Written by Paul Ramirez Almost as an aside toward the end of an extensive press conference at CES, Sony CEO Howard Stringer mentioned that Sony had developed a new TV display technology called “Crystal LED.” We were able to find this new TV technology on the show floor. It turns out that it is a […]
After falling every month since June, panel prices have finally stabilized. Notebook PC panel prices have been flat since October, TV panel prices have been flat since November, and monitor panel prices have stopped falling this month. This stabilization in pricing is due to several factors. First, many panel prices are approaching the cash cost […]
According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Cost and Price Forecast Model, average U.S. street prices for all LCD TV sizes up to 46” will be below $1,000 for the first time, and all 32”, including high frame-rate LED models, will be below $500. Many other pricing milestones will be reached during the holiday […]
The TV market enters a new phase, as connected TVs hit mainstream. According to the latest DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report, Internet connectivity has emerged as a key feature in TVs this year. The report notes 55 percent of TV models available across Japan, North America, Europe, China and India have Digital Living […]
DisplaySearch says pocket projectors will grow from 0.5 million units and $117m in revenues in 2009 to 142 million units and $13.9 billion in 2018, (a CAGR of 70 percent for revenues and 88 percent for units). “There were over 130 new pocket projector models released in the market in 2009, along with the first […]
According to DisplaySearch, since 2007, the DS market has installed one million monitors (26”+) for digital signage applications – with 52 percent of those being LCD and 48 percent plasma. In 2009, the top five brands installed for DS applications were Samsung, Panasonic, NEC, LG and Philips (take out plasma, and it shifts to Samsung, […]
In a good sign that manufacturers see light at the end of the economic tunnel, shipments of TFT-based LCD panels (10” and larger) only fell 3 percent in Q1 2009 over Q1 2008. Although revenues fell $10 billion in the quarter versus the same quarter last year, price competition from every company you can imagine […]
