For years, LCD has played a small role in the video wall market due in part to the “window pane effect”: large gaps between displays were seen as visually distracting, benefiting other technologies. Continue Reading
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Facing Slower Growth and Increasing Complexity in Product Mix, LCD TV Brands Fight for Share
Entering the slow season, the aggregate production of LCD TV brands surveyed for our MarketWise – LCD Industry Dynamics report declined 14% M/M in December 2012, and is expected to fall in January and February before recovering somewhat in March and April, for a drop of 24% Q/Q in Q1’13. Continue Reading
Falling Brightness of New TV Models
Displays can be characterized not only by size, but by their typical brightness. TVs have typically required brightness higher than 400 nits, because TV is generally in the living room and watched from a distance. Continue Reading
TV Brands in India Struggle With Slow Growth and a Weak Rupee – Is Direct LED the Solution?
Two difficult trends have converged on the India LCD TV market. First, growth has slowed from 100% Y/Y in Q1’11 to 10% Y/Y in Q1’12, according to our research. Continue Reading
Indian Government Approves New Manufacturing Policy
The Indian government approved a long-debated manufacturing policy on October 25. The intent of the policy is to boost the country’s manufacturing capability; to increase the share of manufacturing from the current level of around 16% of GDP to 25% by 2022; and to create 100 million new jobs in special manufacturing hubs. This could be critical for India as an expected 130 million Indians will be joining the workforce, many of whom may not be qualified to participate in India’s growing software industry.
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