Display Alliance News 10.26.2010

Customer Engagement Technology World November 10-11, 2010. New York, NY.
Display Alliance will be attending CETW this year with a press pass. We look forward to meeting all the vendors and plan to showcase cool, new technologies we come across at the show, on the blog. We'll also look to find out what these products are made of, specifically what kind of LCD displays (or any other display technology) are most commonly used in today's newest screen technology. If you plan on attending, and would like some exposure on the blog leading up to the show, contact Chris Sava or Bruce Warila. We look forward to seeing you there.

Panel Database On iPhone
panelx.com- Digital View have migrated the PanelX LCD panel database to an iPhone version, this is available for free from iTunes though you can see details  here. An updated version will be available soon providing a database update function followed by more advanced filtering. Click here to check out the database..

KVH Expands Coverage, Doubles Capacity of mini-VSAT Broadband Network in Europe
kvh.com- MIDDLETOWN, RI – Next-generation satellite communications in Europe received a significant boost this week as KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) and its partner, ViaSat, Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT), increased the mini-VSAT Broadband network’s capacity in the region by 100%. At the same time, the addition of a new satellite, NSS-6, expanded the overall coverage area for the popular worldwide Ku-band satellite network that supports maritime subscribers as well as ViaSat’s Yonder® in-flight broadband network for business and commercial aircraft. Click here to read more..

Taiwan large-size LCD panel shipments drop 7.9% in 3Q10, says Digitimes Research
digitimes.com- Taiwan makers saw their large-size LCD panel shipments drop 7.9% to 64.65 million units in the third quarter as a result of weak demand and reduced utilization rates, according to Digitimes Research. Such a decline has been rare, as the third quarter is the industry's traditional peak season, explained Digitimes Research senior analyst Tony Huang. Click here to read more..

LG Display plans small OLED displays for next year, OLED TVs in 2013
oled-info.com- LG Display's President says that the company will start making small OLED displays next year, in 4.5-Gen and 5.5-Gen lines. They already have customers waiting for those panels. LG's 4.5-Gen plant investment ($225 million) has been announced back in April 2010, and is expected to go online soon. LG hasn't committed yet to a 5.5-Gen, although there were rumors about those new lines, saying these will be used for OLED TVs. But now we hear that LG only plans to use those to produce small displays. Click here to read more..

Ortus Technology is developing a 6.5" OLED panel
oled-info.com- Ortus Technology is developing a 6.5" OLED display, driven by a-Si TFT. The panel features 960x540 resolution (QHD) at 169ppi. The panel uses Ortus' own HAST (Hyper Amorphous Silicon TFT) technology, which offers ultra-high resolution, low-resistance fine wiring, narrow pitch COG bonding and high quality optic design. Click here to read more..

Sharp 330-inch Digital Signage Display @ Tokyo Station
displayblog.com- On October 29th, Sharp is plan­ning to unveil a 330-inch dig­i­tal sig­nage dis­play at Tokyo Station. The mas­sive screen is com­posed of eigh­teen 60-inch dis­plays. Each of these 60 inch­ers sport a pixel for­mat of 1366×768. This is def­i­nitely huge. I won­der what it would be used for? Massive adver­tise­ments? Click here to read more..

Monitor, notebook panel prices stable, TV panel prices continue to drop in 2H October, says DisplaySearch
digitimes.com- Monitor and notebook panel price have been stable in the second half of October as LCD makers are giving priority to their finances over market share. Notebook panel inventories at system vendors have returned to healthy levels, while TV panel prices continue to drop, but at a slower speed, according to the latest pricing data from DisplaySearch. Click here to read more..