Archive for the 'Business' Category

• Converter Box Confusion Could Sour DTV Consumers - June 30th

• 3D@Home Consortium holds First General Meeting - June 25th

• Sony Shifts to Low Power - June 24th

• My Color’s Better Than Your Color! - June 23rd

• InFocus is Back at InfoComm with Solid New Products - June 11th

• Apple Moves to 3G iPhone - June 10th

• LCDs and the City - June 9th

• Art Imitates Life at 3D Visualization Center - June 4th

• Are Portable TVs Headed for the Landfills? - June 2nd

• FED Technology Is Still Alive – Maybe - May 23rd

• AMOLEDs with a-Si TFTs Come to Market - May 22nd

• Texas Instruments — Long On Swagger, Short On Options - May 16th

• SID is Coming… - May 15th

• Are Big OLED Displays Really Coming? - May 13th

• Beating the Odds - May 8th

• Apple Leads, Microsoft Follows - May 6th

• Matsushita and Pioneer to Merge PDP Operations - May 1st

• Sony Introduces 0.6-inch BrightEra Microdisplay Chip - April 29th

• Visual Search Engine for Mobile Phones Poised to Take off in Japan - April 25th

• When Less is More – and Less - April 24th

• Will Blockbuster’s Bid for Circuit City Create Block-Head City? - April 15th

• When it Rains, it Pours - April 14th

• Disney Bets Big on 3D - April 11th

• Baseball and Television at Funai - April 9th

• Corrected Edition: Mitsubishi Debuts New HDTV Product Line - April 8th

• TV Panel Makers Start Worrying - April 3rd

• Dolby/SIM2 Show Off 46″ HDR LCD-TV - April 2nd

• Clairvoyante is Dead; Long Live Nouvoyance - March 27th

• Blu-ray Turns (Really) Interactive - March 24th

• Teetering U.S. Economy Doesn’t Affect Panel Sales - or Does It? - March 20th

• 3D Dominates ShoWest - March 13th

• March Surprise: Pioneer to End PDP Production - March 6th

• The Dynamics of the Handset Market are “Dynamic” - February 29th

• Sony Shifts Allegiance from Samsung to Sharp - February 28th

• Pioneer Puts the Brakes on 42-inch Plasma - But you knew that… - February 26th

• LED Backlights Are Coming to a Notebook PC Near You - February 21st

• Dinner and a Movie – Premium Style - February 20th

• OLED-TV Production Investment Begins in Earnest - February 19th

• Goliaths Pound David - February 15th

• PDP Shipments Surged in 2007; Income Fell - February 14th

• WiMax Meets Rival LTE at Mobile World Barcelona - February 12th

• The “Eternal Plunge” in Flat-Panel TV Prices Isn’t Eternal - February 7th

• CableCards Finale “Tru2way” - January 29th

• Web Embedded TVs Comes Home - January 22nd

• Live from CES - Samsung Fires Back with 31-inch OLED-TV - January 8th

• Kicking Toshiba in the Stomach at CES - January 7th

• PDP to Ride LCD Shortage in 2H’08 - January 3rd

• Another One Bites The Dust – This Time It’s Fujitsu - December 28th

• Matsushita Makes the World’s Largest Flat Panel – Again - December 27th

• Corning’s Continued Expansion in China is a Sign of Things to Come - December 26th

• FYI - LCOS RPTV - RIP - December 21st

• Has “Smellivision” Finally Arrived? - December 17th

• OLED Displays Stutter into Reality…and New Applications, Maybe? - December 12th

• At Long Last, LG - December 10th

• When Your Partner is Not Your Friend - December 4th

• Sim2 and Dolby Demonstrate New LCD Display Technology - December 3rd

• TiVo Signs Major Players for Viewer Research Service - November 30th

• OLED TV Era Begins As Sony Ships - November 27th

• Black Friday: Who Shot First? - November 26th

• Amazon Unveils “Kindle” e-book - November 19th

• The End of The Video Store Era? - November 13th

• Hitachi to Withdraw from RPTV Business in North America - November 9th

• Google’s “Android” for Wireless is “Business As Usual” - November 6th

• $99 HD DVD Player Asks - Where Are DVD Players Going? - November 2nd

• The Bitter Taste of One’s Own Kool-Aid - October 30th

• Hitachi Goes Upscale with Skinny LCDs - October 29th

• Making 3D Movies – Part II - October 24th

• It’s the End of the World as We Know It… - October 22nd

• Tail Wags Dog; Dog Amputates Tail - October 18th

• Sharp to make LCDs in North America with Imported Substrates - October 16th

• Leaving Money On the Table - October 15th

• Big May Be Beautiful But Thin Is In - October 12th

• The AMOLED Pot Keeps Bubbling - October 11th

• Displays for the Mobile Web - October 4th

• RCA to the Rescue - October 1st

• Pioneer Finds a Life Preserver – But Do They Know How to Use It? - September 27th

