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Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has developed the world’s first 17.3” display with 8K (7680*4320) resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The display can be used for professional and gaming applications, but will hardly hit production shortly. Nonetheless, the announcement of the device is a clear indicator that technology for ultra-high-definition computer displays with resolutions beyond 4K is here.

The 17.3” 8K display from JDI relies on the company’s proprietary low-temperature poly-silicon (LPTS) technology with IPS NEO enhancements, which enable very high pixel densities, UHD resolutions as well as improved black colour (compared to other IPS panels). The prototype monitor boasts with 33.1 millions of pixels as well as rather high 510 pixels per inch (PPI) density. The monitor also has 500cd/m² luminance, 2000:1 contrast ratio, 176° viewing angles and 120Hz refresh rate.

The 8K liquid crystal display (LCD) module fits into standard monitors commonly used for the video image production, according to Japan Display. It is possible that the panels will be made specially for NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai, Japan Broadcasting Corp.), which plans to start broadcasting in its 8K super hi-vision format sometimes in 2018, and which needs high-quality 8K displays to make content.

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JDI itself positions its 17.3” 8K panels for video image production, medical solutions and even gaming PC monitors, which require high resolution, depth in image quality, rapid response time and so on. In general, the 8K LCD panels can be used for a wide variety of applications.

This display will be exhibited in the NHK/JEITA booth on next week during Ceatec Japan 2015 held at Makuhari Messe, Japan.

Japan Display does not reveal when and if the 17.3” 8K panel will be produced. The company also does not disclose its potential price.

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KitGuru Says: The 17.3” 8K LCD module from JDI is a great proof-of-concept that PC monitors with 7680*4320 resolutions can be made even today. In fact, while 8K is considered to be the limit of what human eyes can see in 2D, it looks like display makers will introduce screens with considerably higher resolutions in the coming years.

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Japan Display may build plant exclusively for Apple iPhone screens https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/apple/anton-shilov/japan-display-may-build-plant-exclusively-for-apple-iphone-screens/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/apple/anton-shilov/japan-display-may-build-plant-exclusively-for-apple-iphone-screens/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:39:13 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=236886 Japan Display Inc., a leading supplier of screens for various mobile devices including Apple iPhone, is considering possibilities of building a plant that will be exclusively used to make displays for Apple iPhone smartphones, a media report claims. JDI wants to be the main supplier of screens for Apple’s handsets. At present the Japanese company …

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Japan Display Inc., a leading supplier of screens for various mobile devices including Apple iPhone, is considering possibilities of building a plant that will be exclusively used to make displays for Apple iPhone smartphones, a media report claims. JDI wants to be the main supplier of screens for Apple’s handsets.

At present the Japanese company is negotiating with Apple regarding potential investments in the project. JDI wants the U.S. company to provide a significant portion of $1.7 billion required for the plant, reports Reuters news agency citing its sources. While Apple typically invests in its suppliers, the company may reconsider such strategy following the scandal with GT Advanced, which failed to deliver sapphire cover glass substrates to the Cupertino, California-based giant.

The most likely site for the factory is in Ishikawa, central Japan, the news agency claims. The new manufacturing facility is expected to have capacity greater than the company’s existing plant in Mobara, southeast of Tokyo, which makes 50 thousand of the 1.5*1.85 metre TFT LCD sheets a month for iPhone 6 displays and other uses.

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JDI, which merged display assets of Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, has a number of exclusive technologies to offer Apple, which should provide a number of benefits to iPhone handsets. Japan Display’s active matrix LCD displays are based on a low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS), which enables higher resolutions and pixel density. The company also has developed IPS-NEO technology, which reduces the light shining through from the backlighting and thus provides deeper blacks. JDI also has a technology that allows to integrate the touch-screen function into the LCD panel, something that will allow to make smartphones a tad thinner.

