Archive for the ‘Equipment’ 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 »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
by Barry Young, Senior Advisor and Consultant
Gartner and Gizmodo took opposites sides of the same story about the Apple iPhone and AMOLED displays and they both got it wrong. How could this be, from two widely quoted and respected organizations?
Ken Dulaney of Gartner reportedly said the second generation iPhone with ...
Posted in Barry Young, Equipment, Mobile Phones, OLED | 4 Comments »
Monday, March 10th, 2008
by David Hsieh, Vice President, Greater China Market
At the end of February, Sony and Sharp announced that they will form a joint venture to build a Gen 10 TFT LCD fab, targeting large size LCD TV panels of 40” and above. Sony and Sharp will invest ¥100 billion and ¥380 ...
Posted in David Hsieh, Economics, Equipment, Suppliers, TVs, Technology | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
By Chris Connery
Lite-On Technology, the fifth largest producer of desktop monitors in the world (on an OEM/ODM basis), announced to the Taiwan Stock Exchange on February 3 that they had a major fire in their Southern China production facility. The fire reportedly destroyed 16 of their 20 monitor lines. Lite-On ...
Posted in Chris Connery, Equipment, Suppliers | No Comments »
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
By Paul Gagnon, Director of North America TV Market Research
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the government entity tasked with administrating the DTV converter box coupon program, just announced that they will begin mailing coupons good for $40 off a Digital TV converter box to consumers who have requested ...
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