Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category

Syntax-Brillian Files for Bankruptcy

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

by Paul Gagnon, Director, North American TV Research Syntax-Brillian (BRLC), plagued by financial and supply chain issues, filed late Monday night for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, an end that many have been anticipating for months following numerous management, financial and market disruptions since Q3'07. While the company continues to ship Olevia ...

A Time of Turbulence in the Panel Market

Monday, June 9th, 2008

By David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis Natural disasters, a credit crisis and commercial cycles are sending confusing signals as we approach a peak in the crystal cycle. Fasten your seatbelts; it looks like 2008 will be a rough ride. As the year began, TFT LCD suppliers predicted tight supply. They looked ...

Less-expensive Options Arrive for Blu-ray and Online Movie Streaming: What do They Mean?

Friday, May 30th, 2008

by Paul Erickson, Director, DVD and HD Market Research Two notable events over the past week involve the release of more-affordable products enabling people to consume digital content: the arrival of a $298 Blu-ray player at Wal-Mart and the release of the $99 Netflix Player by Roku. Each represents a significant ...

New tru2way Cable Standard Gains More CE backers, But is it Another CableCARD Debacle?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

by Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Market Research Word just surfaced that Sony has joined the ranks of Panasonic, LGE and Samsung in signing agreements with major cable operators to support tru2way bidirectional digital cable. Negotiations on "two-way" digital cable products have been underway for years between CE manufacturers ...

Wistron Buys In

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis Several news stories and our own survey of Q1’08 panel shipment results suggest a new trend in the LCD TV supply chain. Wistron (TPE 3231, sales of $8,842 million in 2007) intends to acquire inventory, equipment, intellectual property and personnel associated with PC monitor assembly from ...