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While Japan Display clearly would like to become the exclusive supplier of mobile displays for Apple iPhone, the consumer electronics giant will hardly let that happen. Firstly, the company cannot make a crucial component for its main product at one site since the risks are too high. Secondly, Apple needs multiple suppliers compete against each other for its orders to get lower pricing. Since JDI will not be the only supplier of displays for future iPhones, it is unlikely that Apple will take advantage of JDI’s exclusive technologies since it needs to have similar screens on all smartphones.

At present JDI competes against Samsung Display and LG Display for Apple’s orders.

Apple and JDI did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: Since both Samsung and LG are Apple’s rivals on the market of smartphones, Apple could actually provide JDI money it needs to build a new plant with the aim to make it a primary supplier of mobile displays and reduce payments to competitors. However, the South Korean companies will likely remain in Apple’s list of suppliers for multiple reasons. 

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Japanese companies form joint venture to produce OLED panels https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/anton-shilov/japanese-companies-form-joint-venture-to-produce-oled-panels/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/anton-shilov/japanese-companies-form-joint-venture-to-produce-oled-panels/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:46:23 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=205678 Four leading consumer electronics and display panel makers from Japan on Thursday signed a definitive agreement to establish a new company, JOLED, which will develop and eventually manufacture OLED display panels. Japanese makers of displays and TV-sets, with exception of Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., have never invested a lot in development of OLED [organic …

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Four leading consumer electronics and display panel makers from Japan on Thursday signed a definitive agreement to establish a new company, JOLED, which will develop and eventually manufacture OLED display panels.

Japanese makers of displays and TV-sets, with exception of Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp., have never invested a lot in development of OLED [organic light emitting diode] display panel technology, which is why at present Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics dominate the market of OLED screens. Earlier this year Sony decided to cease development of OLED, which seemed like a retreat. Apparently, this was the first step in creation of a new strong player on the market of OLED displays.

JOLED will be established by Innovation Network Corp. of Japan (INCJ), Japan Display Inc. (JDI) (an LCD technology joint venture by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi), Sony and Panasonic. INCJ and JDI will respectively hold 75% and 15% of the voting rights in JOLED, and Sony and Panasonic will each hold 5%.

Through this collaboration, the companies plan to accelerate the development and early commercialization of OLED display panels. JOLED is scheduled to be launched in January 2015. INCJ and JDI plan to make additional investments to fund a pilot manufacturing plant when the technology is ready for commercialization.

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A flexible AMOLED display by LG.

JOLED intends to develop primarily medium-size OLED displays for use in tablets, notebooks, and signage, where the key features of OLED, such as lightness/thinness and flexibility, can be leveraged. The new company will inherit OLED technologies from Sony and Panasonic, including use of printing technology for OLED production, transparent amorphous oxide semiconductors, and flexible display technology. JOLED plans to invest significantly in creation of flexible display technologies, aiming for improved moldability and durability as well as further reduction in weight.

While JOLED initially plans to create and manufacture OLED displays primarily for mobile and wearable computing devices, it is possible that eventually the firm will also address the market of large OLED panels, such as those used for TVs and curved TVs.

JOLED will enable Sony and other makers of smartphones and wearables to use advanced OLED panels, which will boost their competitive positions against Samsung Electronics and LG. What is especially noteworthy is that JDI is one of Apple’s key display suppliers. Therefore, it is possible that eventually the Cupertino, California-based consumer electronics giant might also adopt OLED displays.

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KitGuru Says: JOLED is at least a couple of years away from manufacturing its first products, so the establishment of the company has no immediate effect on the market at the moment. However, the industry knows a great example when a new joint venture became a significant market player. JDI, which began operations on the 1st of April, 2012, is now a leading supplier of display panels that has influence on the whole market.

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Japan Display and MediaTek enable mobile devices with 120Hz display https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/smartphone/anton-shilov/japan-display-and-mediatek-enable-mobile-devices-with-120hz-display/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/smartphone/anton-shilov/japan-display-and-mediatek-enable-mobile-devices-with-120hz-display/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:58:34 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=203412 Japan Display Inc. (JDI) and MediaTek said this week they have developed technologies that will enable mobile devices with 120Hz displays. Such screens will offer advanced video playback and smooth gameplay, but they will also consume quite a lot of power. Still, some top-of-the-range smartphones or tablets may get 120Hz panels in 2015. Modern handsets …

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Japan Display Inc. (JDI) and MediaTek said this week they have developed technologies that will enable mobile devices with 120Hz displays. Such screens will offer advanced video playback and smooth gameplay, but they will also consume quite a lot of power. Still, some top-of-the-range smartphones or tablets may get 120Hz panels in 2015.

