Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Digital Video Delivery, Equipment, Paul Erickson, Retail, TVs, Technology | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in Paul Gagnon, TVs | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Authors, David Barnes, Desktop Monitors, Economics, Suppliers, Technology | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
By Luke Yao
Building LED backlight units (BLU) in notebooks can offer three major benefits: low power consumption, slim product design and a more environmentally friendly product (due to the absence of mercury in LEDs as opposed to its presence in CCFLs). We are convinced that LED light sources will largely ...
Posted in Economics, Luke Yao, Notebook PCs, Technology | No Comments »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
If I read the numbers correctly, TV makers plan to sell 29% more 32” and 37” LCD TV sets this year than last year. Sounds good, but what about notebook PC and LCD monitor makers’ plans to sell 11% more units? Don’t PC and ...
Posted in Authors, David Barnes, Economics, TVs | No Comments »
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