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Bharath Kumar takes over as APAC president of AV solutions company Kramer
MUMBAI: Audiovisual experiences company Kramer has announced a significant leadership transition in its Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Effective 15 January 2025, Bharath Kumar has taken over as president, Kramer APAC, succeeding Marc A. Remond, who has stepped down from his position.
Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a global presence, Kramer’s audiovisual experts are pioneering the future of engagement technology. From AVSM solutions to cloud-based communication and collaboration technologies, Kramer aims to create more engaging, inclusive, and connected environments.
Bharath Kumar, a veteran with 19 years at the company, is well-equipped for this pivotal role, having played a key part in the company’s growth and market presence. His contributions include establishing Kramer India, managing global accounts, and serving as the APAC vice-president sales.
Kumar is recognised as a respected leader in the audiovisual industry, with deep knowledge of the company’s business and strong regional relationships that promise continuity and a solid foundation for future expansion.
Marc A. Remond has made notable contributions during his tenure, including the establishment of Kramer’s new regional headquarters in the APAC region and the cultivation of strong market partnerships. The company extended its heartfelt gratitude to Marc for his leadership and wished him success in his future endeavours.
Kramer CEO Gilad Yron expressed confidence in the leadership transition: “As we look ahead, I am confident that Bharath’s extensive experience, industry leadership, and strategic vision will further elevate Kramer’s presence and impact in this critical region. At the same time, we are grateful to Marc for his leadership and the strong foundation he has built for Kramer’s success in APAC.”
SEOUL: In the eternal battle between gamers demanding lightning-fast refresh rates and professionals craving pixel-perfect clarity, LG Display reckons it has found détente. The South Korean display titan is unveiling the world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED monitor panel that marries an RGB stripe structure with a blistering 240Hz refresh rate—a combination previously thought incompatible, like oil and water or fashion and function.
The breakthrough lies in how the pixels are arranged. RGB stripe structure lines up red, green and blue subpixels in neat rows, banishing the colour bleeding and fringing that plague lesser screens when you park your nose close to the display. It is the difference between reading crisp text and squinting at a rainbow-tinged mess. OLED panels using this method existed before, but they topped out at a sluggish 60Hz—fine for spreadsheets, useless for fragging opponents in first-person shooters.
LG Display’s engineering wizardry changes the game. By cranking the refresh rate to 240Hz whilst maintaining that pristine RGB stripe layout, the company has produced a panel that works equally well for colour-critical design work and twitchy gaming sessions. Better still, the panel incorporates Dynamic Frequency & Resolution technology, letting users toggle between ultra-high-definition at 240Hz and full-HD at a frankly ludicrous 480Hz. That is fast enough to make your eyeballs sweat.
The specs are suitably impressive: 160 pixels per inch for exceptional detail, optimised performance for Windows and font-rendering engines, and colour accuracy that should please the Photoshop brigade. LG Display achieved this by boosting the aperture ratio—the percentage of each pixel that actually emits light—and applying what it coyly describes as “various new technologies.” Translation: years of R&D and probably some sleepless nights.
Existing high-end gaming OLED monitors have relied on RGWB structures (which add a white subpixel) or triangular RGB arrangements. Both work, but neither delivers the sharpness that professionals demand. LG Display’s new stripe pattern is tailored specifically for monitor use, a recognition that staring at a screen from two feet away demands different engineering than watching telly from across the room.
The company is betting big on this technology, targeting the high-end monitor market where it already commands roughly 30 per cent of global OLED panel production. Among gaming OLED panels in mass production, LG Display claims world-leading specs across refresh rate, response time and resolution—a trifecta that sounds like marketing bluster until you check the numbers.
“Technology is the foundation of leadership in the rapidly growing OLED monitor market,” says LG Display head of the large display business unit Lee Hyun-woo. He promises to keep pushing “differentiated technologies compared to competitors”—corporate-speak for staying ahead of Chinese rivals snapping at LG’s heels.
The new panel will debut at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where LG Display plans to woo customers and expand its lineup. Initial rollout targets high-end gaming and professional monitors, the sweet spot where people actually pay premiums for superior screens rather than settling for whatever came with their laptop.
Whether this technology reshapes the monitor market or remains a niche luxury depends on two things: pricing and production scale. But for now, LG Display has pulled off something rare—a genuine technical leap that solves a real problem. Gamers get their speed, designers get their clarity, and LG gets bragging rights. In the cutthroat world of display tech, that counts as a win.
