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A Sense of Exuberance at OLED World Summit

by Sweta Dash

There was a sense of exuberance at the OLED world Summit in San Francisco, which I attended last week. Suppliers of the OLED industry value-chain exhibited strong confidence about the future demand growth for …

Tags:OLED TVs| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 36

BOE Plans Volume OLED Shipments from Chengdu

by Bob Raikes

Nikkei has reported that BOE is close to starting to ship OLED panels in volume from its B7 factory in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The company told Nikkei that it plans to make its first …

Tags:BOE| China| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

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Sales of Flexible OLEDs Double in a Year

by Bob Raikes

Yonhap News in Korea quoted data from IHS that puts the market value for flexible OLEDs at $2 billion in Q2, up from $886 million in the year ago period. Samsung is quoted as …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Sony Adds 8K Camera and Highlights Cloud

by Bob Raikes

Sony was in a very positive mood when it gave its press event just before the show floor opened and on its booth. Sony has been working with the BBC which now can produce …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| IBC 2017| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

Fraunhofer Updates on OLED on Stainless Steel

by Bob Raikes

At SID, we reported on the development of OLEDs on stainless steel substrates by the Fraunhofer FEP in cooperation with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd. (NSMAT) and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal …

Tags:Fraunhofer| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Roll to Roll (R2R)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

8K is Closer than You Think

by Bob Raikes

I found a lot of people at IBC this week that believe that 8K is a long way away in the world of TV. I’m here to tell these content producers and distributors that …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 35

IBC 2017 Roundup

by Bob Raikes

ABox42 of Germany was highlighting its range of IoT solutions that exploit its STBs and are organised around very specific use cases e.g. home owner, parent. The company told us that both Deutsche Telekom …

Tags:Broadcast Monitors| Codecs| Flexible Displays| IBC 2017| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NEC| OLEDs| STBs| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Test Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 35

IFA Busy with OLEDs and HDR

by Bob Raikes

We’ve got to the end of another IFA. The show was interesting but is not as interesting from a technology point of view as CES – and there’s a reason for this. Because of …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| IFA 2017| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 33

The Waiting’s Over:Apple Shows the X

by Bob Raikes

Much of the news from the Apple press event this week was not a surprise as there have been an uncharactertistic number of leaks. However, there were some surprises from the company in the …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Visionox to Use Orbotech AOI Solutions at New Hebei Facility

by Andrew Fenn

Visionox has announced that Orbotech will supply its new Gen 6 flexible AMOLED fabrication facility in Hebei with automated optical inspection solutions. Among the solutions being supplied as part of the new deal will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 33

OLED Pricing to Blame for Rising Smartphone Costs?

by Andrew Fenn

As we patiently await the official reveal of Apple’s OLED iPhone on September 12th, there are conflicting reports coming out regarding the effect of incorporating OLED technology on the new smartphone’s higher retail price. …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Pricing| Vol 24 - Issue 33

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LG Display Explains More on 77″ Flex Transparent OLED

by Bob Raikes

LG Display made a talk at the IMID conference in Korea and announced that it was working on a 77″ transparent flexible OLED. The panel uses top emission and uses a dual thin film …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| OLEDs| Transparent Displays| Vol 24 - Issue 33