DisplayMate posted a comprehensive review of the iPhone 7 display. The iPhone 7 has a 4.7" 1334 x 750 IPS LTPS LCD display, which DisplayMate say is truly impressive - and is the top performing mobile LCD display ever tested.

The iPhone 7's LCD also breaks several display records - including the highest absolute color accuracy, the most accurate image contrast and intensity scale, highest peak brightness for an average picture level and the lowest screen reflectance .

In March 2015 the Fraunhofer FEP demonstrated its second-generation bi-directional OLED microdisplays, with a resolution of 800x600 (SVGA), up from VGA in the first generation first unveiled in 2012.

The Fraunhofer is now making a new development platform of these bi-directional eyeglasses, based on the new microdisplays, available to clients creating proprietary products. The updated platform has a new hardware design with standard HDMI and USB interfaces. The new eyeglasses were developed as part of the FAIR project, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

LG launched its flagship TV, the 77" 4K OLEDG6 Signature in the US. The price of this TV is $19,999 - and it will start shipping next month. The G6 feature an ultra-slim on-glass design, a high-end pivoting Harman Kardon soundbar, LG's webOS 3.0, Color Prime PRO technology and HDR.

The 65" G6 OLED TV is now shipping for $7,999. LG will start accepting pre-orders for the 77" model on Saturday.

A soy and grain beverage maker based in Shenzhen, China, called Blackcow Food, announced that it aims to raise 18 billion yuan (about $2.7 billion) that will be invested in OLED R&D and production.

Blackcow aims to set up a joint-venture in Jiangsu, to handle OLED display R&D and production. It seems that the plan is to construct a 6-Gen AMOLED panel production line to make small-sized OLED panels for mobile devices. Blackcow will hold a 50.31% stake in the JV, and it did not name the rest of the shareholders.

Korea equipment maker DAWONSIS developed a new OLED deposition process that is based on FMM but according to the company can be scalable to large-area deposition. This could theoretically enable efficient evaporation-based OLED TV production.

The so-called Joule Heating Deposition process use a large area material source (as opposed to point-sources or line-sources currently used) using a conductive film that is efficiency heated using voltage induction. According to DAWONSIS this process is scalable and also efficient in terms of material usage (which is about 70%-80%).

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Next week lighting and display experts from all over the world - including South Korea, Japan, Germany, China, Canada, UK and US are coming to San Diego for the 18th annual OLEDs World Summit.

What makes the OLEDs World Summit the "must attend" event for the lighting and display sector?

Amazon now offers LG's 2016 entry-level 4K 55" OLEDC6 (curved) OLED TV for $2,175 - down from $2,497. LG's OLEDC6 features LG's webOS 3.0, Color Prime PRO technology and HDR. The C6 series includes 55" and 65" models.

The 65" OLEDC6 still costs $3,999. LG's regular 55" OLEDC6 price is still at $2,497 at Amazon, so this maybe a short-term deal for now.

Last month we posted that TCL plans to build a Gen-11 LCD and AMOLED fab in Shenzhen, in a $6.97 billion investment. The fab, owned by CSOT and built by TCL and Shenzhen Huaxing Power with help from the Shenzhen Economic and Trade Commission, will have a monthly capacity of 90,000 Gen-11 substrates (3370x2940 mm) and use IGZO backplanes.

In a news release today, TCL announced that will increase the investment in this fab by a further 21 billion yuan (around $3.15 billion). Samsung Display will be a partner in this fab, investing 2.1 billion yuan to hold a 9.76% stake.

Chinese TV makers Skyworth demonstrated a dual-view 55" OLED display - this is a device that include two OLED panels, probably aimed towards signage and commercial applications. The OLED panels themselves are probably provided by LG Display.

In September 2015 LG Display presented its own double-sided OLED display prototypes, in both curved and flat formats. In March 2016 LG officially launched those products under their new commercial OLED unit.

LG's IFA 2016 presence was very impressive, it seems. Besides the huge OLED "tunnel" at the entrance to LG's booth, LG Display also installed a large OLED lighting installation at the company's Signature's Pavilion.

The installation, designed by Jason Bruges, portrayed the "constellation of rays scattered throughout space" to express the "wonderful qualities and extreme white and dark contrasts" of LG's Signature OLED TVs. The installation used 780 OLED panels, including some flexible ones.