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In Display Monitor back in March 2010, we reported on a talk by Paul Kedrosky, an economist from the US, at the US FPD conference in which he said that ‘the function of governments is to delay the inevitable’ (and he also said that there could be a major restructuring in the eurozone!). That comment … Read more
Last week’s big EU meeting of leaders to move a bit further along the road to solving the problems of the Eurozone has been a big topic in discussions, as currencies and their movement really affect the business of our clients. At the moment, the recent weakness of the Euro against the dollar has offset … Read more
I’m going to pick up on a subject that I have ranted about a lot. Looking back, however, it is actually 11 years since I devoted a whole editorial to the topic. One of our news items recently was about the ITU adoption of the Japanese Super-Hi Vision concept for 7680 x 4320 Ultra High … Read more
This week has been one for me of ‘intimations of mortality’, to slightly mis-quote Wordsworth. From the news last weekend that a friend and industry colleague has been diagnosed with cancer, through to the death of Steve Jobs, this week there has been too much bad news. Even between those two items came the news … Read more
Monitor sales volume in EMEA continued to slide in the second quarter of 2011, with a drop of 6.5% compared to the same period last year, according to European displays specialist, Meko. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of decline. Thanks to the stronger commercial sector the numbers have not been as bad … Read more
I remember it well. Almost thirty years ago, in my second year in the computer business I was sitting in my car with a colleague who ran the PC division of the company that we both worked for (I looked after peripherals – mainly printers and monitors). We were bemoaning how poor the demand was … Read more
One of the stories which caught my eye recently is the possible merger of Sony and Toshiba’s small panel business to create what would be the largest player in that space in the market. For Sony and Toshiba, a joint venture would look a reasonable proposition. Both companies have good display technology, especially in polysilicon, … Read more
I said a while ago that the days when a significant electronics category can be launched without an ‘ecosystem’ look numbered. The master of building an ecosystem to exploit and develop hardware has probably been Apple with its iPod/iTunes, iPhone/iPad/apps approach to the market. This week, Apple announced the iCloud, an attempt to unify these … Read more
I was musing today, while writing my editorial for Display Monitor, about the general state of the economy globally and the potential for a ‘double dip’. It seems to me (and I’m not an economist!), that what we are currently seeing is a problem with the timing of different parts of the economic system. To … Read more
One of the overall impressions of the SID this year was that there were few OLEDs on view. As I mention in the main report, published in Display Monitor, I think this is because Samsung is clearly in the lead in developments in this market, but is concerned about giving away too much information … Read more
The monitor market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) is currently reflecting the very different economic fortunes of the region, according to figures from European display research specialist, Meko. While sales in the MEA region were up by 10% year on year, Germany, the largest single country market was down by 13% and … Read more
Meko has launched a calendar of Display Industry events on its website. Covering forthcoming events in Europe and the rest of the world, it gives a quick overview of what’s coming up for anyone interested in TV, cinema, FPDs, OLEDs, LEDs, digital signage and general technology. Event reports for many of these conferences and shows … Read more
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