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2015 Ushers in the Smart Panel

Panel makers are adopting different strategies towards low-cost UltraHD units, depending on their location. Deborah Yang, an NPD DisplaySearch analyst, examines the market in a blog post (http://tinyurl.com/lhmgokz). Korean makers are focusing on panel cost, with pixel structures such as RGBW. Taiwanese companies, on the other hand, are emphasising the system cost – especially the … Read more

Chinese Production to Rise on Growing LTPS and Oxide Demand

73% of all high-resolution LTPS and oxide-TFT LCD smartphone displays will be purchased by Apple and Chinese brands this year. NPD DisplaySearch says that the demand for these displays is boosting LTPS LCD capacity expansion and oxide-TFT LCD production in China. 467 million LTPS and 42 million oxide-TFT LCD panels will be shipped this year. … Read more

DisplaySearch: Q2 UltraHD Shipments Beat All of 2013

More UltraHD TV sets were shipped in Q2’14 than throughout all of 2013, says NPD DisplaySearch: 2.1 million, compared to 1.6 million. Most brands introduced their 2014 UltraHD TVs at this time, pushing the feature as a ‘must-have’. China’s market share of UltraHD TVs has fallen from 80% last year (due to the high number … Read more

DOOH Revenues and Exposure Continue to Climb

The seventh edition of PQ Media’s (PQM) annual Global Digital Out-of-Home Media Forecast shows that ‘influential’ markets stuttered last year. Both key and emerging regions were hit with debt issues, asset bubbles and political tensions. These included the USA, China and Russia. Despite the challenges, media operators’ revenue rose 9.3% YoY in 2013, to just … Read more

Falling July Panel Shipments Indicate Slowing Demand

37.7 million m² of large (9.1″+) TFT panel were shipped in Q2, NPD DisplaySearch said recently (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 33). Now, the firm has released a report showing that unit shipments reached 181 million – the second-highest result ever. A new record was achieved for LCD TV panel shipments, at 64 million units. … Read more

Germany: Falling TV Prices Outpace Rising Sales

Compared to the first half of 2013, consumer electronics sales in Germany rose 1.9% in Q1 and Q2 of 2014. The Consumer Electronics Market Index (Cemix), published by the GFU, has shown that total revenues reached more than €12.6 billion. Cemix data is divided into three sections: Classic CE, Private-Use Telecom Products and Private-Use IT Products. … Read more

Haptic Technology Approaches $52 Billion by 2018

The haptic touch technology market will grow at a CAGR of 41% between 2013 and 2018, ending the forecast period with revenues of almost $51.8 billion. Smartphones and virtual interfaces will be the main revenue drivers, says report author Marketsandmarkets. The firm’s haptic touch report can be purchased at http://tinyurl.com/nayv45w. Display Daily Comments Jargon: Haptic … Read more

IDC: Mature Market PCs Perform Above Emerging Regions

IDC expects worldwide PC shipments to fall 3.7% this year. While still a decline, the figure represents an improvement from the previous forecast of -6%. Emerging regions’ shipments are constrained by continued competition from alternative devices, as well as various economic and political situations. However, results in Q1 and Q2’14 were boosted through commercial demand … Read more

Innolux Beats Rivals to Lead Automotive Market

Innolux was the world’s largest supplier of automotive displays last year, says NPD DisplaySearch. The company beat former leader Japan Display and rose ahead of Sharp, with a 24.5% market share. Several European car makers have been “major customers” for Innolux’s automotive displays since its market entry in 2007, said president JC Wang. Media in … Read more

ITO Revenues Will Have Peaked by 2019

The worldwide market for transparent conductors (TCs) will be worth $4.6 billion in 2019. According to a Nanomarkets report (http://tinyurl.com/qxrgtdr), non-ITO TCs will generate $1.8 billion of the total, up from $640 million today. ITO revenues will have peaked by 2019, and will represent only 60% of the TC market. The report covers flat panel … Read more

LG First to Bring UltraHD OLED to Market

LG’s UltraHD OLED TVs, first seen at CES 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 3), are now available for pre-order in South Korea. The 65″ 65EC9700 and 77″ 77EG9700 use the company’s WRGB pixel architecture, possessing 33 million sub-pixels. Both TVs can be wall mounted and are bundled with LG’s Ultra Surround sound system. They … Read more

Looping, Streaming and Playout Promoted at IBC

The SceneGate 8073 is an entry-level OTT and IPTV set-top box (STB) from Albis (hall 14, stand C04 and C15). The 85 x 85 x 35mm box supports 1920 x 1080 content and functions such as HTML5 apps and DLNA streaming. It is being positioned as a second-room STB. The Icue-Playout streaming server, from Teracue … Read more