Sharp will release RoBoHoN, a robot-shaped phone
Sharp Corporation will release RoBoHoN, a small and easily portable robot-shaped phone.
Samsung, announced the availability and pricing for New SUHD TVs
Samsung Electronics America, the leader in home entertainment for over 10 years, announced the availability and pricing for its 2016 line up, including an entirely new Flagship model series – the KS9800, bringing a new meaning to Smart TV.
LG Elec.`s operating profit is 505.2 billion KRW 1Q 2016…65.5%↑
LG Electronics Inc. (LG) today announced its preliminary earnings results for the first quarter of 2016.
Samsung Curved Monitor Surpasses One Million Sales Mark
Samsung Electronics announced today that it has sold more than one million curved monitor products worldwide. The global display provider introduced its first curved LED monitor – the 27-inch, 4000R (curvature radius of 4,000 mm) SD590C model – in September 2014, and since has expanded its line-up to include several additional curved monitors.
Samsung Electronics Announces Earnings Guidance for 1Q 2016
Samsung Electronics announced its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2016.
LG G5 to Begin Shipping Worldwide
Starting this week, LG Electronics (LG) will begin reaching global markets with its highly anticipated LG G5 modular smartphone.
Samsung, Even if OLED TV is Released, Different from LG
Within the TV market, there is an opinion that even Samsung Electronics which believes it is not yet the time for OLED panel cannot continue to insist on LCD. Experts estimate that even if it is the same OLED TV, Samsung Elec. will differentiate the actualization method from competitors’ including LG Electronics. One of the possibilities suggested is Samsung’s selection of ink-jet printed OLED TV panel.
LG Electronics Launches 58:9 Signage…Transforms Columns and Corners to Billboards
On March 23, LG Electronics launched world’s first 86 inch 58:9 commercial display Ultra Stretch.
[Light+Building 2016] Sumitomo Chemical to Exhibit Polymer OLED Lighting
Sumitomo Chemical will exhibit its polymer OLED lighting at “Light+Building 2016,” one of the world’s largest trade fairs for lighting and building technology, to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from March 13 to March 18, 2016. This is the third time for Sumitomo Chemical to exhibit its products at the trade fair, following its previous […]
[2nd OLED KOREA Conference] Looking at the Future Through Display Trend
Choong Hoon Yi, the president of UBI Research, discussed the trend change of CES 2016 and the effects on future OLED display and market forecast. During the 2nd OLED KOREA Conference (Feb 24 – 25), Yi gave a key note presentation titled ‘Dynamic Change in OLED Industry’. Discussing CES 2016, Yi first gave […]
LG Electronics to Actively Induce OLED TV Demands in 2016
LG Electronics CFO, Do Hyun Jung announced that they expect this year’s OLED TV’s demand to be approximately 4 times higher than last year’s. With this statement during the LG Electronics earnings announcement (January 26), Jung demonstrated determination in popularization of OLED TV. Regarding the forecast of Q1, he estimated that despite the slow […]
[Lighting Japan 2016] Yamagata University Develops Low Cost Flexible OLED Encapsulation
Innovation Center for Organic Electronics in Yamagata University in Japan discussed low cost flexible OLED encapsulation in Lighting Japan 2016 conference. Existing flexible OLED encapsulation mainly used hybrid encapsulation structure that forms multi-layer thin film passivation layers on top of OLED, and then applying adhesive organic material and laminating gas barrier film. The encapsulation structure […]
Sumitomo Chem. Aims for General Lighting Market with P-LED
Sumitomo Chemical’s Decorative P-LED Lighting Panel, Lighting Japan 2016 Sumitomo Chemical revealed that they are planning to enter the general lighting market with solution process applied P-LED (polymer OLED). Sumitomo Chemical is a company developing polymer and solution process applied OLED lighting panel. The company began actively selling decorative OLED lighting panel from H2 […]
[Lighting Japan 2016] LED Lighting Industry Crisis. Solution?
Osram Bussiness Unit Digital Systems’s CEO, Geert van der Meer, Lighting Japan 2016 In Lighting Japan 2016 Keynote Session, Geer van der Meer, CEO of Osram Business Unit Digital Systems, suggested directions for future lighting industry. Geert van der Meer explained that the current lighting market is rapidly adopting LED, but the large […]
[CES 2016] OLED TV Passes UHD Alliance Standards
As a press event of CES 2016 (January 6-9), UHD Alliance, which was created by TV manufacturing companies, contents companies such as film studios, and picture and sound quality related companies to energize the declining TV market, gave a presentation on future UHD TV market and UHD Alliance activities.
[CES 2016] What is This Year’s Trend?
At the press event of CES 2016 (January 6-9), CEA revealed that this year’s CES trends are as follows:
1) Ambient sensing
2) Aggregated learning
3) A maturing of nascent ecosystems.
NTHU is reshaping the lighting world via Candlelight OLED
Numerous researches have been sounding alarm with increasing frequency on the health hazards of blue light. They report that blue light possesses potential hazard to the retina of human eyes, circadian rhythm, melatonin secretion, and cancer risk.
[Analyst Column] LCD Industry Administration to Worsen after 3 Years
BOE is intending to carry out a large amount of investment in order to operate Gen10.5 LCD line from 2018. Meanwhile, key set makers including Apple, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Panasonic are devising strategy to move from LCD to OLED for smartphone and premium TV displays. As such, it is becoming more likely for the LCD industry to be in slump from 2018.