Category Archives: Desktop Monitors

Have 3D Desktop Displays Come and Gone Already?

Posted by Chris Connery in Desktop Monitors on September 29, 2010 | 5 comments

By Chris Connery – Vice President, PC and Large Format Commercial Displays, DisplaySearch

In rolling out a new technology (or a new spin on an older technology), proponents often try to parlay success in one category of products to other categories. In the case of 3D, many in the PC space looked to piggy-back off the hype in the TV space over the past year. While 3D monitors for vertical applications such as topographical modeling or advanced medical imaging will continue to exist, the evolution of stereoscopic 3D displays and the emerging delivery infrastructure (3D Blu-ray, 3D broadcasts from ESPN, gaming, etc) could potentially open the door to mainstream PC adoption of 3D for both desktop and mobile computers. Many monitor and PC companies showed some type of 3D solution at CES in January.
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Investment Deals Indicate Potential for Advanced Materials in Displays and Solar Cells

Posted by Paul Semenza in Desktop Monitors, Display Technology, Equipment, Solar, TVs on August 11, 2010 | No comments

By Paul Semenza – Senior Vice President, Analyst Services, DisplaySearch

This week saw two deals involving Asian manufacturers investing in venture-backed Silicon Valley companies that have been developing advanced materials applicable to displays and solar cells, among other applications. Both of these companies have been in business for a decade or more, raised tens of millions of dollars, and amassed large patent portfolios, and have also lived through the “hype cycle” surrounding the printable electronics and nanomaterials segments.
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Faster Price Reduction, Faster Price Stabilization

Posted by David Hsieh in Desktop Monitors, Equipment, Flat Panel Displays, Mobile PCs, TVs on August 11, 2010 | No comments

By David Hsieh – Vice President, Greater China Market, DisplaySearch

“This over-supply is coming so fast and so hard,” said a senior sales manager at a TFT LCD company. Apparently, panel price reductions are more severe than anybody expected. Both the buy side (brands, ODMs and OEMs) and the sell side (panel makers) seem to be panicking about panel prices and losing confidence in market stability. Everyone is expecting panel prices to crash to panel makers’ cash cost very soon—maybe within two to three months—before we see a possibility for stability.
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Recent Legal Rulings about Duty Suspension and 16:9 Desktop Displays in Europe

Posted by Deborah Yang in Desktop Monitors, Flat Panel Displays, TVs on July 20, 2010 | No comments

By Chris Connery – Vice President, PC and Large Format Commercial Displays, DisplaySearch and Deborah Yang – Research Director, Monitor & TV, DisplaySearch

Recent media reports about legal rulings on duty suspension for 16:9 desktop displays in Europe have implied that the decision covers LCD panels. However, LCD panels imported to Europe are duty free (a previous 5% import tariff on LCD panels has been suspended). The rulings have nothing to do with panels, only LCD monitors. The confusion may arise from the fact that the media in Europe often uses the word ‘panel’ to describe TVs and monitors.
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SMART Technologies Acquires NextWindow: Consolidation in Optical Imaging Touch Screens

Posted by Jennifer Colegrove in Desktop Monitors, Display Technology, Flat Panel Displays, Mobile PCs on April 27, 2010 | No comments

By Jennifer Colegrove – Director, Display Technologies, DisplaySearch

Today SMART Technologies announced the acquisition of NextWindow. Canada-based SMART is a leading provider of interactive whiteboards, which are mainly used for education/training applications. It has both resistive and optical imaging touch technologies.
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