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LG Display changes boss amid LCD and OLED market squeezes "LG Display has changed its CEO in its bid to reorganize its businesses amid declining LCD profits and lackluster OLED display panel sales. The company, which is the display panel-making affiliate of LG Group, approved the motion to name LG Chem President Jeong Ho-young as its new CEO in an emergency board meeting on Monday..." via ZDNet
China ready to mass produce self-developed LCD screen "China's first self-developed 8.5 generation TFT-LCD panel, or thin-film transistor liquid crystal display panel, rolled off the production line in Bengbu in east China's Anhui Province, paving the way for mass production." via Outlook India
Govt scraps import duty on open cell TV panel to boost manufacturing "[The Indian] Finance Ministry in a notification said customs duty on "open-cell (15.6-inch and above), for use in the manufacture of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) TV panels" will be nil as against 5 percent import duty previously." via India Today
Panasonic's high-contrast dual LCD does a great impression of an OLED "It has a 4K outer panel with a monochrome inner panel that modulates an LED backlight. The system, which is made up of multiple optical sheets and layers, can dim the picture at the pixel level, the kind of thing that OLED screens are known for." via engadget
AU Optronics's New 85-Inch 8K LCD TV with 1024-Zone Backlighting "AU Optronics this week showcased a prototype of its most advanced 8K Ultra-HD display featuring an innovative full-area local dimming (FALD) backlighting solution and peak brightness of 2,000 nits." via AnandTech