Samsung Officially Announces QD-OLED Plans
Samsung Display officially announced in South Korea Thursday that it is investing 13 trillion won ($11 billion) into hybrid quantum dot/organic light emitting diode (QD-OLED) displays, with plans to begin production of TVs based on the technology in 2021. The announcement, as reported by the…
Report: Samsung Readying QD-OLED Panel Production
Samsung Display Co. (SDC), Samsung’s display panel production arm, has reportedly finalized its plans to begin producing quantum dot-enhanced OLED TV panels at its former LCD L8 manufacturing lines in Tangjeong, South Korea. According to a report last week from Business Korea citing industry analysts…
LG Brings Xfinity Stream App To WebOS Smart TVs
Comcast and LG Electronics USA launched Thursday the Xfinity Stream beta app for 2019, 2018, and 2017 LG Smart TVs. The Xfinity Stream app will give LG TV owners the ability to access live, on demand, and cloud DVR programming included with their Xfinity TV…
LG Display Begins Major OLED Panel Expansion Plan
LG Display announced Friday the official opening its 8.5-generation OLED panel production plant in Guangzhou, China. The 8.5-Gen plant will produce mother glass OLED sheets measuring 2,200mm x 2,500mm and will “usher in an era of producing 10 million large-size OLED panels a year.” LG…
UHDA Answers Hollywood, Launches `Filmmaker Mode’
The multi-industry Ultra HD Alliance (UHDA) answered the call of flimmakers around the world Tuesday by announcing the creation of “Filmmaker Mode” — a series of picture quality settings that consumers can easily make to their television sets with the push of a button to…
AirPlay 2, Homekit Firmware Updates Arrive In ’19 LG TVs
LG Electronics made good Tuesday on last week’s scheduled firmware update announcement saying that new Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit feature support is now available to download to select 2019 LG OLED and most NanoCell 4K UHD TVs with ThinQ AI capability in the United…
LG Display Sharpens Focus On OLED
Could prices on 4K OLED televisions be coming down soon? Indications in a second-quarter financial report from the world’s primary supplier of OLED TV panels, LG Display, seem to point in that direction. Why do we say this? When supply is high prices tend to…
CTA: U.S. TV Sales Will Drop By 1% In 2019 To 38.8M Units
Television sales in the United States are expected to “taper off” in 2019, with LCD TVs showing declines as 4K Ultra HD, 8K and OLED-based displays register growth, according to mid-year forecasts released Monday by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). According to the CTA’s mid-year…
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