• Red Laser HD Capacity Discs Brings New Life to DVDs - September 17th

• Sharp Bows THX Certified LCDs - September 11th

• Outsourcing Not Such a Dirty Word After All - September 4th

• Plasma Makers Keep on Punching - August 30th

• iPhone Cracked? - August 27th

• The Name Goes on Before the Quality Goes In? - August 20th

• Qualcomm Mired In Continuing Legal Battles - August 15th

• Japan’s Top CE Firms to Snatch Advertising High Ground - August 14th

• Google Cell Phone: It’s the Ads Baby - August 7th

• CDT Sells to Japanese Giant Sumitomo - July 31st

• Japan LCD TV Makers Pushing 120Hz Technology - July 24th

• And the Winner Is… - July 23rd

• Re-Manufactured Projector Lamps - A Great Idea or Not? - July 20th

• Mobile Phone Ad’s Find “in Proximity” Users (…at least in Japan) - July 10th

• What Were They Thinking? - July 9th

• IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: APPLE IS NOW SELLING A CELL PHONE - July 6th

• Pioneer Keeps Drinking its Own Kool-Aid - July 5th

• A Win for Everyone - July 3rd

• Satellite Sub’s Finally Deliver on Broadband Via Clearwire Alliance - June 26th

• NEC Brings Microsoft Vista Networked Projectors to Light - June 22nd

• Asian Display Makers Discover Pro Market - June 21st

• No iPhone SDK for Developers—But Apple Still Points the Way - June 12th

• NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS, IS IT? - June 11th

• Vizio and Wal-Mart: A Marriage Made in Cheapville - May 31st

• PDP Competitive Breakthrough? Maybe - May 29th

• Planar Buys Runco’s Home Theater Biz - May 25th

• SID Business Conference Kick-off Sessions - HP Wants Ethernet TV - May 22nd

• Pioneer Takes Another Hit to the Bottom Line - May 18th

• Korea Inc. Strikes Back - May 16th

• Game Console to be Your Next STB? - May 15th

• Going Against the Flow - May 14th

• LCD Versus PDP: The Plot Thickens - May 11th

• E Ink Grows Up - May 9th

• Is a New Display Technology War Already Upon Us? - May 8th

• Syntax-Brillian Stands Tall – On an Unstable Platform - May 3rd

• Quixel Rings Death Knell for MDTV - May 1st

• How Much Room at the Top? - April 27th

• What Direction for China’s TV Market? - April 4th

• LCD Flat Panel Prices: Round Two - March 30th

• A Fingertip Projector! - March 27th

• Have High-end Stores Run Their Course? - March 26th

• IS A BRAND WORTH MORE THAN A COMPANY? - March 19th

• Wireless HD Gets Boost from Motorola - March 13th

• Tivo, Amazon Downloads Finally Serve TV Viewers Directly - March 9th

• SED’s Big Winner - March 1st

• Consumer TVs Face New Kid on the Block - PC-TVs - February 27th

• There’s No Gyroball in Backlighting - February 22nd

• Victor Co. of China? - February 21st

• Wal-Mart Takes IPTV Mainstream - Inks Download Deal with Six Major Studios - February 6th

• Six Stories, One Message: Plasma Lives, but… - February 1st

• Clock is Ticking on “Evolve or Die Prediction” for Broadcasters - January 30th

• Canon to Buy Out Toshiba’s Share of SED, Inc. - January 16th

• HD Copy Protection “Crack” Bombshell or Firecracker - You Decide - January 2nd

• Nichia Develops White LED with Luminous Efficiency of 150 Lumens per Watt - December 21st

• Alps to Compete with Light Blue Optics in Laser Nano-Projectors - December 20th

