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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 sets, while LED-backlit TV shipments were up to 24% of volume sales from 19% in quarter two. The difference was … Read more
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 quarter, they were lower than the same period in 2009, which was generally thought to be a bad year for sales. … Read more
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 a couple of weeks ago, that there are only eight Asian names in the latest ranking of the top 100 brands. … Read more
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 service and pricing in Europe. Based on its current monitor forecast, Meko estimates that monitor companies in the EMEA will make … Read more
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 17 No 24) that inventory levels in monitors were rising to such a point that we should expect that panel prices … Read more
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 an ‘uncertainty’ over the timing for mainstream S3D TVs in the home, the market for S3D monitors represents a ’rounding error’ … Read more
In an editorial article in Jon Peddie’s TechWatch, my long time friend and collaborator, Dr. Jon himself, makes the point that he thinks that he really needs several PCs to support both home and office. I was doing this, with a nice T410 ThinkPad for work that I use in my office with a big … Read more
The European Commission has published the regulations for the marking of energy consumption of TVs in the EU. The final regulations could be applied as early as the beginning of 2012. Displays research specialist Meko has used its detailed forecasts for the European TV market to calculate that if every TV sold in a year … Read more
IFA and IBC are very different. While IFA has a clear focus on sets and products for consumers and channels, IBC is really for broadcasters, content providers and their support and supply chains. This includes STB makers and their support includes chip makers, so it is a great chance for us to catch up. It … Read more
I’m writing this in my hotel room after a day and a half of IFA press events, with the main exhibition due to open its doors tomorrow. However, I already feel I have a sense of the event. There’s a huge push behind 3D, as there was at CES earlier in the year, but there … Read more
So, we’re back from IFA. We had hoped to bring you the first half of our IFA report this week, but the need to get to Amsterdam for IBC caused a problem in that plan! We’ll have a big report on the whole show next week. However, we thought we’d highlight a few items … Read more
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