDs and Light Fields

by Bob Raikes

Once again, Samsung Display showed a couple of light field displays which we have reported on in a separate article (3D Display Round up). As in recent years, Samsung did not give interviews to …

Argos Brings Augmented Reality TV Buying Feature to iOS App

by Andrew Fenn

Argos, the UK retailer, has introduced a new AR feature into its retail app for iPhone, allowing users to envisage how TVs from brands including LG, Samsung and Sony will look in their homes. …

BOE Overloads us with 8K, Flexible OLEDs and MiniLEDs

by Bob Raikes

BOE had too much to report, again! No doubt we missed some points. We found that staff were not able to give much detail beyond what was on the labels of the products, which …

Blackberry Keyboard Phone is Upgraded

by Bob Raikes

TCL has launched the latest Blackberry phone, the Key2, which has a mechanical keyboard and is an update to last year’s Blackberry KeyOne (TCL Promotes Alcatel and Blackberry Brands). The new version has a …

Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 25 - Issue 24

Report: New HoloLens Will Be Powered by Qualcomm XR1 Platform

by Andrew Fenn

According to new reports, Microsoft’s next HoloLens device will be powered by Qualcomm’s new XR1 Platform chipset, which has been designed specifically for VR and AR applications. Details of the chip began to emerge …