Vol 24 – Issue 27 – Page 3

LG Display Sets Plan for G10.5 OLED Fab in China

by Milos Pavlovic

LG Display has confirmed that it will make a $7 billion investment in a new plant that will make large and small OLEDs. The fab will be built in Guanzhou, China and LGD will …

Ströer to Install Five LED Boards in Kiel

by Alan Spencer

Ströer is expanding its digital roadside portfolio in Kiel, the capital city of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The first three of five large LED boards, 11 square metres each, will be installed at traffic intersections …

Selfridges Partners with AVMI for Digital Communications

by Andrew Fenn

Global audio-visual consulting company AVMI has provided UK department store chain, Selfridges, with a digital signage solution for communicating with staff. A digiLED 3m x 1.75m, 2.6mm pixel pitch bezel-less LED wall has been …

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IHS: Linear TV Has Plateaued in UK and France

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit has revealed that the time spent watching broadcast television in the UK and France plateaued last year. The lack of growth has been attributed to the rise of on-demand, pay-per-view and subscription-based …

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IHS Predicts 91% Growth in Flexible AMOLED from 2016 to 2020

by Andrew Fenn

UK analyst IHS Markit estimates that production of flexible AMOLED panels will increase from 1.5 million square meters in 2016 to 20.1 million by 2020, an increase of 91%. While rigid panel capacity plateaus, …

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Philips Result 25/07/2017

by Jasmine Kang Sodha

Philips announced FY17 Q2 result with sales of €4.3 billion ($5.9 billion) and net income of €161 million ($187 million), resulting in a net margin of 3.7%. The sales increased by 4% while net …

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Quanta Expects to See Strong Second Half Results

by Alan Spencer

According to an Economic Daily News report, Quanta Computer expects to report good second-half results this year, due to the increased demands for notebooks, servers and the expected release of the new Apple Watch. …

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Smart TV Penetration to Reach 57% in Western Europe This Year

by Alan Spencer

Parks Associates research is showing that smart TV penetration will reach 57% in Western Europe this year. At the same time connectivity rates for smart TV is increasing, and in the US 82% of …

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And finally… How Not to Do UltraHD

by Bob Raikes

It’s not too difficult to criticise the efforts of some retailers to sell high specification products, but we couldn’t resist showing this hideous example that was posted on Reddit All that effort by display …

New Technologies for 3D and More

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Two new technologies caught my eye recently, both related to 3D or 3D-like imaging. Both technologies are in the academic research stage, so don’t expect either one to have an impact on the display …

Tags:3D display| display technology| Metasurfaces| Vol 24 - Issue 27| Volumetric Displays

Optoma Has Small New DLP LED Projector

by Isaac Oburu

Optoma has a new ultra-compact LED-based DLP projector, the ML330, that has 1280 x 800 resolution and has “LED brightness of 500”. Optoma describes this brightness as “*The quoted LED brightness rating is based …

NEC Launches Incentive Programme for Channel

by Isaac Oburu

NEC Display Solutions Europe has launched SolutionsPLUSMORE, a new web-based programme designed to encourage its channel partners with target-based rewards; this is an additional benefit alongside its established SolutionsPLUS channel partner programme.

Tags:Channels| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 24 - Issue 27