LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in tough price competition for panel makers, to the point that ...
Tags: LED, LCD, Electrical, Electronics, LCD panel
Stung by plunging sales in Japan and declining demand in North America and Western Europe, global television shipments in 2012 fell, marking a major inflection point that will have a lasting impact on the market, according to an IHS iSuppli ...
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APPLE is seeking a patent for an iPhone that has a display that wraps around the edges of the device, expanding the viewable area and eliminating all physical buttons. The patent application reveals that Apple has put some thought into ...
IDG News Service - An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television sets, with a US$10,000 prize for the best proposal. The Consumer ...
Tags: CRT Glass, Trade Groups, Decoration
Quantum dots will cascade into the marketplace. They offer lower cost, longer life, and brighter lighting, according to WinterGreen Research’s new study Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display (QLED) Market Shares, Strategy, and ...
Tags: QLED market, Dot LED, LED lighting
Automakers began using laminated safety glass, also known as auto glass, for automobile windshields in 1927. To make laminated safety glass, the manufacturer sandwiches a thin layer of flexible clear plastic film called polyvinyl butyral ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, Decoration
Samsung will acquire 3% of Sharp for 10.4 billion yen (HK$856.8 million) to secure liquid crystal displays for smartphones and televisions. It is emphasising OLED technology that offers sharper, brighter images while consuming less power. ...
Tags: Samsung, Sharp, OLED technology
John Lewis, the UK department store retailer, is running a trial of graphic epaper display systems at its Exeter store. Manufacturer ZBD has supplied the epaper displays and Pierhouse has provided the retail information and pricing ...
Tags: John Lewis, graphic epaper display systems, Exeter store, ZBD
LCD screens have often shown some backlight non-uniformity (called mura), because an LCD panel can let the backlight leak through more in certain spots than in others. Normally, this appears as an uneven cloudiness that usually can be seen ...
Tags: LCD screens, LCD panel, TVs
In 2012, Instrument Systems GmbH from Munich, Germany, purchased all the development and production rights of Autronic-Melchers GmbH based in Karlsruhe. This move enables the manufacturer of solutions for light measurement to strengthen and ...
Tags: Instrument Systems, display metrology, display measurement systems
Nikon has included rugged waterproof protection and wireless connectivity in its new 16-megapixel Nikon Coolpix AW110 point-and-shoot ($350), which also features a 5x zoom and a GPS. And clumsy swimmers will be glad to know that this ...
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Global shipments of automotive full-colour LCD will nearly double during the four-year period from 2012 to 2016, as US mandates rear-view safety cameras, says analyst IHS. Shipments of these automotive LCDs are projected to reach 116.8 ...
Tags: full-colour LCD, automotive LCDs, IHS
Last week's Consumer Electronics Show was a great opportunity to check out the two newest TV technologies, Ultra HD and OLED—sometimes in side-by-side comparisons. During a live webcast in which I was interviewed along with USA ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, TV technologies, Ultra HD, OLED
Mirrorless (SLR-like) cameras are the one bright spot in the contracting digital-camera market, and today Samsung has unveiled the 20-megapixel NX300: It has built-in Wi-Fi and (with a special lens, sold separately) can shoot 3D still ...
Tags: Samsung, cooler, digital camera market, camera
Flexible OLEDs that can be rolled up or wrapped around the sides of smartphones are getting closer to reality.Samsung Electronics showed some of its prototype flexible displays at CES Wednesday and launched a new brand name for them,Youm. ...
Tags: Samsung, Flexible OLEDs, 'Youm'smartphone displays, Microsoft, IllumiRoom