Samsung Electronics is reaching out to its competitors such as Sharp and LG Electronics in a bid to promote 8K TVs.Last month, Samsung Electronics launched the 8K Association together with major global TV manufacturers, including Panasonic, TCL, Hisense and AUO.Samsung is now encouraging its competi
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are showcasing their latest digital signage products at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2019, the largest commercial display trade show in Europe.Samsung is showing off its 8K ultra-high definition quantum dot light emitting diode (QLED) signage displa
Samsung Electronics has managed to form a global 8K TV group but its efforts to revitalize the 8K TV market faces one hurdle after another. This is because Korean TV broadcasters are still producing 1K high-definition content due to cost burdens and have barely started to move over to the 4K ultra-h
The global display industry has moved into the era of micro light-emitting diode (LED) panels which can overcome the limitations of existing liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and indefinitely extend the panel size. Micro LED technology can freely widen screen sizes as it produces a screen by dense
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019, which will run in Las Vegas for four days from Jan. 8 (local time), is expected to showcase premium TV technology and advanced smart home technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT).Samsung Electronics, which betted on micr
VisualCamp, a Korean startup which is a member company of the K-ICT Born2Global Centre, will officially launch TrueGaze, one of the most advanced gaze analytics and smartphone eye control solutions on the market, at CES 2019.TrueGaze enables developers and smartphone manufacturers to scan informatio
LG Electronics will kick off the global sales of a 65-inch rollable TV in the first half of next year after taking the wraps off the new TV model at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to be held in Las Vegas in January of next year.Early this year, LG Display unveiled a rollable TV panel but it was
Seven out of 10 premium TVs costing US$2,500 or more sold in the third quarter of this year were made by Korean companies. Among the top three global TV makers, Sony saw its market share drop 3 percentage points from the first quarter, while Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics expanded their mark
Samsung Electronics has regained its pride as the world's top TV maker. According to electronics industry analysts on Nov. 19, Samsung Electronics boosted its share of the global market for high-end TVs costing US$1,500 or more per unit to 50 percent in the first half of this year. Samsung's
Samsung Display showcased its next-generation technologies, including ultra-large 8K display and a vibrating display, at the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2018, which opened at COEX, Samseong-dong, Seoul, on Oct. 24.With the slogan “OLED optimized for the 5G era,” the company e
As a growing number of Chinese smartphone and TV manufacturers adopt organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, Korean OLED producers are enjoying a boom.According to market researcher IHS Markit, major Chinese smartphone makers such as Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo and Vivo are increasing the number of sma
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LG Electronics' sales of organic light emitting diode (OLED) TVs are growing fast, with this year's sales volume expected to be more than double the previous year’s. LG OLED TVs are leading the premium TV market, eliciting favorable consumer responses.According to a report released by IHS Ma
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, two leaders of the world home electronics industry, will compete with each other in the IFA 2018, Europe's largest consumer electronics exhibition that will kick off on August 31. They are expected to show the competitiveness of their total solutions for s
The global organic light emitting diodes (OLED) TV market is rapidly growing, driven by higher definition and competitive prices.According to market research firm IHS Markit on August 7, the size of the global OLED TV market is expected to grow to 2.54 million units this year from 300,000 units in 2
Samsung Electronics will launch 65-, 75- and 85-inch 8K QLED TVs in September. An 8K TV (3,300 mega pixels) is four times clearer than a 4K TV (830 mega pixels) and creates the highest picture quality among TVs currently selling in the market.In particular, Samsung Electronics has installed an AI ch
The global market shares of Samsung Electronics’ non-semiconductor business items such as TVs, smartphones and display panels have been on the decline for years with Chinese manufacturers supplying competitive products at low prices.According to industry sources, Samsung Electronics posted a share o
Samsung Electronics will play a pivotal role in the final meeting of the 3GPP Working Group to set fifth-generation (5G) mobile telecommunication standards.Samsung Electronics announced on May 21 that the company would participate in the final meeting of the 3GPP Working Group which would run in Bus
Full HD TVs which were relegated by ultra high definition (UHD) TVs are expected to disappear from the big TV market this year.The proportion of UHD TV sales is expected to reach 99% for the first time in the 60-inch or larger TV market this year due to the popularity of UHD TVs and a rise in UHD co
Samsung Electronics launched an ultra-high-performance premium graphic DRAM aimed at the rapidly growing semiconductor market for artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous navigation. This is a strategic move to maintain the memory semiconductor “super gap” strategy by expanding business areas int