CES: Hisense Debuts 116-Inch TV Using New Kind Of MiniLED; And 136-Inch “MicroLED” TV January 6, 2025 by Dave Haynes The display highlight from Chinese manufacturer Hisense at CES today was arguably news of a 116-inch TV that uses independent red, green, and blue light chips in packages that have optical lenses, really amping what’s called local dimming on the screen. Hisense is pitching that the RGB Local Dimming Technology featured on its new 116-inch …
Sony Again Making Sustainability Central To ISE Exhibit Hall Presence December 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes In the wake of advancing the ISE plans of PPDS (Philips), I came across information about another big pro AV display vendor, Sony, is doing at the show in Barcelona in early February. Sustainability and ESG policies are not much of a thing beyond the largest North American companies, but it is a big discussion …
Tech That Pours Transistor-Filled Inks On MicroLEDs Touted As Way To Realize Mass Market Pricing November 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes A UK chemicals company is teaming up with one of the world’s largest display manufacturers to co-develop a new kind of transparent display that would be made, at least in theory, without much of the costs and complexity of current microLED manufacturing. Manchester-based Smartkem suggests that displays built by its partner, Taiwanese manufacturing AUO, would …
CAPEX Spending By Display Manufacturers Surpasses $7B This Year; On Both LCD And OLED November 25, 2024 by Dave Haynes One indicator of the relative health of the display tech sector would be how much manufacturers are spending on equipment, and by that measure, the sector looks quite robust. But a 47% jump in spending in 2024 comes immediately on the heels of big dips in investment the previous year. The research and consulting firm …
LG Demos Stretchable Display Prototype That Could Lead To Hi-Rez Dynamic Fabric And Clothing November 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes When the idea of wearables with high resolution displays comes up, it is almost always about things like smart watches. But LG Display recently showed in Korea a stretchable display that could be used as a fabric substitute for things like first responder jackets. Using 40 micrometer (and therefore “true”) microLEDs, a rectangular 12-inch display …
Premium TVs Now Seen As Biggest Business Segment For MicroLED Display Tech: DSCC November 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes The San Diego-area research and consulting form DSCC has released the latest edition of its MicroLED Display Technology and Market Outlook Report, which suggests microLED TVs are now the biggest segment for the emerging tech. Wearables were expected to be the biggie, but that changed earlier this year when Apple – which has a huge …
Quick Future Display Observations From Recent Travels, Inc. Color E Paper, MicroLED and Reflective LCD November 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are piles of interviews to write up and photos to sort through and edit from a bunch of recent travels to the US and over to Taiwan, and I will leave almost all of it to be detailed in a big special report on future display tech that will come out as a free …
Back At HQ, Normal Posts Resuming As Jetlag Dissipates November 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes Back at World HQ after three flights and changing 12 time zones Saturday, which meant Sunday I was even more of an incoherent mess than my normal public presence. It is interesting to go from post-typhoon humidity walking into Taipei airport and waiting for a ride at the other end in Halifax and thinking I …
Clearing Up Confusion Around What Is Truly MicroLED October 1, 2024 by Ross Noonan Guest Post: Ross Noonan, LED Studio Let’s clear up some of the confusion, once and for all, around microLED. The true definition of microLED can vary depending on who you ask, leading to industry confusion and the false claims. Let’s clarify this debate with some clear facts. MicroLED, miniLED, and standard LED are defined by …
Samsung Shows R&D Prototype Of A MicroLED Display That Can Bulge And Bend August 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Samsung’s R&D team showed off a prototype last week at a Korean display nerds conference of a microLED display that is stretchable, capable of bulging by as much as 25% more than its normal size and state. The demo was at the International Meeting on Information Display (iMID 2024) conference, which looks like a more …
