Display Week: DSCC’s Analysis Suggest MicroLED A Niche Product; Manufacturing Challenges Remain May 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes MicroLED has received a ton of buzz in digital signage circles the last 2-3 years because of the proposition of building big seamless video walls that look as good as LCD or OLED. The big barrier to widespread adoption has been cost – driven in part by a need to make production more efficient and …
MiniLED, MicroLED Showcased This Week At Touch Taiwan April 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Touch Taiwan is now running in Taipei – with an in-person exhibit hall and with virtual components aimed, at least in part, on foreign buyers who reasons we all know can’t get to the almost COVID-free island country. There are reasons to pay attention because a big chunk of the digital signage display and playback …
AUO Latest Display Giant To Add MicroLED To Product Portfolio; Showing Demos At TouchTaiwan April 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes I wrote earlier today about Touch Taiwan going ahead as a live trade show next week, aimed at a domestic crowd and in an island country that is seeing just a handful of new COVID cases day to day. An industry friend sent along a show promo video from AUO – a Taiwan company that …
STRATACACHE CEO DETAILS PLANS FOR FIRST US MICROLED DISPLAY PLANT April 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes The trade publication i-micronews has a Q&A post up on its site featuring STRATACACHE CEO Chris Riegel, providing detail and color about his plans for that big, old semiconductor plant in Oregon that he’s turning into a microLED factory. The interview was done by a couple of guys from Yole Développement, a French research firm …
LED China Attracting As Many As 50,000 People, 1,200 Vendors, This Week In Shenzhen April 14, 2021 by Dave Haynes I’m not entirely sure what the COVID situation is in Shenzhen, China, but there is evidently enough comfort around healthy safety for the organizers of LED China to run a live show this week. The event started today, with 1,200 exhibitors and as many as 50,000 attendees, according to the website. There is an option …
See The Difference Between Coated And “Naked” DV LED Modules March 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes I’ve written a few times about the hardened, engineered coatings that some direct view LED manufacturers are using on their modules to better protect against damage. It’s been a little hard to explain and even harder to show in trade show photos I’ve grabbed, but this close-up comparison image does a good job. This is …
Giant Fine Pitch LED Video Walls Finding New Use Case As Virtual Movie Sets March 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes It has really been just three or four years since direct view LED started being demo’d and marketed as a screen alternative to projection for cinemas, and now we’re starting to see tangible examples of LED being used to make blockbuster movies and streaming series. Fine pitch LED has matured to a point that production …
Does Anyone Need A 165″ TV That Slowly Rises Out Of The Floor, And Unfolds? No, But … February 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes
Samsung’s V/X Live Virtual Conference Set for March 4th February 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes We’re still months away, probably, from having safe in person events, so some of the largest manufacturers and distributors are filling the gap with virtual events – including a session by one of the biggest vendors out there, Samsung. The electronics giant has organized a special one-day virtual conference on March 4th, called Samsung V/X Live. …
Netflix Adds Crystal LED Video Wall For Special Screening Room At LA HQ January 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes Netflix was one of the first companies to make direct view LED the key visual feature of a headquarters lobby, and now the streaming media giant is using microLED as its primary display in a special screening room. The company, according to Hollywood Reporter, has activated a 17 foot wide by 9 foot high Sony …
