Vol 24 – Issue 32 – Page 5

Note 8 Pushes the State of Display Art Forward

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Samsung launched its much anticipated Note 8 flagship smartphone and our friend, Dr. Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, got an early chance to look at the display on the new handset and confirmed …

IHS Markit to host the Global Display Conference 2017

by Alan Spencer

IHS Markit is hosting the Global Display Conference 2017 on 19-20 September at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, which is a forum on current and emerging issues affecting the worldwide display supply chain. …

Asus Reduces Smartphone Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Asustek is reported to have reduced its forecast for smartphone shipments from 20 million to 15 million this year as the company sees increasing pressure from Chinese vendors including Oppo in its home market …

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OLED Taillights to be used by Mercedes

by Alan Spencer

The German car-maker, Mercedes-Benz, is to unveil updated 2018 S-Class Coupe and Cabriolet models at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Both models will be available with taillights that feature 33 individually controllable OLEDs. Mercedes pointed …

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Samsung Wins 20th Century Fox & Panasonic for HDR10+

by Damir Lokas

20th Century Fox, Panasonic Corp. and Samsung Electronics announced a new partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR) through an associated certification and logo program, tentatively called …

QD-Enhanced LCDs Drop in Sales in Q2

by Bob Raikes

The Beovision Eclipse is one of a number of new OLED TVs at the IFA show this weekIHS data on the sales of QD enhanced LCDs (which Samsung calls QLED) are down 48% in …

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Truly Boosts PMOLED Production

by Milos Pavlovic

OLED Info reports that Truly Semiconductor is expecting to start production at its P3 G2.5 passive OLED production facility at the end of this month. The plant will add capacity for 3.3 million 1″ …

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JCDecaux Supports Portrait of Britain

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux is repeating a project with the British Journal of Photography to show 100 ‘Portraits of Britain’ on displays around the country. The images shown were chosen from nearly 8,000 entries that were submitted. …

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IHS: Panel Fabrication Utilisation to Remain High in Q3

by Andrew Fenn

According to a new report from IHS Markit, display panel fabrication utilisation will maintain its upward momentum through Q3 2017. Utilisation is expected to reach 91% this quarter, a 1.8% increase from Q2, and …

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Sales of Smartwatches to Total 41.5 Million Units This Year

by Alan Spencer

Gartner has forecast that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide this year, which is an increase of 16.7% compared to last year. The revenue generated this year for wearables, is forecast to …

UHD and HDR Apple TV Rumoured to be Launching Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

An upgraded version of the Apple TV capable of outputting Ultra HD resolution and HDR will be unveiled alongside the new iPhone and Apple Watch at Apple’s product launch event next month, according to …

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Samsung Hits SmartTV Update Glitch

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has run into some trouble with a software update for its Smart TVs in Europe. The issue was reported to the Guardian in the UK by unhappy consumers. The company said: :“Samsung is …

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