Samsung and LGE spent much of last year fighting over 3D technology, with LGE aggressively promoting its passive FPR (film patterned retarder), with claims that it was better than Samsung’s SG (shutter glass) 3D TV, Continue Reading
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About Ken Park
Ken is Senior Manager, Korean FPD Market and Technology Research at DisplaySearch. He focuses on display products such as TVs, desktop monitors, public displays and notebook PCs including mini-notes and slates.
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Samsung and LGE Improve TV Business Profitability in Q1’12
Last week, Samsung and LGE, which account for more than a third of global TV shipments and revenues, announced their Q1’12 earnings. Continue Reading
Samsung Re-enters the Japanese TV Market
Japan, by far the earliest adopter of flat panel TV, is now the most mature market. Thanks to government Eco Points policy, LCD TV shipments nearly doubled in 2010. While 2011 shipments fell dramatically, they were still better than expected despite the natural disasters that threatened to weaken the economy and TV demand. DisplaySearch expects the demand to return to normal levels, around 10M units, from 2012 and beyond.
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Zero Bezel Display is not a Zero-Sum Game
Last month, LG Display unveiled the thinnest bezel public display LCD panel yet. Its 55” FHD (1920 × 1080 pixels), 800 nit, super-narrow bezel (SNB) display has only a 5.3 mm gap (bezel distance) when panels are arranged adjacent to each other, like a video wall. Panel makers continue to focus on commercial installations, aiming to get direct-view LCD technology into applications previously dominated by rear-projection displays, such as command and control centers or showcase retail locations. For instance, Samsung produced a 55”FHD, 700 nit, SNB panel with a measured gap of 5.7 mm.
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MFMs: No Longer the “Blue Ocean” for Monitor Makers?
As we have noted, the lines between small TVs and desktop PC monitors with built-in tuners have been blurry since the advent of the flat panel TV market. Such grey areas are particularly attractive to companies that enjoy strong brand awareness in both TV and PC markets. Two of the brands that dominate the MFM (multi-function monitor) space are Samsung and LGE. While it is generally understood that most MFMs are purchased by consumers as smaller-sized TVs, MFM markets seemed like a blue ocean to these monitor businesses since other brands cannot easily enter the space.
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