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Flexible Displays Will Grow 900% in 2015

by Raverstead

The flexible display market (those that can be bent and folded when active, and are manufactured on flexible substrates and/or using flexible processes) will grow 900% next year, compared to 2014. Charles Annis of …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Monitor Revenues Rise as Shipments Fall

by Raverstead

Revenue from desktop monitor sell-in was up 7% YoY in Q3’14, thanks to an ASP rise of 10%. Meanwhile, shipments were down just over 3%, to 34 million units, says DisplaySearch. Manufacturers are trying …

Tags:Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Multi-function Display Shipments Rising, Says DisplaySearch

by Raverstead

Demand for multi-function TFT-LCD displays in the automotive instrument cluster is accelerating. According to DisplaySearch, shipments of these products will grow 48% YoY in 2014, to reach 30.2 million units. Further growth will see …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 47

TV Shipments Rebound After Soft First Half

by Raverstead

TV shipments climbed 4% YoY in Q3’14, following several quarters of low results – average TV shipment growth was less than 1% on both a unit and revenue basis in the first half of …

TV Makers Promote “Feature Desperation”

by Super User

The annual IFA conference on TV that is run by DisplaySearch and IFA took place in the new CityCube. A representative of IFA welcomed delegates and Paul Gray of DisplaySearch introduced the agenda. The …

IHS Acquires NPD DisplaySearch

by Super User

The NPD Group has signed a definitive agreement, to sell its DisplaySearch and Solarbuzz businesses to IHS Inc. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions. Completion is expected in or around the second …

NPD Predicts 39% Streaming Media Penetration

by Super User

6 million US homes purchased streaming media players between Q2’13 and Q2’14, according to The NPD Group. The figure means that 17% of US internet households now have such a device. The NPD Group …

LCD Panel Supply to Tighten Next Year

by Super User

NPD DisplaySearch expects that tightness in the supply of TV, notebook and monitor panels to continue in Q3. Inventory adjustments will be made in Q4, and the firm expects to see shortages again next …

Large-Area Panels Set New Record in August

by Super User

Shipments of 9″+ LCD panels continued to rise in August to a new record level, NPD DisplaySearch’s David Hsieh has said in an interview. These ‘large-area’ LCD panel shipments totalled 13.36 million m

NPD Offers to Raise Wearables Knowledge

by Super User

A new wearables advisory service has been launched by the NPD Group. Led by Eddie Hold (VP of NPD’s Connected Intelligence group), the service will provide information including consumer-based panel reporting; point-of-sale (PoS) data …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| NPD DisplaySearch| Vol 21 - Issue 38| Volume 21| Wearable Market

Commercial LFDs Enjoy Growth, Says DisplaySearch

by Super User

Shipments of large-format commercial LCD displays have risen in the USA for eight consecutive quarters – despite pressure from consumer TVs, hybrid displays and other lower-cost alternatives. NPD DisplaySearch data shows that 26″+ commercial …

DisplaySearch: iPhone Panel Demand to Exceed 100 Million

by Super User

According to a blog post by NPD DisplaySearch’s David Hsieh (http://tinyurl.com/lgjjegh), panel makers need to ramp up production of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus panels quickly. DisplaySearch estimates that Apple has ordered more than …