Humor me for a minute. Imagine you own a cherry company that has a cherry orchard and makes cherry pie. The upside is that people like the pie, they recognize your brand, and they buy it frequently. There is a problem though. It costs a lot to grow your own cherries. In fact, you have […]
Editor’s note: This blog was written as an introduction to display technologies for non-industry insiders. Everyone can use a refresher though, so we’re reprinting here anyway. OLED! LED! Plasma(RIP)! There are, today, quite a few technologies for video displays. What does it mean? What’s best? Today we’ll talk about video displays. This is an AV […]
By Ken Park DisplaySearch The recent announcement by Samsung SDI that it will end plasma display panel (PDP) manufacturing this year also speculated that LG Electronics will shut its PDP business due to low demand, which would leave COC (Changhong) as the sole remaining plasma TV manufacturer. Earlier this year, NPD DisplaySearch predicted the demise […]
Since reaching a peak in 2011, the global TV market has seen continuous declines, falling by 6 percent in 2012 and by 3 percent in 2013. LCD TV shipment growth fell into single digits in 2011, experienced its first decline in 2012, and grew by only 2 percent in 2013, which was not enough to […]
By Paul Gagnon DisplaySearch Along with my colleagues, I attended the LGE US press conference this morning to kick off our coverage of CES 2014. LGE has held the opening press conference at CES on Press Day for a number of years now, and the press corps was in full attendance. Other key unveilings were […]
By Paul Gray DisplaySearch Panasonic’s final announcement of its exit from plasma display manufacturing signals the end of the road for the technology. It is worth reflecting on some conclusions: When Panasonic started its plasma business, it was by no means clear that large (say 40”+) LCD displays would be viable. There were a number […]
Panasonic will be announcing the death of plasma later this month as it plans to wind down its plasma panel production in March of 2014. Panasonic, the world’s largest manufacturer of plasma displays, will cease production because the consumer group just can’t sell enough plasma to make it price competitive (or profitable enough) against LCD-based […]
By David Hsieh Since Q2’12, the LCD TV panel market has witnessed a shift in screen sizes, with new models focused on 28”, 29”, 39”, 43”, 48”, 50”, 58” and 60” displays. The rise of the new sizes has become the hottest topic in the LCD TV market. According to the Quarterly Large-Area TFT Panel Shipment […]
According to a new market research report, Global Display Market (2012 – 2017) published by MarketsandMarkets, the total global display market is expected to reach $164.24 billion by 2017, at a CAGR of 3.1 percent from 2012 to 2017. The global display market encompasses many technologies: E-ink, OLED, TFT-LCD, LED-LCD, LED, DLP, LCoS, and Plasma. […]
It’s the age-old question your clients ask you: “Should I get a flat panel or a projector?” But as they say, your mileage may vary. The basic answer is obviously, “It depends,” and that’s when you actually have to put on your thinking cap. This isn’t a Tastes Great/Less Filling argument, but there are pros […]
If you were to assemble a list of the most common questions potential clients will ask, right after the inevitable “Which is better, LED or Plasma?”, the number two would be, “Is it all going to be wireless?” We all know by now that wireless technologies have made enormous strides. There are hardware solutions today […]
It’s a technology characterized by some in the industry as having “weak demand,” and that it “…will go away someday.” In the Insight Media 3DTV Forecast report, we note that for TVs more than 30 inches in diagonal, 108K LCD TVs were sold in 2009 vs. 15.2K PDP TVs. That’s a 7:1 sales ratio. But […]
Shown at trade shows for months, the 3D version of the Viera plasma line will be launched in May 2010 with two 1080p versions that will be 50” and 54” (ranging in price between $4500 and $6000). No specific details are available, yet, but they are claiming the usual plasma-based contrast ratio of above 5,000,000:1 […]
Many view LG’s decision to close its oldest plasma manufacturing plant as representative of a continuing decline in the plasma TV market. LG is closing one plant, and announced it will not increase production in the other two plants. The Wall Street Journal reports that this means production will go from 430,000 panels to 360,000 […]
For the first time, LCD sales outsold plasmas by double, according to a report by Pacific Media Associates. Apparently, LCDs represented 57 percent of sales in the category of 30 inches or larger. Mark my words: this trend will continue as LCD prices continue to plummet.
Pacific Media is reporting that in July, LCDs larger than 30 inches in size were actually less expensive in overall street prices than plasmas. That month, the average street price for 40″ to 44″ LCD flat panel televisions and business displays in North America dropped below those for high-definition plasma displays for the first time […]
Panasonic introduced the 9 Series plasmas at InfoComm. Performance improvements incude higher video capabilities, greater flexibility and a thin, 15-percent lighter design. The new series includes three high definition panels 50” TH-50PH9UK, 42” TH-42PH9UK, and 37” TH-37PH9UK and the standard definition 42” TH-42PS9UK. The 9-Series uses 16-bit processing, and is specified at 10,000:1 contrast level. […]
