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Tag Heuer Becomes First Swiss Smartwatch Maker

Tag Heuer, the Swiss watch manufacturer, has announced a partnership with Intel and Google to launch a smartwatch based on Android ...

Solar-Tectic Developing Material Technologies Having Display Applications

Solar-Tectic LLC (Briarcliff Manor, NY) is promoting a technology called Low Temperature single Crystal Silicon (LT1CS). The primary focus of the ...

IA Bureau Dispels TV Myths

The ‘TV-centric living room’ is in decline, according to the Internet Advertising Bureau UK, due to the rise of internet-connected devices. ...

SIS Digital Has Factory in Peterborough

UK LED and LCD display provider SIS Digital has opened a technical HQ in Peterborough called Vision Park. The factory has ...

Spain Completes ASO

98% of households in Spain were prepared for the country’s analogue switch-off, according to the government. Spain turned off its analogue ...

Panel ASPs Hit the Bottom

This week we have the NAB report as a separate issue to add to our newsletter, with lots of news on ...

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Monitor market rallies at end of 2010

by Raverstead

The latest data from European display specialist Meko shows that sales of monitors grew by an encouraging 26.5% in the final quarter of 2010, compared to the previous quarter. In total, 13.4 million monitors …

Tags:displays| monitor sales| monitors| q4 data

Lots of PCs – part 2

by Raverstead

In a previous post, I mentioned that I was trying to simplify my life by using my notebook PC both at home to replace my home PC and for all my work. I promised …

TV Set Brands fight with price in February

by Super User

February is a tough time for the CE business as sales are low and retailers are mostly trying to clear their stocks. This is magnified for the TV business as it is the segment …

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21:9 – Bah! Humbug!

by Bob Raikes

One of the key trends that we saw from panel makers LG Display and AU Optronics at the CES show is the release of more 21:9 aspect ratio panels and three new TVs using …

Please give up VGA & LVDS!

by Bob Raikes

I thought I’d pick up on another of the stories from this week’s issue, the release put out by the big PC and chip companies in support of a switch to DisplayPort and HDMI. …

Tags:AMD| Dell| DisplayPort| DVI| HP| Intel| LG| LVDS| Samsung

Happy Birthday to MultiSync

by Bob Raikes

I was intrigued this week to spot the announcement that it is 25 years since NEC started shipping MultiSync monitors. (For the young among you, in the 1980s and the early days of PCs, …

Tags:Eizo| Flexscan| Monitor| Multisync| NEC

TV sales fall by 8.6% in third quarter of 2010

by Dummy Admin

Meko’s latest DisplayCast report shows that European TV sales fell by 8.6% to 16.4 million sets in the third quarter of 2010. Flat panel sell-in quantity was also down quarterly to 15.3 million TV …

Desktop Monitor Sales Slide in 2010

by Dummy Admin

The latest DisplayCast report from European display specialist Meko shows that desktop monitor sales were down by 3.6% compared to the third quarter of 2009.   While sales increased by 12.5% over the previous …

Brands, Asia, Sony, Evian and Apple

by Bob Raikes

Over the years, we have often reported in Display Monitor on the surveys from Interbrand and especially the firm’s ‘league table‘ of the top brands. I was struck by a comment in the FT …

Monitor Companies Overestimate Service Costs

by Dummy Admin

Meko´s latest Monitor Warranty Report uncovers overestimates of nearly 30% by monitor companies calculating their future service costs. The display market research specialist has published its Desktop Monitor Warranty Report 2010, which examines warranty …

Tags:market research| monitors| service| warranty

The Beer Game Again?

by Bob Raikes

Panel pricing and the supply/demand balance are constant topics of conversation at the Meko offices, as they have such an impact on our clients. I said in an editorial in June (Display Monitor Vol …

Tags:Inventory LCD Panel price beer game| MyBlog

Has the S3D Monitor Market Been and Gone Already?

by Bob Raikes

DisplaySearch vice president Chris Connery has said that the market for stereo 3D monitors may be ‘come and gone already’. In a blog post to the group’s website, Connery said that while there is …