• Microsoft Next Target - Your Cell Phone - December 12th

• Sony Sees Strong ‘07 for LCD-TVs Despite Trailing Samsung in 3Q - December 8th

• The Company You Will Not See at CES - December 7th

• China Technology Imports Up Sharply - November 29th

• USDTV Gets New Lease on Life; Viewers Get Third Choice - November 28th

• Microdisplay to Make LCOS HDTVs - November 21st

• Kopin’s Microdisplay Gives Eyes to “Spy” Video Car? - November 14th

• Samsung Says All Monitors to Use LED Light by 2008 - November 7th

• Yes, It’s Big, but… - November 2nd

• Trick or Treat-LCD is on PDP’s Doorstep - October 31st

• Rear Projection Ain’t Dead Yet - October 26th

• Luminus LEDs Target 1080p DLP-Based Sets - October 24th

• Now It’s China’s Turn - Domestic Gen 6 LCD Production Announced - October 17th

• What a Difference a Day Makes - October 2nd

• Are Chinese LCD-TV Negative Margins Coming to America? - September 29th

• ITVN Serves Starz/Encore, Sports and More via Web STB - September 26th

• Chinese DTV Makers Form IP Alliance - September 25th

• Patent on Hybrid HD Disc Offers Hope, Leaves Many Questions - September 22nd

• The Tao of Manufacturing: Sharp’s LCDs Built with Solar Power - September 19th

• CEDIA EXPO 2006: Whose Show is this, Anyway? - September 18th

• $3B x 4G = Triple Play - September 12th

• Amazon.com Launches DVD-Quality Digital Video Download - September 11th

• Dual Analog-Digital TV Chip Will Ease HD Transition - September 8th

• China LCD Growth Booms but CRT Volume Still Strong - September 6th

• Sharp Introduces First LCD-TVs with Panels Manufactured in a Gen 8 Fab - September 1st

• HP to Exit Projector Market - August 29th

• Has Consumer Digital Video Distribution Finally Reached the Tipping Point? - August 25th

• Samsung Leads while LPL Retreats from AMOLED at IMID ‘06 - August 24th

• China Adopts Own DTV Standard - August 22nd

• “Stratellites” To Reshape Wireless Deployment? - August 21st

• LCD-TV in China — The New Must-Have Appliance - August 18th

• Syntax-Brillian Continues to Make Moves…Are They the Right Ones? - August 11th

• Xbox HD-DVD Player– Microsoft Shows-But Doesn’t Tell - August 9th

• Philips to Withdraw from LG.Philips LCD JV; Will Realize $3.2B Capital Gain - August 8th

• Samsung to Introduce 40-inch LCD-TV with LED Backlight - August 7th

• Japanese TV Makers to Offer HDTVs with Web Access - August 4th

• Planar’s Big Plans to Expand Specialty Displays - July 21st

• The Invisible Hand: Alive and Well in Tangjeong - July 14th

• Japanese Consortium to Produce Bendable LCDs by 2009 - Maybe - July 13th

• Tide Rising on 1080p Component Bundles - July 6th

• Samsung says No to HD-DVD…Not Really - June 30th

• Displaybank Predicts LCD Price Rebound in September but Panel Makers Have Doubts - June 27th

• IPTV’s Next Stop-Full-HD via STB - June 26th

• TiVo: “It’s Not TV Until It’s On TV” - June 22nd

• Format War’s Next Installment — Sony/Pioneer Delay but Content and Samsung Ship - June 20th

• Are Flexible Displays Actually Good for Something? - June 19th

• Samsung Boasts 4.3-inch WQVGA AMOLED in 3D (it also does coffee) - June 14th

• Investors Face Reality — and Force Some LCD Panel Makers to Do the Same - June 13th

• Sharp to Produce LCD Panels with Chinese Partner? - June 2nd

• Swollen Panel Inventories Prompt Action - and Denial - May 31st

• Wi-Fi Cell Phone Finds Legs in Japan - May 30th

• Free Spectrum for Free Wireless Internet? - May 26th

• Dell’s Breakthrough Price on New Projectors - May 25th

• ASP for 32-inch LCDs Approaches Production Cost - May 23rd

• Changes “In Store” for Top CE Retailers - May 22nd

• Planar Systems Boosts 3-D Stereoscopic Display Offering - May 17th

• Your New TV May Be a … Hewlett Packard? - May 16th

• Wi-Max Provider Clearwire to go Public - May 15th

• MDTV Price Drop in Q1 Continues in April - May 14th

• Taiwan Creates One Really Big Tiger - April 7th

• iFire’s Closing Door - April 5th

• Help Wanted at “The World’s Factory” - April 3rd

• Mobile Video Games To Drive Display Improvements - March 22nd

• Westward the March of Empire Takes its Flight - March 21st

• Matsushita Targets 50% Plasma Price Drop by 2007 - March 20th

• LPL Ups the Ante - March 2nd

• Toshiba Announces Delay in SED-TV Introduction - February 23rd

• Electrograph Takes Over ActiveLight and CineLight - February 22nd

• Japan is Back, Sort of - February 17th

• Coretronic may Open the Door to 3LCD as Projection Business Booms - February 14th

• Sanyo Dissolves SK Joint Venture with Kodak - February 2nd

• Sony Back in the Game - January 26th

• Is Panasonic Re-thinking 37-inch Plasma TV Strategy for North America? - January 23rd

• Toppoly Benefits from Taiwan’s new China Investment Policy - December 14th

• Pioneer Sings the Blues - December 9th

• As Rear-Projection TV Moves Up-market, Makers Explore Options - December 7th