Vol 24 – Issue 14 – Page 8

TV Panel Prices Stable or Rising

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China told us that most panel prices are expected to stay flat in April, as 32″, 39.5″-43″ and 49″ as well as 55″ are all in balance of supply and demand. 50″ …

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ICDM Display Metrology Training Course to be Run

by Alan Spencer

SID is to host the first ever ICDM Display Metrology Training Course. Topics included will be, as follows: Display Metrology fundamentals, framework and implementations Measurement demonstrations of content from the ICDM standard VR/HR Metrology …

Microsoft & Casio Join for Wearables

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC has signed a deal with Casio for ‘broad coverage’ of smartwatch technologies. Analyst Comment Given that Microsoft spends a lot on R&D and dropped out of supplying its own Microsoft …

WRT Can Identify Organic Compounds in Displays

by Bob Raikes

WRT Associates has developed and applied the means to identify organic compounds used in a variety of products. For example, the analytical chemistry approach enables WRT Associates to confirm the presence of specific organic …

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Optoma ZU650+ Has Improved Colour

by Bob Raikes

Optoma has introduced the ZU650+ projector, a development of the existing ZU650 but with better colour and the same brightness of 5,500 Ansi lumens. (Optoma Goes Laser Phosphor) and ANSI contrast of 250:1. Resolution …

Samsung Proposing Dual Width Panels

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has been showing around some new LCD panels including a 49″ ‘double’ panel that has a 32:9 aspect ratio. We heard that the radius is 1800mm and resolution would be 3840 x 1080. …

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LG Starts Shipping its G6 Smartphone

by Alan Spencer

LG’s G6 has an 18:9 displayThe LG has started initial shipping of the G6 smartphone to North America, Asia, Europe and South America. The initial rollout was to South Korea, where LG is based. …

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Kopin Signs OLED Micro-Display Production Capacity Agreements

by Alan Spencer

In an agreement to cover the high demand for micro-displays, Kopin’s Lightning OLED micro-displays will be produced at Olightek’s fabrication plant in China until the joint purchase of a new OLED line is installed …

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Samsung Galaxy J3 Pro Released in India

by Alan Spencer

Samsung has introduced the J3 Pro smartphone, which is an entry-level device that features a 5″ 720×1280 AMOLED display, a 1.5Ghz quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16Gb of storage and a microSD slot. The …

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Worldwide End-User Spending on Devices to Grow 2% This Year

by Alan Spencer

PC, ultramobile and mobile users are spending higher amounts on new devices resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner has estimated that end-user spending will increase by 2% this year, to nearly …

HTC sees increased March revenues

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

HTC Corporation announced unaudited consolidated revenue for March 2017 of NT$5.20 billion ($171 million), and total unaudited consolidated revenue from January to March 2017 of NT$14.53 billion ($478.1 million). The March revenue increased 11.3% …

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Apple Orders 70 million OLED Panels from Samsung Display

by Alan Spencer

Apple has ordered 70 million small-size curved OLED displays from Samsung Display for use in the new iPhone 8, according to Korea-based, Chosun Biz and ET News. The contract is believed to be a …

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