Archive for September, 2007
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
By Paul Erickson, Director of DVD and HD Market Research
Recently, our colleagues within NPD published a variety of interesting findings in a press release for their High Definition Video Report Series. Among them were the following:
Only 11% of current HDTV owners intended to buy a high definition player ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
By Vish Nayak, Vice President of Digital TV and Panel Electronics
The transition from analog to digital TV is in full swing, and prices of HDTVs have fallen due to aggressive price
competition and a corresponding decline in set pricing. This has unleashed a torrent of demand by consumers who want to ...
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
By David Barnes, Vice President of Strategic Analysis
The day after Labor Day, the three-day weekend marking the end of summer in the USA, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index closed up 1.1% and the NASDAQ Composite Index closed up 1.3% on its steepest four-day rally in four years. Apparently, investors ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
By Charles Annis, Vice President of FPD Manufacturing Research
On August 23, DisplaySearch Vice President of Japanese TV Market Research Hisakazu Torii and I had the opportunity to meet with Panasonic executives, tour the Matsushita Amagasaki factory, and get a demonstration of the company’s latest PDP technology. Matsushita did an excellent ...
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