Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category

A Monitor that Only Works with a Notebook (and Only with an Apple Notebook at That)?

Friday, October 17th, 2008

By Chris Connery, Vice President, PC and Large Format Commercial Displays and John Jacobs, Director, Notebook Market Research Indeed, as the worldwide market continues to shift its computing preference from stationary desktop personal computers to more portable devices (notebooks and mini-notes, in general), the LCD industry continues to worry about the ...

The Times They Are a-Changin’ Part 1 of 3

Friday, October 17th, 2008

By Calvin Hsieh, Research Director In my opinion, the events in 2008 that will have the most impact for the evolution of Flat Panel Display TVs next year are Apple TV, Google Phone and Intel Canmore. Surprising? In fact, these seem to have nothing to do with LCD or PDP TV. ...

TVs Front and Center This Holiday Season Again, But Can They Deliver?

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

By Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Research I am reminded every year just how critical TVs are to the success or failure of consumer electronics retailers during each holiday shopping season. In 2006 and 2007, flat panel TVs were the go-to items in luring shoppers on Black Friday and ...

One less player at the table

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

By Paul Gagnon, Director, North American TV Research I like to play poker. And though I have never participated in a tournament, I have watched a few on TV. Ironic then that I view the TV industry as something of a poker game, and we're getting to later and later rounds. ...

Why are plasma panels shipping so well?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

By David Hsieh, Vice President, Greater China Market There has been a great deal of news recently about the weak demand for LCD TV panels, causing panel prices to fall. Panel makers report that they do not see strong demand for the next few months. Although monthly shipments of LCD TV ...