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FlexEnable Looking at New OLED & LCD Applications

by Bob Raikes

This week, I made a visit to FlexEnable, the company that is the ip and technology part of the Plastic Logic company that split between the factory in Dresden (which continues as Plastic Logic …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 15

A New Period of Competitive Cooperation in AMOLED?

by Bob Raikes

We’re publishing a day early this week, as we have a public holiday for Easter on Friday, which means a reduced number of stories this week. However, we have three good stories that made …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Oxide TFTs| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 14| WOLED (White OLED)

Light Polymers Lowers Cost of OLED Contrast Improvements

by Tom Allen

US/Taiwan-based Light Polymers has developed a lyotropic liquid crystal material (CR006) that can be coated on substrates, or directly onto OLED panel glass, to improve the contrast and readability of OLED displays. The reflective …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LC Materials (Liquid Crystal)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Samsung Will Triple Edge Production

by Tom Allen

ET News of Korea claims that, following successful pre-orders (Samsung Reaches Pre-Order Record), Samsung wants to as much as triple planned production of the Galaxy S6 Edge. Samsung Display is currently capable of producing …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production| Production Capacity| Samsung| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Are Displays Becoming a Differentiator for Automobiles?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In recent years, automobiles have edged their way into the consumer electronics world. While automotive applications such as car stereos and media players have always been part of the electronics industry, car brands are …

Tags:Automotive| LCD displays| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 14

Fraunhofer’s Microdisplay has Colour and Scalable Resolution

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer FEP will present a new OLED microdisplay at HMI 2015 in Hannover next month (13th – 17th April), which will combine display and camera functions. The new full-colour unit is bi-directional; it is …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Gaze Recognition| Germany| Microdisplays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 13

OLED-Info Publishes Transparent OLED Report

by Tom Allen

OLED-Info has published a new research report on the transparent OLED market. It details the advantages and properties of transparent OLED displays and lighting, as well as the challenges facing such products and market …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Transparent Displays| Vol 22 - Issue 13

UBI Hosts First OLED Korea Conference

by Tom Allen

Korea’s UBI Research is to hold the first OLED Korea Conference – an international event highlighting the present and future outlook of OLED technology – on 2nd April. The event will take place at …

Tags:Back Panel| Flexible Displays| Korea| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| OLED TVs| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Oculus Confirms Dual-Display Use

by Tom Allen

During a panel at the recent SXSW festival, Oculus VR’s Nate Mitchell announced that the latest prototype of the Oculus Rift headset (Crescent Bay) uses two OLED displays – not just one. It was …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus Rift| Oculus VR| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Fraunhofer Stacks OLEDs for Colour Tunability

by Tom Allen

Fraunhofer COMEDD has developed colour-tunable OLED lighting panels, and showed them off at the recent LOPEC event in Munich, Germany. Photo credit: OLED-InfoColour tunability is the feature most desired by lighting designers after flexibility, …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Germany| Large Display Monitor| Lighting| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 11

Razer Switches LCD For OLED on Open-Source Headset

by Tom Allen

Photo credit: CNetRazer has shown a new prototype of its OSVR headset, first seen at CES (Razer Strikes Nvidia’s Shield). The original used an LCD display, which has now been changed for an OLED. …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Razer| Vol 22 - Issue 11