Modern handsets and slates feature displays with 50Hz or 60Hz refresh rates, which is generally enough for video playback, games and applications. However, there are users, who demand the best possible quality of video, ultra-smooth scrolling and ultimate display clarity even on mobile devices, which is why a leading maker of displays and a leading designer of system-on-chips collaborated to create a display panel for portable gadgets with 120Hz refresh rate.

JDI did not reveal any details regarding its new display panel (most probably it relies the LTPS technology, which JDI has long cultivated), whereas MediaTek said that rendering of content at a rate of 120 frames per second is supported by its MT6595 and MT6795 system-on-chips. To make everything look really smoothly MediaTek also used its response time enhancement as well as ClearMotion technologies (originally designed for TVs). The latter automatically converts 24fps and 30fps content in 120fps.

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“120Hz mobile displays are not only a pleasure to view and use, but they also ensure mobile users can see every aspect of detailed screen action with the maximum possible fluidity,” said Jeffrey Ju, general manager of the MediaTek smartphone business unit. “We are pleased to have partnered with Japan Display to revolutionize the mobile experience for consumers to experience premium technology.”

While improvement of displays of mobile devices is an inevitable thing, it should be noted that the first-gen 120Hz mobile displays will likely consume considerably higher amount of energy than the current panels, especially in cases when 120Hz refresh rate is enabled (e.g., during video playback). As a result, it is unlikely that a lot of smartphones and tablets will get such displays shortly.

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KitGuru Says: Just imagine what kind of displays we are going to have on our mobile devices several years from now. 4K (3840*2160) resolution, 120Hz refresh rate with extra-smooth motion, 500+ pixels per inch pixel density, 1500:1 contrast ratio and so on… But remember, once you really start enjoying 4K movies with 120Hz refresh rate, your battery will likely drain rather quickly…

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4K 10.1-inch display for media tablets announced, demonstrated https://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/monitors/anton-shilov/4k-display-for-tablets-announced-demonstrated/ https://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/monitors/anton-shilov/4k-display-for-tablets-announced-demonstrated/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2014 22:59:32 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=189272 Japan Display said this week that it had developed the world's first 10.1″ liquid crystal display (LCD) module with an ultra-high-defition resolution of 3840*2160 pixels (4K) for future tablets. The company said that it had already begun to ship samples to interested parties. It will likely take at least a year before such display enters …

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Japan Display said this week that it had developed the world's first 10.1″ liquid crystal display (LCD) module with an ultra-high-defition resolution of 3840*2160 pixels (4K) for future tablets. The company said that it had already begun to ship samples to interested parties. It will likely take at least a year before such display enters mass production.

JDI developed a 12.1″ 4K LCD module (with 365ppi pixel density) last year and presented it at the FPD international 2013 trade-show. The new 10.1-inch product is an LCD module with even higher pixel density (438ppi) that is more suitable for media tablets. The new display module has 1100:1 contrast ratio, 160-degree viewing angles and 400cd/m2 typical surface luminance.

The new 10.1” UHD display relies on the low-temperature poly silicon (LTPS) technology that has long been cultivated by JDI, to provide low power consumption, low profile and narrow dead-band features. According to JDI, the display module consumes 2180mW (1800mW for backlight and 380mW for panel), which is in-line with 10.1” WQXGA (2560*1600) LCD module based on the amorphous silicon technology.

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The UHD resolutions like 3840*2160 will become a de-facto standards for next-generation TVs several years from now. Unfortunately, adoption of such TVs will be slowed down by scarce availability of content in ultra-high-definition, but the standard will clearly be there. As a result, many people will eventually demand 4K displays for their notebooks and tablets.

