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Philips Reaches Ecovision Target Ahead of Schedule

Philips’ ‘green products’ represented 52% of total product sales last year, the company has said (€11.1 billion). Lighting was the largest ...

ARRIS Introduces Advanced Set-Top Portfolio Providing TiVo Experience; Supports the NCTC VU-IT! Program

ARRIS International plc today announced the availability of three advanced set-tops providing the TiVo® user experience, that support the NCTC VU-IT! ...

LGD Plans $800 Million OLED Investment

According to Korea’s Donga Ilbo newspaper, LG Display will build a new small- and medium-sized OLED display plant in its home ...

Augmented Reality Solutions for Business Applications are Spreading

When we refer to augmented reality technology we often make a mental connection to head-mounted devices, even though most augmented reality ...

A Pivot for Portrait’s James

We recently heard that there was to be a change at long-established display industry company, Portrait Displays. Founder and CEO, J. ...

Samsung Takes Exertis in the UK

Samsung has taken Exertis on as its exclusive distribution partner for its ‘E-Board’ large-format displays in the UK. These are used ...

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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 …