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LG Takes ISRI’s Highest Award

by Tom Allen

LG has received the 2015 Design for Recycling Award from the Institute of Scrap Recycling (ISRI). The award – ISRI’s highest – was granted to LG for its TVs, specifically the UltraHD and OLED …

LeTV TV Sales to Double in 2015

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV is estimated to have sold around 1.6 million LCD TVs in the country last year, and will reach 3.5 million – 4 million this year, say industry sources. Foxconn and TPV are …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| TV Set Market| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 22 - Issue 16

UltraHD Costs Keep Coming Down

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources expect global UltraHD TV penetration to reach 20% this year. UltraHD models now cost just 15% more than FullHD TVs to produce, but about 50% more at retail. The increasing demand …

Celebrating 90 Years of TV

by Tom Allen

Baird’s TV only had 30 lines of vertical resolutionJohn Logie Baird – the inventor of the television set – showed off his creation in London, 90 years ago. The original box was a gimmick …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| TVs (TV Sets)| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 13

Weak Demand Causes Panel Price Fall in March

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Weak demand meant that monitor panel prices continued to fall. Vendors still have inventories, so …

Three Companies Take Almost 50% of TV Panels in 2015

by Tom Allen

Almost half of all TV panels shipped in 2015 will be purchased by Sony, Samsung Electronics or LG Electronics, according to IHS. In 2014, these brands increased their LCD TV shipment market shares by …

Coretronic Expects Monitor BLU Growth and Tablet Fall

by Tom Allen

Sources at Coretronic say that the company expects its shipments of backlight units to rise 10% YoY in 2015. Total shipments last year were just under 93 million units: a 20% YoY increase. Q4 …

LDM Product Roundup Vol 22 No 7

by Tom Allen

The Zenbook 305, revealed by Asus at IFA 2014 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), will be available soon. The 13.3″ unit, which has a Core-M processor and 1920 x 1080 resolution, will cost …

Toshiba Switches Distributors

by Helen Vince

Toshiba has replaced its distributor for notebooks and tablets in Romania, MB Distribution, with Asbus. The company’s LED TV sets will carry on being offered in the region by Skin Media.

Sharp Shares CES TV Prices

by Tom Allen

Sharp has shared more details about the UltraHD TV lineup that we saw at CES (Sharp Bridges High-Res Gap). As we heard at the event, Sharp will introduce five new screen sizes as its …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sharp| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 06

Westinghouse to Bring Advanced Features to Monitors and TVs at a Value Price

by Chris Chinnock

Westinghouse Digital is now Westinghouse Electronics Limited, according to representatives of the company that we met with at CES 2015. The name change reflects the new ownership by a big Chinese conglomerate – an …

Following the 4K Television Ecosystem

by Phillip Wright

After the 2015 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, it is clear that market movement toward 4k (UHD) television is continuing to advance. The 4k sets on view at …

Tags:Blu-ray Players| TVs (TV Sets)| UltraHD (4KTV)| UltraHD & 4K| Vol 22 - Issue 03