Vol 23 – Issue 07 – Display Daily

More Thoughts on Sharp and Foxconn

by Bob Raikes

Well, is the Sharp deal on or off? That was the question that I was pondering last night as I returned from MWC and the Electronic Display/Embedded World event in Nuremberg. As I write, …

Cree Achieves ‘Incandescent’ LED Quality at High LPW

by Tom Allen

Cree has demonstrated a high- brightness and high-efficiency LED, which delivers almost 1,600 lumens at 134 lumens-per-Watt (LPW). Colour quality is said to be similar to that of an incandescent light bulb. The result …

Robert Visser Honoured by SID

by Isaac Oburu

Applied Materials Inc has announced that Dr. Robert Visser has received a 2016 Special Recognition Award from the Society of Information Display.The award is for his “pioneering research and commercialisation of new display technologies …

AUO Shows AMOLED for 2016

by Tom Allen

AUO has used an event at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan to show new products and technologies. These included both large and small displays, and were not limited to LCD displays. AUO CEO Paul …

Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid

by Tom Allen

For several months (beginning in September: see Rumour: Foxconn Takes Stake in Sharp Display Unit), Foxconn has been linked to a takeover of Sharp – either specific business units or the whole company. Finally, …

Google Extends Cast Protocol Outside Android

by Tom Allen

Google introduced its Google Cast protocol – the ability to send content from a mobile device to a larger screen – on its Chromecast and Android TV platforms. Now, Variety says that the company …

See Our Top Picks of ISE

by Tom Allen

While at ISE 2016, we recorded videos of some of the highlights of the show, as they relate to the display trade. As well as two roundup videos, we interviewed Antoine Doublet of micro-LED …

Verge-Accommodation Conflict ‘Solved’

by Tom Allen

Chinese researchers have developed a new display with ‘comfortable’ 3D effects, which is claimed to eliminate the sensation of nausea that some people suffer from when using 3D displays. The technology can be used …

Netflix Second Screen Coming this Year

by Isaac Oburu

Pocket-lint has reported that Netflix plans to launch, later this year, an update for its mobile app to save on data charges. The function will limit quality to save data. The company will also …

Innolux Recovers From Quake Damage

by Tom Allen

Innolux has fully restored production at eight factories in the Southern Taiwan Science Park, which were damaged in an earthquake in early February (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base). A G5 and G6 factory were …

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SDC Offers Standard AMOLED Solutions

by Isaac Oburu

Taiwan-based supply chain makers say that Samsung Display has offered standard AMOLED touch panel solutions for common use, to keep prices down. This, they say, is an attempt to reach Chinaese smartphone vendors. According …

The Virtuix Treadmill is Now a Consumer Product

by Arthur Berman

A continuing challenge in virtual reality is dealing with issues that relate to user movement. One such issue is, perhaps, best illustrated by an example. Consider a user wearing a VR headset. If the …

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