Korean Government, Will It Give Up Its Top Spot in Display Industry?

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Recent Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics’ TV and smartphone performance results are causing experts to be concerned over degrowth. The only thing that is left for Korean display industry is OLED.

Samsung Electronics Announces Flexible Price Strategy for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge in H2

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On July 30, Samsung Electronics announced their second quarter earnings results & future outlook via conference call. Flexible price strategy was announced.

LGE to Compete with UHD OLED TV Price in 2016

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On July 29, LG Electronics announced its earnings results. It was forecast that in Q3 the premium TV market will grow and increase the UHD OLED TV sales.

LGD Expands Market Through Active Support of OLED

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On July 23, LG Display announced its earnings results at LG Twin Towers in Yeouido, South Korea. During this event, LG Display revealed its decision to invest approximately US$ 900 million in Gen6 flexible OLED line in order to lead the flexible OLED market.

OLED 8K TV, When Would It Be Possible?

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Considering active release of UHD TV occurred in 2014, OLED 8K TV’s market release is estimated to be in 2019-2020. It is analyzed that approximately 3 years are left to prepare for 8K TV mass production.

Visionox Unveils Newest Flexible AMOLED Panel

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On July 10, Visionox unveiled newest flexible AMOLED panel of rollable type through their website. The unveiled flexible AMOLED panel has the curvature radius of 3mm with 20um of thickness, and can be curled into a cylinder.

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S2 Release, What is Different This Time?

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On 20 July, Samsung Electronics announced the launch of the Galaxy Tab S2 (8.0inch, 9.7inch), with the thinnest and lightest metal frame of its size on the market.

A3 Line Operation Capacity Pushes Down Galaxy S6 Edge Price

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The price of Galaxy S6 Edge, which initially exceeded approximately US$ 1,200 when released, recorded US$ 739 in second week of July 2015 (source: www.amazon.com).

New Solution for Next Generation OLED Lighting

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Researchers from Chungnam & Pusan National Universities authored a paper which was selected as back cover for Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry.

China’s Gen10.5 Investment, Korean Display Companies’ Countermeasure?

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At the 10th National Research Development Industry General Workshop in Display (8-10 July) in Muju, South Korea, industry-academy experts gathered and held a discussion on the future display strategy under the heading ‘Korean Display Industry Crisis, What is the Solution?’.

UHD OLED TV, Rapidly Catching Up to SUHD TV Price

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OLED TV price, once again, dropped down by a large margin. LG Electronics’ new 2015 model 65inch 4K Ultra HD curved OLED TV fell to US$ 6,999.

[Expert Talk] Professor Ho Kyoon Chung of Sungkyunkwan University, Talks OLED Lighting’s Future

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Professor Ho Kyoon Chung, a world renowned OLED expert, talks OLED lighting's future. What is Professor Chung’s flexible OLED lighting growth solution?

OLED Rises to Become Purple Ocean of Existing Lighting Industry

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OLED is receiving much attention as the next generation lighting as a greener lighting that can replace existing incandescent and fluorescent lights and reduce energy consumption, as well as lighting that can create new market.

Universal Display Reveals Advances in Flexible Plastic Transparent Phosphorescent OLED Technologies

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On Thursday, 18th June, Universal Display unveiled new and elegant OLED white lighting design prototypes and technologies at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

[LED/OLED EXPO 2015] Low Cost OLED Lighting Panel Production, QD Film Provides the Solution?

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At LED/OLED Expo 2015, Cheorwon Plasma Research Institute (CPRI) displayed technology that produces white by applying light extracting film that contains red and green quantum dot (QD) material on blue OLED. CPRI forecasts that this technology of QD film applied blue OLED will be the solution for lowering OLED lighting panel production cost.

[LED/OLED EXPO 2015] O’CLESS Propels OLED Lighting Commercialization

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At LED/OLED EXPO 2015 (23 – 26 June), HaeChan Design revealed that through OLED lighting specializing brand O’CLESS they are expanding into international market as well as within the domestic market in Korea.

Korea, China, and Japan’s OLED TV Alliance to Boost the Market

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Currently LG is the only company selling 4K OLED TV in large quantity. But soon this is expected to change and boost the market with Chinese and Japanese companies joining in.

Next Generation Display Requires Next Generation Ecosystem

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It seems like new milestones are reached in the display industry every month. From a consumer’s point of view, it was not that long ago that HD (high definition) sets entered the market and revolutionized the picture screen. However, now next generation display with even higher resolution, UHD (ultra high definition) are being actively developed.

Samsung Display Reveals World’s First 55inch Transparent OLED and Mirror OLED Display

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In Retail Asia Expo 2015 (9 – 11 June) held in Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Samsung Display presented transparent and mirror type OLED in 55inch large size.

[SID 2015] AUO’s New RGBY Pixel Structure, Can It Be an Answer for Low-Powered OLED?

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Display consumes most power out of smartphone battery usage. In SID 2015, AUO gave speech on new RGBY pixel structure to solve the power consumption issue.