“The introduction of this product will open the way for high-reality immersive expressions of photos, video content and game content for tablets,” a statement from JDI reads. “JDI will be pioneering the commercialization of 4K2K display modules for mobile devices as next-generation flagship models.”

While 4K display for tablets sounds like an exciting thing, it should be noted that it will require a graphics processing unit that could render images on it at a high frame-rate and at low power consumption (i.e., a new breed of application processors will be required), high-bandwidth mobile memory (i.e. LPDDR4, DRAM with Wide-IO interface, etc.), high-bandwidth networks that support streaming of UHD video and software that support 3840*2160 resolution properly. Once everything of the aforementioned is in place, expect 4K tablets in a store near you.

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KitGuru Says: While we will likely see 4K tablets sometimes next year, they will be more like proof-of-concepts, not mass products. Google and LG launched their Nexus 10.1 tablet with 2560*1600 screen resolution in late 2012, yet, it has not become as popular as three generations of Apple iPad (3, 4, Air) with retina display and lower 2048*1536 resolution. Moreover, companies like Apple need extremely high-volume supply of key components like displays, which is why screens for iPads are produced by multiple makers. If JDI wants to make its 4K LTPS display a mass solution, it will have to license its technologies to third parties and they will have to be able to produce such panels with sufficient yields…

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Smartphones with 4K screens incoming, 23 million to ship in 2015 https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/anton-shilov/smartphones-with-4k-screens-incoming-23-million-to-ship-in-2015/ https://www.kitguru.net/lifestyle/mobile/anton-shilov/smartphones-with-4k-screens-incoming-23-million-to-ship-in-2015/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:47:04 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=176546 The ultra-high-definition resolutions is incoming not only to televisions and PC monitors, but also to mobile devices. Next year the first smartphones with displays featuring 3840*2160 resolution will hit them market, according to analysts from NPD DisplaySearch. Obviously, such handsets will be rather rare, but even in this case their shipments will reach tens of …

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The ultra-high-definition resolutions is incoming not only to televisions and PC monitors, but also to mobile devices. Next year the first smartphones with displays featuring 3840*2160 resolution will hit them market, according to analysts from NPD DisplaySearch. Obviously, such handsets will be rather rare, but even in this case their shipments will reach tens of millions of units.

Global smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.2 billion in 2014. Global shipments of smartphones with high-definition (HD) and full-high-definition (FHD) screens are forecast to reach 570 million in 2014. The analysts predict that shipments of smartphones with 2K [2560*1440/2560*1600] displays (also known as wide-quad-HD) will reach 41 million units this year. In short, smartphones with HD and higher display resolutions will comprise over half of global shipments in 2014, up from 29% in 2013.

Sales of smartphones with 4K displays are forecast to reach 23 million units in 2015. UHD displays will account for more than 5% of smartphone shipments in North America and Japan in 2015, and just under 5% in Western Europe.

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“Market growth for smartphones with high-definition screens is being fueled by increasingly affordable application processors, which along with increased production of high resolution smartphone displays are enabling brands to provide greater resolution and lower power consumption at lower prices,” said Tina Teng, senior analyst for smartphones at NPD DisplaySearch. “In the maturing smartphone ecosystem consumers can expect far better visual performance and improved gaming experience.”

At present, AUO, JDI, Samsung, and other display-panel manufacturers already have 2K displays in production. Developers of applications processor have been shipping products capable of supporting resolutions beyond full-HD (Nvidia Tegra 4, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, etc.) for quite some time now.

KitGuru Says: While some very high-end smartphones for video and multimedia fans will benefit from UHD displays already next year, it will take some time before such resolutions can be viable on more mainstream handsets. UHD content requires tremendous amount of storage space, a lot of processing power and high network speeds. Therefore, smartphones with 4K screens should not only feature powerful system-on-chips, a lot of built-in NAND flash, but also 4G/LTE Advanced with carrier aggregation, which requires support from network operators.

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