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I must say that I felt something of an anti-climax after the Apple announcement last week. After all the hype, there was a thought that there might be something really revolutionary but, in the end, the announcement was the upgraded iPad that we had all been expecting. It would be a mistake, however, to just … Read more
LCD TV sales increased their share to 90% in the EMEA region for the first time in Q4 of 2011, according to the latest TV market research from Meko. Year end figures from the European display analysts show that LCD TVs have finally squeezed PDP and CRT sales into the remaining 10%. However, the European … Read more
My attention was drawn to the news, reported by the FT, that LG and Samsung are starting to see competition in their home market of Korea from store brands and low cost brands. Although the companies do not rely on their home markets for volume to the same extent that the Japanese brands do, but … Read more
While going around ISE earlier this year and looking at the latest innovations, I got to thinking about the Sony inorganic LED TV shown at CES (but not at ISE). For those that missed the news, Sony showed a very good looking 55″ TV set based on inorganic LEDs (rather than OLEDs) and reports since … Read more
So Samsung has decided to spin-off its LCD business into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics and to orient its business towards OLED displays. When I first heard the rumour about the split, I found it hard to believe that the company would let its LCD division float alone. However, it turned out to be … Read more
While OLED was, of course, the big story of CES this year, and it seems to me that there are still lots of questions to be answered about the ability of LG and Samsung to deliver high volumes of these new TVs. But my first thoughts were about the content shown on the sets. … Read more
In the third quarter of 2011 sales of monitor sets of 21.5″ and above went past the volume of smaller sets for the first time. Larger sizes now represent nearly two thirds of the value of the market, according to European monitor research specialist, Meko. The trend for wide panels continued in Q3 and the … Read more
In the third quarter of this year the volume of LED-backlit LCD TV sets sold in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) went past the volume of CCFL-backlit sets for the first time, reaching 52%, according to figures from research consultancy, Meko, the specialists in display markets in Europe. This shift helped ASPs stay … Read more
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
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