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16:9: LG’s CES2020 News Adds 48-Inch OLED TV; Talks More About 8K

LG has had its press conference at CES this morning, and while there was lots of cool consumer stuff, it was more about appliances and gaming than about displays – though there was lots of talk about OLED, as you might expect. No real signage-ish stuff to report, however. There is now a 48-inch OLED, with the previous smallest TV being 55-inches. […]

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Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:57 PM

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16:9: LG Display Reports Big Loss; 3rd Bad Quarter In Row

LG Display has reported a big loss in its recent Q3 earnings release, its third bad quarter in a row – forcing out the longtime CEO, prompting a round of voluntary departures and most interesting in the context of the commercial display business, the start of a move away from LCD. […]

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Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 7:22 PM

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16:9: LG’s Garry Wicka On The Merits And Prospects For OLED In Digital Signage

LG has gone very big on OLED displays in recent years – making the super-thin, flexible and generally gorgeous displays the centerpiece of the company’s marketing efforts at trade shows. They bend, they curve, they hang like wallpaper and for some of them, they’re see-through. […]

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Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 7:20 PM

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LG Transparent OLED Available Now (DSConnection)

ABCOMDSS is first to bring revolutionary product to U.S. market LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., Aug. 21, 2019 – LG Business Solutions is now shipping the highly anticipated LG Transparent OLED digital signage display in the United States. […]

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Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:21 AM

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Leyard and Planar Named No. 1 Global Leader in Narrow Pixel Pitch LED Video Wall Market (DSConnection)

The company expands lead in narrow pixel pitch LED and is ranked leader in Americas LCD control room applications PORTLAND, Ore.–Today, Leyard and Planar, global leaders in visualization products, announced the company was named the No. 1 market share leader in the $2.6 billion narrow pixel pitch LED video wall market, and the No. […]

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Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 8:57 AM

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OLED “Neural Mirror” Reveals How Biometric Machines See Us (DSConnection)

Rome-based design and technology studio Ultravioletto, known for producing installations with robot dancers in “5 Sonic Arms” and code art in “Tribute to Creators,” recently unveiled their “Neural Mirror,” which takes all of the digital signage and communications industry’s concerns about privacy and biometrics and transforms them into an installation with a provocative artistic statement. […]

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Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 11:22 AM

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16:9: Inkjet Printing Tech Expected To Lower Costs, Up Capacity For Big OLED Screens

The research firm IHS Markit says OLED display costs are expected to drop as technology that effectively prints the displays matures and production capacity expands. Inkjet-printed (IJP) organic light emitting diode (OLED) display technology is set to enter mass production next year, with capacity expected to rise as much as 12X from 2020 through 2024, says the business information provider. […]

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Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 6:44 AM

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16:9 from InfoComm Day 2: No Great Leaps Forward, But Many Subtle Advances

Tons of great conversations and product demos on Thursday at InfoComm 2019. While it is very, very accurate to say there was/is not a whole pile that is strikingly new at this trade show, as you might expect,  when you dig in, there’s lots going on and lots of subtle but meaningful improvements or innovations. […]

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Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 6:02 PM

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16:9: LG Formally Launches Transparent OLED For US Market

It appears LG’s next big thing to be showcased at InfoComm this week will be quite familiar to much of that show’s pro AV crowd. Transparent OLED has been around for several years, and definitely demo’d at trade show booths, but LG Business Solutions says it is officially launching its commercial, 55-inch digital signage display for the US market this week. […]

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Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 10:51 AM

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16:9: Planar Revives Line Transparent OLED Line; Showing At InfoComm

Planar has resumed marketing a transparent OLED, about five years after first launching a product and then pulling it because of supply issues from the original manufacturer/supplier. […]

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Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 10:53 AM

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Vancouver Office Tower Uses OLED Video Wall To Replace Directory, Renew Lobby

This is a tiled LG 2 by 6 OLED video wall built into the lobby wall of an office tower in downtown Vancouver, BC. The displays are set into a bamboo wood wall set against a granite wall. They replaced a physical building directory. […]

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Thu, May 2, 2019 at 8:07 AM

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16:9: Missed ISE?: This Futuresource Report Gives A Solid Tech Rundown, And It’s Free

If you were unable to get to Integrated Systems Europe, but very badly want and need to know what all was shown and demo’d there, you are in luck. The market research/consultancy firm Futuresource had several people fanned out in the many halls of the Amsterdam RAI, and has produced a comprehensive 63-page report on all the tech on show. […]

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Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 6:00 PM

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16:9: Leyard’s R&D Head Sam Phenix Dishes On LED, OLED, VR And Everything Display

I managed to squeeze in a few podcast interviews in and around ISE last week, and this is the first – a long-planned and finally realized talk with Sam Phenix, who is the VP of research and development for Planar and Leyard. That puts her in the middle of everything happening in the display market right now, from LCD and OLED to light field displays. […]

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Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 1:11 AM

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Watch Video Of LG’s Insane 260-Screen OLED Demo At CES

Good … freaking … Lord!!! Here’s a video of the absolutely massive curving OLED video wall that was the unmissable eye candy for LG at its booth earlier this month at CES in Vegas. I have not been briefed on what LG will do at ISE – which is also a monster trade show. […]

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Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 3:50 PM

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16:9: A Huge 260-Screen OLED Waterfall Scene Greets LG’s CES 2019 Stand Visitors

Last year, CES visitors to LG’s stand walked along an OLED screen canyon. This year, there’s an OLED waterfall … kinda sorta. LG’s sprawling CES booth, by the main entrance to the Las Vegas Convention Center, has 260 OLEDs in a dramatic, wavy waterfalls-like set-up. […]

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Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 9:19 AM

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