Category Archives: displays

Samsung’s panel-making division, Samsung Display, is reportedly reducing OLED panel production at its South Chungcheong plant due to lower than expected iPhone X sales. According to Nikkei Asian Review, Samsung now plans to cover 20 million or fewer iP… Continue reading Samsung To Cut OLED Production Due To Poor iPhone X Sales→

The display in the iPhone X is produced by Samsung and improved by Apple, says screen technology analysis firm DisplayMate. The company has released a display shoot-out for the iPhone X, praising Apple’s technology in areas like the higher resolution O… Continue reading iPhone X Has the ‘Most Innovative and High Performance’ Smartphone Display Ever Tested→

Eloking quotes Windows Central:
At an event in San Francisco, HoloLens inventor Alex Kipman outlined the future of Windows Mixed Reality, which Redmond seems to believe is the future of computing. Whether or not it is remains to be seen, but either way… Continue reading Anticipating Samsung’s AMOLED Mixed Reality Headset→

Thuy Ong reports via The Verge: Now that you’ve upgraded to a shiny new 4K TV, Sharp has revealed its latest screen to stoke your fear of missing out: a 70-inch Aquos 8K TV. That 8K (7,680 x 4,320) resolution is 16 times that of your old Full HD (1920 … Continue reading Sharp Announces 8K Consumer TVs Now That We All Have 4K→

An anonymous reader quotes 4K.com:
Samsung Electronics has announced that its premium Smart TV content service, TV Plus, is now available for users of Samsung Smart TVs in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom… Owners of eligible Samsu… Continue reading Samsung Pushes Its 4K/HDR TV Service in Europe→

An anonymous reader quotes Ars Technica:
Charles Thacker, one of the lead hardware designers on the Xerox Alto, the first modern personal computer, died of a brief illness on Monday. He was 74. The Alto, which was released in 1973 but was never a comme… Continue reading Xerox Alto Designer, Co-Inventor Of Ethernet, Dies at 74→

At WWDC 2017 today, Apple unveiled a brand new iPad Pro with a 10.5-inch display and 40% narrower bezels. The new iPad features a 50% brighter True Tone display and “ProMotion” technology which increase refresh rates up to 120hz. 9to5Mac reports: The n… Continue reading Apple Announces New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro With Narrower Side Bezels, 120Hz Refresh Rate Display→

At WWDC 2017 today, Apple unveiled a brand new iPad Pro with a 10.5-inch display and 40% narrower bezels. The new iPad features a 50% brighter True Tone display and “ProMotion” technology which increase refresh rates up to 120hz. 9to5Mac reports: The n… Continue reading Apple Announces New 10.5-Inch iPad Pro With Narrower Side Bezels, 120Hz Refresh Rate Display→

New submitter cinemetek quotes a report from University of Central Florida: Researchers at the University of Central Florida have developed a new color changing surface tunable through electrical voltage that could lead to three times the resolution fo… Continue reading UCF Research Could Bring ‘Drastically’ Higher Resolution To Your Phone and TV→

There’s some surprising news from the Energy Institute at the University of California’s business school. America’s households are using less electricity than they did five years ago.

So what is different? Energy-efficient lighting. Over 450 million L… Continue reading New Evidence of a Decline In Electricity Use By U.S. Households→