Archive for the ‘TVs’ 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
by David Barnes, Vice President, Strategic Analysis
If I read the news correctly, commercial real estate and the regional “thrifts” that provide most of the loans for the empty office buildings and retail blocks I notice driving around Austin may be the next shoe to drop. According to its fiscal 2007 ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
by Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Research
In a move that is not too surprising, Philips has decided to withdraw from manufacturing TVs for the US marketplace, according to an article by the New York Times’ Eric Taub. Instead, Philips will license its name to Funai who will assume all ...
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