Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
by Barry Young, Senior Advisor and Consultant
Gartner and Gizmodo took opposites sides of the same story about the Apple iPhone and AMOLED displays and they both got it wrong. How could this be, from two widely quoted and respected organizations?
Ken Dulaney of Gartner reportedly said the second generation iPhone with ...
Posted in Barry Young, Equipment, Mobile Phones, OLED | 4 Comments »
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
by Paul Gray, Director, European TV Research
Having lived with a new LCD TV and Blu-ray player for a couple of months now, my experiences gave me some puzzlement on TV setmaking. The messages from the TV industry have been about resolution: firstly HD, then later on the subtler one of ...
Posted in Paul Gray, Retail, TVs | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
by Chris Connery, Vice President, PC and Large Format Commercial Displays
In the highest rated session of the 10th annual USFPD conference, industry leaders NEC, LGE and Samsung all presented their outlook for the future of large-size FPDs in commercial environments, most notably in the Digital Signage market. Signs of collaboration ...
Posted in Chris Connery, Large Format Commercial Public Displays | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
by Paul Gray, Director, European TV Research
I was at the DTG Digital TV Summit 2008 on Friday. The DTG is the organization in the UK responsible for pulling together the interest groups in digital broadcasting and then to build standards and agree on best practices. As such, they are responsible ...
Posted in Paul Gray, TVs | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
by David Hsieh, Vice President, Greater China Market
At the end of February, Sony and Sharp announced that they will form a joint venture to build a Gen 10 TFT LCD fab, targeting large size LCD TV panels of 40” and above. Sony and Sharp will invest ¥100 billion and ¥380 ...
Posted in David Hsieh, Economics, Equipment, Suppliers, TVs, Technology | 3 Comments »
