LG Electronics will launch Gallery Design Soundbar in South Korea, the company said.The bar, model name GX, will offer a uniform design with LG OLED Gallery TV, the South Korean electronics maker said.The thinnest area of the bar is 19mm and the thickest 32mm. Its output is 420W.LG the bars will off

LG Electronics will voluntarily commence free repairs for OLED TVs it sold from February, 2016 to September, 2019, the company said. It is due to potential heating problems from power board components in the TVs.A component that minimizes current interference is applied to TV power boards. Some of t

SK IE Technology has begun mass production of flexible cover window (FCW) made out of colorless polyimide films (CPI), the company said on Monday.The firm constructed the FCW factory at Jeungpyeong, North Choongcheong Province, late last year.FCW is SK’s own brand for CPI. The company applied hard c

UBI Research has reduced its forecast for LG Display’s large-sized OLED panel shipment this year by over 25%.The South Korea display maker is expected to ship 3.6 million units this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, UBI Research CEO Choong Hoon Yi said at a conference on Thursday. Thi

KT has developed a 5G network slicing service aimed at business clients, the company said on Tuesday.The telco has wrapped up the technological development and verification for the service, it said.It will allow physical 5G networks to be separated into multiple virtual ones. It will be applied to c

Wearable camera start-up Linkflow will display its goods at a showroom at its company building for enterprise customers, the company said Friday.Nexx360 and Fitt360 will be on display at the showroom in Yangjae, Seoul. They will also demonstrate real-time video conference using the devices. Four cha

Samsung Electronics has launched two new models __ HW-Q950T and HW-Q900T __ in its Q-series soundbar, the company said on Wednesday.They will be launched in Australia first on Wednesday and expanded to other markets. Sales in South Korea will begin on July 14.The HW-Q950T delivers the audio quality

Samsung Electronics’ production plan for MicroLED TV is being delayed, raising the question of whether the South Korean conglomerate will launch them at all within the year, people familiar with the matter told TheElec Wednesday.The company initially planned to wrap up the production of the necessar

LG Electronics has marked 493.1 billion won in operating profits in the second quarter, better than market expectations and mostly thanks to its home appliance business.The company said its revenue for the quarter was 12.8 trillion won. It is a drop of 17.9% in revenue and 24.4% in operating profits

LG Display’s organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel for TV has received the Flicker Free Award from TUV Rheinland, the South Korean company said.This means LG’s OLED panels from 44 to 88 inches has all received the certificate from both the German standard firm as well as US counterpart Underwrit

LG Electronics has launched the LG Nanocell AI ThinQ TV, model name NANO87, in South Korea, the company said.The TV received level 1 in energy efficiency, which makes it eligible of up to 10% rebate of the purchasing price capped at 300,000 won from the Korea Energy Agency. It is the company’s secon

LG Display is planning to restart operations of its organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel plant in Guangzhou, China this month, people familiar with the matter said.The company has already secured the necessary yield rate for mass production sometime during the second quarter, they said. However

Samsung Electronics has displayed its Lifestyle TV models __ The Sero and The Serif __ at popular beauty stores in South Korea, it said on Wednesday.The TVs will be on display at Sulwhasoo Flagship Store and Amore Seongsu.The Sero is a TV that is long vertically and shaped like a smartphone screen.

Samsung Display has put in the equipment necessary to produce Quantum Dot (QD) displays at its factory in South Korea.The company held a ceremony on Wednesday commemorating putting the equipment in at its plant in Asan.Last year in October, Samsung Display announced that it was exiting the Liquid Cr

Samsung Electronics will offer up to a million won in benefits for those returning their TVs to buy the 2020-model QLED TVs in South Korea, the company said on Tuesday.The program will run from July to September 30, the South Korean tech giant said. Those who return their old TVs and buy a 2020-mode

Samsung Electronics has launched its QLED TV that received the top grade in energy efficiency in South Korea on Sunday.It marks the first for its QLED brand of TVs to receive the top certificate. The company’s Crystal UHD TV also received the top grade.The new QLED TV, or QT67, comes in 43, 50, 55,

A researcher at LG Display that led the company’s development of a rollable organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel have won the top prize in an event hosted by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the company said on Wednesday.Kim In-joo of LG Display won the King of Inventions award i

UBI Research will hold a day-long seminar in organic light emitting diode (OLED) and quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) next month, the research firm said on Friday.It will be held at COEX, Seoul on July 16. It will be available online as well, UBI Research said.Analysts at UBI Research will present the

Large-area thin-film transistor (TFT) display market will show marginal growth in 2020 as it begins recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter, market research firm Omdia said.Global large-area TFT display unit shipments in 2020 are expected to total 771.6 million unit

CrucialTec will supply its fingerprint scanner module for Sony’s Xperia 1 II 5G smartphone, the company said on Wednesday.Xperia 1 II is the first 5G smartphone to go on sale in Japan. Sony said it applied its Bravia TV display technology and Alpha camera technology to the phone.CrucialTec’s module