The author is an analyst of NH Investment & Securities. He can be reached at hwdoh@nhqv.com. -- Ed. Samsung Electronics (SEC) has announced plans for NAND investment at Pyeongtaek line 2. We expect the investment to contribute favorably to the performance of semicon equipment firms from 2H20 into 20
While LG Electronics is releasing the world's first 48-inch OLED TVs in June, panels for the new TVs will be supplied from LG Display's Chinese plant. Analysts say that the company has begun to count down mass production 10 months after the Chinese plant was completed last year."LG Display
Hyundai Motor Co. and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced on May 28 that they have entered into a unique and unprecedented multi-picture promotional partnership that will feature the automaker’s new models and technologies in upcoming Sony Pictures productions. Under the deal Hyundai Motor will al
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China's Huawei will officially launch its first 65-inch OLED TV X65 on April 26. Through a launch event held on April 8, Huawei emphasized its OLED panel’s perfect black, natural color expression, and thin 1.2-mm bezel. The retail price is 4,200,000 won, not much different from that of LG Electr
Global OLED TV shipments arrived at 1.1 million units in the fourth quarter of last year, exceeding 1 million units in quarterly sales for the first time, according to market researcher IHS Markit on Feb. 20.LG Electronics launched OLED TVs in 2013 for the first time among TV makers. OLED TV shipmen
LG Electronics' organic light emitting diode (OLED) TV has been selected as the highest cost-to-performance ratio TV in the United States for two consecutive years.Leading U.S. consumer media outlet Consumer Reports has recently released a list of the five "Best Big-Screen TV Bargains" selected
Japan’s major TV producer Sharp is expected to join the group of OLED TV makers this year as it plans to release OLED TVs loaded with panels from LG Display.Nikkei Asian Review Sharp reported on Jan. 26 that Sharp will add OLED TVs to its lineup in Japan to halt a drop in its market share. Prices of
Samsung Electronics and Sony have unveiled their micro LED TV products at CES 2020, but some display industry experts say that excessively high production cost will impede their popularization.One square meter of display modules for micro LED TVs costs US$50,000, according to industry experts and fo
A group of Korean startups have signed partnership and investment agreements with leading global companies such as SoftBank, Sony and global beauty brands at CES 2020. Their export routes have been extended to North America, the Middle East, and Latin America.Icon AI, a startup that has developed a
Sony, the largest image sensor supplier in the world, is failing to meet client demands even at full capacity. Bloomberg reported that the undersupply would continue for a while with Sony’s new image sensor manufacturing facilities scheduled to be put into operation in April 2021.With artificial int
LG Electronics has launched an organic light emitting diode (OLED) TV with an 8K resolution in the Japanese market.LG Electronics recently launched the LG Signature OLED TV, an 88-inch 8K OLED TV, through a distributor in Japan. The TV is selling at Japanese department stores and major stores. Its p
Global non-practicing entities (NPEs) are found to have used neglected Korean patents in launching attacks on Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.Patent experts say that Korean companies need to upgrade their patent management and utilization systems to survive global int
Although some TV industry watchers believed that a showdown between Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics over the picture quality of 8K TVs will play out in favor of 8K TV sales, 8K TV sales have actually decreased.In the third quarter of this year, global 8K TV sales arrived at 16,300 units, down
Japanese companies are throwing down a challenge to LG Electronics in the market of large organic light emitting diode (OLED) TVs. As OLED TV supply is expected to expand significantly beginning 2020, LG Electronics is likely to compete fiercely with such Japanese companies as Sony and Panasonic in
Samsung Electronics’ quantum dot LED (QLED) TVs and LG Electronics’ organic LED (OLED) TVs are dominating the North American TV market while Chinese TV manufacturers are failing to increase their market shares in the same region due to ongoing trade disputes between the United States and China.Accor
LG Electronics’ OLED TV was once again selected as the best TV in the U.S. market. The global OLED TV market is growing fast and expected to reach 1 million units in sales in the first quarter.Leading U.S. consumer magazine Consumer Reports recently evaluated about 200 new TV models sold this year i
As Chinese and U.S. TV makers are moving to enter the OLED TV market next year, LG Display is expected to benefit from it as the company is currently the sole producer of OLED panels.Vizio, a U.S. TV producer, and Xiaomi of China will adopt OLED panels next year. OLED panel demand is expected to soa
Global display makers have waged intense competition to lead the liquid crystal display (LCD) market in recent several years and now they are turning their eyes to the rapidly expanding organic light emitting diodes (OLED) market.Samsung Display and LG Electronics, which are strong in small and larg
Faced with a prolonged slump in the global liquid-crystal display (LCD) market, Chinese TV manufacturers are considering shifting to organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels. If Chinese companies, which are the main culprit of the oversupply of LCD panels, move into the OLED market, a “generation