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MicroLED Technology in Pursuit of TV and Smartphone Displays; Aledia, Jade Bird Compared to OLEDs (Part 2)

by Barry Young

Yesterday, we looked at the way that Aledia is developing its Nanowire microLED technology. Today we look at the cost issues and practicalities. The next list shows the many approaches that have been proposed …

Tags:MicroLED| OLEDs| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)

Nokia to Ship Android TV-powered Smart TVs and OTT Boxes to Europe

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nokia has licensed its brand to be used for Android-based smart TVs (32″ 1080P and 43″and 75″ UltraHD) to be sold in the DACH countries (Germany. Austria and Switzerland). They have …

Tags:Germany| Nokia| TVs (TV Sets)

Samsung Prepping Mini-LED TVs for 2021?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that both Samsung and LG are planning TVs with miniLED backllights to get closer to the contrast performance of OLEDs. The paper said that Samsung’s supply …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| MiniLED| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)

TCL’s CSOT to Mass Produce Rollable Ink-Jet Printed OLEDs in 2024

by Ken Werner

Rollable OLEDs are nothing new. LG has been showing its OLED-R horizontally rollable TV display on the trade show circuit for years, and BOE has shown a rollable prototype. But in late October, TCL’s …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| InkJet Deposition| OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

CTA announces NEXTGEN TV test suite for 2021 model year TVs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The US Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that it has a new test suite for 2021 year model TVs to be used to verify ATSC-3.0 TVs for the Nextgen TV logo. …

Tags:ATSC| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)

Brexit endangers display exports to the UK

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The UK currently imports around 3.7 million TVs and digital signage displays from Europe, valued at €900 million. If there is no agreement on a free trade deal with the EU, …

Tags:Duty| TVs (TV Sets)

TV Sales Down in China during National Day shopping

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported data from All View Cloud, a Chinese analyst firm, that TV sales around China’s National Day were down 8.3% to 2.684 million. Online sales also declined for the first …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Pricing| TVs (TV Sets)

My PDP Finally Gets Re-assigned to Guests

by Bob Raikes

I’ve finally upgraded my home TV from my much loved Panasonic PDP (which has found a home elsewhere in the house, where guests will get to enjoy it!). So what did I choose? My …

Tags:OLEDs| TVs (TV Sets)

TCL Quietly Expands Android TV-powered Smart TV Shipments, Now Includes 4K Sets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TCL has started to sell Android TVs beyond the original low value HD Android sets that first included the OS. There are 50″, 55″ and 75″ sets at at $349, $399 …

Tags:Android| Roku| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)

Google Assistant Can Run Your 2020 Samsung SmartTV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung & Google announced that Google’s Assistant voice control technology will be available Samsung 2020 smart TV models, including the 2020 8K and 4K QLED models, the 2020 Crystal UHD TVs, …

Tags:Google| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Voice Input

Konka to Release Mini LED Backlit TV, More Mini LED Products Entering the Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Konka has confirmed that it will release a 75″ 8K TV using a miniLED backlight according to LEDInside. The TV is said to have 20,000 LEDs in 5184 dimming zones and …

Tags:Konka| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| TVs (TV Sets)

LG Innotek Improves Ferrites for Power Supplies

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reports that LG Innotek has developed a new “highly efficient” ferrite material that can be used in power supplies to improve efficiency and could also allow much smaller …

Tags:Materials| R&D (Research & Development)| TVs (TV Sets)