Archive for the ‘Retail’ Category

How Vizio Became #1 in Flat Panel TVs

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

By Ross Young, Founder and President of DisplaySearch Our latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, which reveals shipments and revenues by technology, region, size and resolution for 56 different TV brands, included a big surprise about the North American TV market. Vizio, which has only been in the TV ...

LCD vs. PDP Part #2 (Battle of 2007)

Monday, July 16th, 2007

By Eddie Taylor, Vice President of TV Market Research 2006 was clearly a winning year for LCD technology. In Q1’06, LCD had 35% revenue share of the North American TV market, which grew to a 58% share by Q1’07. Meanwhile Plasma (PDP) TV lost share, moving from 25% to 22% revenue ...

Will Rising Panel Prices Spoil the LCD TV Market?

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

By David Barnes, Vice President of Strategic Analysis Sometimes we get it wrong. At the beginning of Q2’07, we forecasted the average unit price for a 32” 1366 × 768 LCD TV module would fall from $305 to $304. Our latest PriceWise (free data available from www.displaysearch.com/free/pricewise.html) shows the typical ...

Dell Partners with Wal-Mart to Reach the Coveted Consumer Market and Re-gain Display Share

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

by Chris Connery, Vice President of PC and Large Format Commercial Displays As Dell quietly exits the FPD TV market for its own-brand products and refocuses its efforts on the PC space under the watchful eye of Michael Dell, the question in many people’s minds is whether Dell can regain ...