Report: Samsung Display’s LCD Patent Transfers To CSOT Mark End Of An Era
Samsung Display has transferred its U.S. patents on liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies to China-based display panel manufacturer China Star Opto-electronics Technologies (CSOT), a company owned by TCL, according to reports from South Korea. The U.S. patent transfer, which occurred in June, preceded Samsung’s transfer…
Falling Output and Pricing On LCD TV Panels Could Impact The Peak TV Shopping Season
In another ominous sign for global TV industry supply, both demand and prices for TV-sized LCD panels continue to fall at the same time, recent reports from two display market analysts revealed. Display industry market analysts TrendForce and Omdia each issued potentially troubling LCD TV…
Reports: Samsung To Procure More TV Panels From LG Display In 2022
Samsung Electronics is planning to step up procurement of LCD (and possibly even OLED) TV display panels from Taiwanese and S. Korean sources, including rival LG Display, in order to reduce its dependence on Chinese sources, according to reports out of Asia Thursday. Samsung Electronics…
TCL 1H Financial Data Shows No. 3 Market Share For Global TV Sales
China-based TV, electronics and smartphone manufacturer TCL recently released interim sales and performance data for the first half of 2021 showing the brand rankings No. 3 in the world for TVs as it continues to grow its international businesses. TCL Technology Group issued a 1H…
LCD Panel Manufacturers See TV, IT Supply Shortages Ahead
The outlook for your ability to get the 2021 model TV you might have your eyes on, and the price you might have to pay for it isn’t good right now, following reports of component shortages limiting production yields this year. According to reports out…
Samsung Display Sells Stake In Chinese LCD Fab
Continuing to distance itself from involvement in LCD TV panel production, Samsung Display, the major global supplier of flat-panel display modules to Samsung Electronics and other global customers, revealed Monday that it has sold its majority stake in a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) factory in…
Moves Suggest Samsung Ending Domestic LCD Production
According to a report out of Korea last week, Samsung Display, the display panel maker for the giant conglomerate, has halted production of some of its Gen-8 LCD panel operations in South Korea, as it turns to its new Gen 11 LCD fab in China…
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…
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