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Take a Big Breath, It’s Display Week…

by Bob Raikes

Next week is the annual SID Display Week, the highlight of the display industry and a real pleasure if you are a geek like me. There will be plenty to see and hear. I …

New Vivid Color Technology Exceeds Quantum Dot and OLED Color Gamut

by Bob Raikes

PixelDisplay is introducing Vivid Color™ technology, a new approach to improve the quality of the display experience, on smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, VR, AR, and digital signage. Retaining the key benefits of (inorganic) LEDs, …

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Fast Charge Batteries? And Very Cheap QD Alternatives?

by Bob Raikes

Although we don’t cover batteries, they have a huge influence on device design and the pressures on displays makers, so when we spotted a story from the BBC on new ‘fast charge’ batteries, we …

Tags:Back Panel| Batteries| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 19

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

QLED Category Advances

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung has been a proponent of using the QLED name to represent a display category – namely, displays that integrate quantum dots in any architecture whether photoluminescent or electroluminescent. This desire got a boost …

Samsung To Reveal QLED Alliance?

by Bob Raikes

The Investor in Korea reports that Samsung is holding an event with TV makers and retailers in Beijing to highlight its quantum dot technology and (mis-)use of the QLED terminology. The company has previously …

Teledyne LeCroy to Exhibit Enhanced 980 Series 12G-SDI Module and “HDR Lab” Utility at NAB 2017 Show

by Isaac Oburu

Teledyne LeCroy, the worldwide leader in protocol test solutions, today announced that they will be exhibiting their enhanced quantumdata 12G-capable SDI module at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show held at the Las Vegas Convention …

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Prof Kathirgamanathan Sees QDs Important for Rec. 2020

by Bob Raikes

The first speaker was Prof Poopathy Kathirgamanathan (PK) who is a display technologist from Brunel University in London. He was originally very involved in OLED and is now involved in Quantum Dots (QD) and …

LED Device Under Development that both Emits and Detects Light

by Arthur Berman

A team of researchers lead by Moonsub Shim, a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, IL), is developing a novel type of LED. The so-called nanorod LED is …

Tags:LED| Novel Displays| Quantum Dots| R&D (Research & Development)| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Nanosys Wins Third Film Maker in China

by Bob Raikes

Nanosys has announced that it has signed Exciton in China, said to be a leading maker of diffuser films, to make Nanosys QDEF film. The company is ready for mass production and will buy …

Samsung’s TV Launch Event

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung Electronics was planning a TV launch event in New York City on March 14. A major snowstorm forced the cancellation of the media-focused meeting, but they launched the products anyway with a virtual …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| QLED| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 10

A Visit to Samsung’s QA Lab

by Ken Werner

Two weeks ago, I reported on the talk Gerard Catapano gave at the SID LA Chapter’s annual One-Day Conference (Two Keys to Optimal HDR TVs: Dynamic HDR Metadata and Tone Mapping). After his presentation, …