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GTG and QMA Report 150 Million RMB Investment

by Bob Raikes

The Guanghui Technology Group and Quantum Materials Asia Co., Ltd., a joint venture of GTG and Quantum Materials Corp, reported an investment by the China Government Guidance Fund of 150 Million RMB ($21.8 million) …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 04

American Consumers Unaware of Cadmium Issues

by Bob Raikes

Nanoco reported the results of a survey conducted in the US, the UK and Germany which showed a lack of awareness about the use of cadmium in electronics. Consumers surveyed seem to be unaware …

Tags:Environment| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 03

Samsung Refreshes A Series Phones – boosts QD Monitors

by Bob Raikes

Samsung refreshed its A3/A5/A7 range of smartphones at CES. They all have Super AMOLED displays in 4.7″ (HD), 5.2″ (FHD) and 5.5″ (FHD) and feature 3D glass with a metal frame. They use A-53 …

Tags:CES 2017| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Samsung Innovates in TVs

by Chris Chinnock

Samsung officially unveiled a number of TV-related innovations at CES 2017. We described some of them in a pre-CES article (Samsung QD TVs Could be a Game Changer), but additional details and models were …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)| Wide Viewing Angles

LG: “We don’t need no stinking quantum dots.”

by Ken Werner

Let me be clear. Nobody from LG said this to me at CES or anywhere else, but LG is notable for not using quantum dots in its higher-level TV sets. However, with wide color …

Tags:LCD displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Quantum Dot Makers Vary at CES

by Bob Raikes

We met at CES with three of the quantum dot companies, Nanosys, Nanoco and Quantum Materials Corp. It was interesting to see their different points of view. All of them were, of course, very …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nanoco| Nanosys| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Sharp TV Models Announced but Not Shown

by Chris Chinnock

Hisense has control of the Sharp brand in North America – and it announced new TV products, but, surprisingly, didn’t show any – at least none that we saw. Hisense’s press conference was all …

Tags:CES 2017| Hisense| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 02

LeEco Shows ecoTVs

by Chris Chinnock

LeEco has started to sell a few products in North Americam, starting last fall, and hoping to duplicate their success in China. As we have reported previously, they are introducing a potentially disruptive business …

Tags:CES 2017| Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 02

LG’s Nano Cell / Nano Color Technology Explained

by Chris Chinnock

LG Electronics talked a lot about their Nano Cell technology at CES 2017 and how this improves performance of their Super LCD TVs. They described Nano Cell LCD displays as having, “uniformly-sized particles measuring …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Quantum Dots| Vol 24 - Issue 02| Wide Viewing Angles

TCL Launches 25 Roku TVs and Two QD TVs

by Chris Chinnock

China-based TCL is coming on strong. At CES they launched 4 new series of TVs that include the full range of features including Roku integration, quantum dots, HDR and Dolby Vision. We attended the …

Tags:CES 2017| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Quantum Dots| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Samsung Gives a Good TV a Bad Name — Again

by Ken Werner

At CES last week Samsung introduced its new “QLED” TV technology, but it’s not what the technical community would call QLED. We’d better get used to it, though. When Samsung’s marketing army decides to …

Tags:Quantum Dots| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 24 - Issue 01