Technology News: LGD will build OLED panel factory in China, LG4K TV is accused of pseudo 4K

1. Demand for OLED panels has soared, and LG Display has been approved by the Korean government to build a plant in China Recently, the Korean Ministry of Trade announced the approval of LG Display’s plan to build a new OLED panel production plant in China. As early as five months ago, LG Display announced that it will invest in establishing a large-scale OLED production plant in Guangzhou, China, to meet the rapidly growing demand for TV screens in overseas markets. Under Korean law, companies must first obtain permission from the government to export such technology. After the approval of the establishment of the plant in China, LG Display will be able to consolidate its dominance in the OLED screen market. The company is also one of the world's largest producers of smartphone display screens and TV screens. The company also said it will invest US$4.7 billion in OLED production in China in the next three years and will begin production in 2019. This will be the first time that Korean companies have transferred OLED technology overseas. However, this approval is conditional. LG Display needs to use more local materials and facilities, and expand investment in South Korea and strengthen safety inspections. Comments: Choose China to build a factory is a wise move, waiting for the outbreak of OLED. 2, Panasonic released a new generation of home products In the several years of resistance to PM2.5, Panasonic's new air purification product family has made significant contributions. From total heat exchangers to inlet/outflow blowers, from air purifiers to ionizers, Matsushita's IAQ solutions have been favored by the market. On December 26th, 2017, Panasonic Total Heat Exchanger with its core competitive advantage launched two new products - the domestic thin full heat exchanger and the wall-mounted full heat exchanger upgrade, which opened a new era of efficient intelligent purification. The total heat exchanger is an energy-saving heat recovery ventilation device used in a central air conditioning or VRV system. The energy recovery module (precursor element) preheats or precools the fresh air entering the room. On this basis, Panasonic has also added efficient PM2.5 filter module. The product also supports intelligent control, users can use the traditional wall-mounted controller to complete the daily operation, but also use the RS485 module to connect the device to the smart home control system to achieve unified management. Panasonic also provides wireless mobile phone APP wireless control capabilities. Panasonic offers a simple fresh air solution represented by a wall-mounted total heat exchanger for families that have unconditionally installed fresh air ducts. The wall-mounted total heat exchanger also achieves a PM2.5 purification rate of 98%, and has a slight positive pressure and antibacterial function. Comments: With the highlight of "high purification rate and intelligent upgrade", Panasonic's new air system products once again lead the industry trend, showing deep confidence and strength in the IAQ field. 3, LG LCD TV is accused of 4K: Actually only 2.8K LG is the world's second-largest manufacturer of TV shipments, and unlike Samsung, it is brave enough to deploy large-size OLEDs. However, PCworld today wrote that, even in 2017, the LG new 4K TV UJ6300, UJ6500, UJ7700, UJ8000, the real resolution is only 2.8K. The problem lies in the sub-pixel arrangement, LG is using the standard RGB array on the OLED, horizontal pixels 3840, RGB three-color area consistent. LCD TVs use the RGBW arrangement, and the purpose of introducing white is to increase the brightness. In the RGBW arrangement, white does not participate in the color rendering, so it is sacrificed by 1/4. The horizontal actual pixels are only 2880, in other words, only 2.8K. Comments: Put a 4K picture and see the details is clear. 4. The smart speaker broke down again: “eavesdropping” users accused of collecting private information Recently, a report from Consumer Watchdog, a consumer protection organization in the United States, showed that patent applications from Amazon and Google have exposed how their smart speakers “eave” their users. According to the organization’s research, it can be seen from the patent applications of these two giants that these devices may be used as monitoring devices for collecting large amounts of information and advertising. The study warns that in the near future, smart speakers can listen to everything you do, from confidential conversations to the habit of flushing toilets. The new version of smart home products can even collect user data and sell it to the corresponding product. It is reported that Amazon submitted an algorithm patent application that allows future intelligent speech devices to identify statements of interest. For example, if the user says "I like skiing", the device can monitor through the speakers and recommend relevant advertisements for this preference. Comments: To be honest, it is really strange to put such a "learn me" elf at home. 5, TCL air-conditioning sales exceeded 10 million in the future: the future of intelligent air conditioning will become the core On December 26th, TCL's annual sales of TCL air-conditioning exceeded 10 million on the theme of “Climbing the utmost and creating unlimited”. The press conference officially announced that TCL’s air-conditioning products exceeded 10 million units, and it boasted that air-conditioning sales will break through in the next three years. 15 million units. On the product, TCL believes that consumers' attention to air-conditioning products has changed. From the past, cooling, heating, quality, frequency conversion, and mute have transformed into fashion, innovation, comfort, and intelligence. With the coming of the 5G era, air conditioners will continue to be intelligent and become an important part of the smart home system. After the air-conditioning needs to have self-learning, self-adaptation, self-coordination, self-diagnosis, self-reasoning, self-correction capabilities, the future of the product will be more understanding of you. Comments: High-standard, high-intelligence, high-value, cost-effective air-conditioning products, TCL, Wanwei Jun waiting for your new product.

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