Vol 22 – Issue 24 – Page 13

The LCD Industry is Like a “Slinky” – really! (BC14)

by Bob Raikes

David Barnes always has a good angle in his talks. This year, his swansong as he has gone into retirement, he talked about the “Slinky business” and had a “slinky” metal toy moving from …

Gagnon Identifies Profit Opportunities (BC12)

by Bob Raikes

The next session was on the financial Implications of the display industry and the first speaker was Paul Gagnon of IHS, again.The display market has grown to around 4 billion units, the revenues are …

Profitable TV Panel Session – Sharp to launch Android TV (BC8)

by Bob Raikes

In a panel session, Gagnon asked what the display industry had done that didn’t work. Bhowmik immediately identified 3D as a technology that just didn’t happen. Sanduski said that the reaction to Avatar was …

Huawei Explains Phone Size Dynamics (BC9)

by Bob Raikes

Gang Xu is from Huawei’s Consumer Business Group and he talked about consumer experiences for mobile devices. There are a lot of trends in image quality and form factor innovation, but with limits imposed …

US Consumers Want More Resolution (BC8)

by Bob Raikes

Apparently the answer is “a lot”Jim Sanduski is President of Sharp Electronics in the US and he talked about the issues of profitability for the industry. He said that high resolution is a big …

Dell Also Looks at the User Experience (BC10)

by Bob Raikes

The next speaker was Erin K Walline who is Director of Engineering – User Experience and Design at Dell. She said that you have to look at the whole experience if you want to …

Bhowmik Said Focus on the User Experience

by Bob Raikes

Dr Achin Bhowmik of Intel made himself popular with delegates by saying how fantastic today’s displays are. Customers want to buy products just because of the great displays. However, human interfaces are still largely …

BC Panel Session Asks “Is Good Enough, Good Enough”?

by Bob Raikes

The first panel session addressed the question “Is Good Enough, Good Enough: Can LCD Persevere?” Jason Hartlove, CEO of Nanosys was the first to speak and he showed a slide that looked at efficiency …

Hsieh Outlines TV and Mobile Panel Developments (BC2)

by Bob Raikes

Next, David Hsieh of IHS asked “Is low cost the only path to success?”. He started by showing an interesting chart on the relationship between the profits for brands and for panel makers. Samsung …

Business Conference Kicks Off Display Week (BC1)

by Bob Raikes

Amal Ghosh kicked off the Business conference for Display Week 2015 and he is the President of SID. He started by saying that attendance at the Business conference is up 40% on last year. …

Sharp Frees Auto Makers from the Tyranny of Rectangles

by Bob Raikes

We were at Sharp where we spoke to Tom Spears, Director, Automotive Display Marketing, and he told us about two new technology developments that will allow auto designers to get away from using rectangular …

3M Adds QDs to Monitors and Helps Auto Makers Use LCDs

by Bob Raikes

3M was at SID promoting its film products. We spoke to Arthur Lathrop who told us about developments in QD-based films. We also interviewed Bill Simser, Automotive Business Manager at 3M about the company’s …

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