LG Electronics (LG) is launching its new 31.5-inch surgical monitor (model 32HR734S) featuring advanced Mini LED display technology. Designed to provide color video displays of images from surgical endoscopes, laparoscopic camera systems and other compatible medical imaging systems, LG’s monitor has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA, indicating it can now be sold in the U.S. The 32HR734S’s Mini LED technology enables precise brightness control and provides a wide color range, optimizing image clarity and color, making it an ideal choice ...

The Redmi A27U is now on its third refresh this year. (Image source: Xiaomi) Xiaomi has released various monitors recently, some of which it has offered globally. For reference, the company brought its Mini LED gaming monitor (curr. $329.99 on Amazon) to North America at the start of the month. Now though, it has returned to the Redmi A27U, which it refreshed today alongside releasing the following other devices: Redmi Buds 6 Redmi Note 14 Redmi Note 14 Pro Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus Ultimately, Xiaomi has a greater tendency than most to re...

Acer introduced the Predator X49 V gaming monitor equipped with a 48.9-inch QD-OLED panel from Samsung Display. The device is designed for gamers, offering a high resolution of 5120 x 1440 pixels and a refresh rate of 144 Hz. Thanks to the support of AMD FreeSync Premium, the monitor manages to achieve a minimum response time of 0.03 ms, which ensures the smoothest image possible. Brightness reaches a peak value of 1000 nits, and HDR10 support and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification improve color and contrast quality. The Predator X49 ...

Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET Shopping for a new TV? It can be overwhelming these days, especially with all the models and designations available. With alphabetic features like HDR, 120Hz and HDMI 2.1, it can be hard to keep up with what's new, important or better than what you already have. TVs often include all of those features and more, making it tough to tell the difference. Unlike the rest of those TV tech terms, QLED and OLED are fundamentally different, even though they're only one letter apart. And in our side-by-side comparison revie...

On the 8th (local time) at ‘IFA 2024,’ attendees are seen playing games on a Samsung screen. [Courtesy of Samsung Electronics Co.] South Korea’s top two electronics makers, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., attracted large numbers of visitors throughout the opening day of IFA 2024. Europe‘s largest consumer electronics trade show kicked off on Friday local time in Berlin, Germany. Samsung Electronics had prepared the largest exhibition space of 6,017 square meters in the industry, but there were barely any room to move,...

Months have passed since Acer revealed the Predator X49. Since then, the company has started selling many other gaming monitors, including the Predator X32 X3. However, it has decided to leave its latest 49-inch monitor on the shelf despite competitors like MSI, Philips and RedMagic having released equivalents like the Evnia 49M2C8900 (curr. $999.99 on Amazon). In fact, Acer has now shared details about the Predator X49 V, which we have covered separately. As for the Predator X49 X, we cannot find any evidence to suggest that Acer has officially confirmed that...

AOC has launched a new 31.5-inch gaming monitor called U32G4ZMN in the Chinese market. The monitor is priced at 5,499 yuan ($776) and is now available on JD.com. Let’s check out its key specs. AOC U32G4ZMN Monitor Specifications: This model features a 4K resolution panel (3840×2160) combined with a high 240Hz refresh rate. The monitor uses QD-Mini LED technology, consisting of 4,608 individual LED beads and a quantum dot nano-layer to enhance color reproduction and brightness, reaching a peak brightness of 1200 nits. The monitor deliv...

LG Display now produces 480 Hz OLED panels with QHD resolution. (Image source: LG Display) LG Display recently announced in a press release that it had begun mass production of its latest OLED panel for gaming monitors. Specifically, this is a 27-inch OLED panel and the first of its kind to achieve a frame rate of 480 Hz, which is said to enable a response time of just 0.02 milliseconds. LG has only been able to achieve such a high frame rate on a 32-inch diagonal thus far, such as the LG 32GS95UE, but the resolution had to be reduced to 1,920 x 1,0...

Early this year, Amazon and Panasonic signed a global agreement to use Fire TV as the operating system for the new Panasonic smart TVs. As part of this agreement, Panasonic has launched its first set of Fire TV-based smart TVs in the US today. Panasonic's new lineup of OLED and mini-LED TVs with Fire TV built-in includes the Z95A OLED TV (65 inches), the Z85A OLED TV (65 and 55 inches), and the W95A mini-LED series (55, 65, 75, 85 inches). With Fire TV built-in, Panasonic's new OLED and mini-LED TVs will allow yo...

LG Electronics Inc. will exhibit its LG OLED evo and QNED Mini LED Smart TVs this week at CEDIA Expo 2024 at the Denver Convention Center (Booth #3101). CEDIA Expo enables Smart Home technology professionals to discover new products, engage with exhibitors, collaborate with peers, and gain valuable education through both CEDIA and exhibitor led, manufacturer product training. Also featured in the booth is an example of LG's wall-sized Luxury Home Displays, a 163-inch direct-view LED model. These displays are designed to take the gu...

Panasonic TVs are once again available in the United States Comprehensive range includes OLED and Mini-LED TVs, with sizes from 55 to 85 inches. All models feature Panasonic's renowned picture and audio quality and are designed and developed mainly in Japan. Aligned with Panasonic’s announced development deal with Amazon, all models will feature the Fire TV Built In. Available for purchase from retail partners including Amazon and Costco.com starting today. Today, Panasonic announced its return to the US with its industry-lead...

AUO's Tainan plant. File photo courtesy of a private contributor Taipei, Aug. 28 (CNA) AUO Corp., a leading Taiwanese flat panel maker, has agreed to sell two plants to the Taiwan unit of U.S.-based dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip supplier Micron Technology Inc. for NT$8.1 billion (US$254 million). In a statement, AUO said Tuesday that under a purchase and sale agreement (PSA), it will sell one 32,500-square meter plant in Taichung for NT$700 million and another 146,033-square meter plant in Tainan for NT$7.4 billion to Micron. ...

Chapter 1 Industry Trends: Mini LED and OLED in Zero-sum Game, with Fierce Competition between Large-, Mid-, and Small-size Displays With expanded shipments of LCD panels engineered with Mini LED backlight for various segments, the confrontation with OLED is inevitable. In various application across large, medium, and small panels, it has become a zero-sum game: gains for Mini LED backlight come at the expense of OLED, and vice versa. Interestingly, this is not the typical one-way replacement mode usually seen in the history of technological developm...