Raw Feed & Search

OLED TV Price Falls Again – What is the Sweet Spot?

LG Electronics has once again dropped the price on its curved OLED TV, now available on Amazon.com for $3,999. LGE introduced its OLED TV at $15,000 in the U.S. last July, making this a price cut of nearly three-quarters within a year; the price is likely to fall further as LG Display is struggling to raise OLED production yield and develop 4K OLED TVs by ramping up a new OLED production fab. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:41 AM

Permalink

4K UHD: Stalemate in Europe?

At last week’s meeting of the Forum for Advanced Media in Europe (FAME), one of the key objectives was to map out the future for the Ultra HD (UHD) roadmap, which has been ongoing. The current generation of 4K TVs (with the same colors and dynamic range as HD) are viewed by broadcasters as offering too little improvement over HD. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:36 AM

Permalink

Mainstream of LCD TV Panels Moving From 32” to 40-43”

The 32” has been the mainstream LCD TV size for years. According to the Quarterly Large-Area TFT Panel Shipment Report, the 32” panel accounted for 41% of LCD TV panels shipped in 2012, and 39% in 2013. However, we expect 32” shipment will fall to 32% in 2014, due to shrinking supply and the movement to larger sizes. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:23 PM

Permalink

Is a 4K Tablet PC Possible?

The 4K LCD TV is a rising star in the TV market, and we also see 4K panels emerging in the monitor and notebook PC markets. Panel makers are also developing 4K smartphone panels. The only remaining question is whether 4K will show up on tablet PCs. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:09 AM

Permalink

Strong TV Panel Demand from Chinese TV Makers Expected to Slow in May

After reaching a record high of 6.8M in December, our research indicates that shipments of LCD TV panels to Chinese TV makers fell to 5.0M in January, declining 26% M/M, about five points worse than we had forecast. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:38 AM

Permalink

Smart TV Still the Wild West?

The first Smart TVs shipped more than 3 years ago, and have been an area of intense focus by many of the TV industry leaders, highlighting CES booths alongside other developments such as 3D and 4K. But with all the time that has passed, there has not been a significant amount of consolidation around successful platforms, such as has happened in the mobile segments. Why not? […]

displaysearchblog.com
Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:13 PM

Permalink

TV Panel Shipments Hit Record in 2013, But is it Too High?

While the LCD TV market is experiencing slow demand and falling prices, TV panel shipments are not slowing down. In our latest Quarterly Large-Area TFT Panel Shipment Report, we found that LCD TV panel shipment in 2013 reached 238M units, 3% Y/Y growth, and a record high. In addition at 120M, the 2H TV panel shipments were larger than the 117M units in 1H’13. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 11:50 AM

Permalink

4K: It’s the Content, Stupid!

One of the biggest challenges in forecasting the uptake of 4K TV is to understand content consumption. How complete is the content creation chain? When will consumers find readily-available 4K (UHD) content? […]

displaysearchblog.com
Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:46 PM

Permalink

LGE Discounting OLED TV Before Rolling Out New Products?

At CES last week, LGE took a leadership position in rolling out OLED TV. The company announced five 2014 OLED TV models, expanding into new sizes and variants. Its rival Samsung barely mentioned OLED TV, instead focusing on curved and 4K LCD TVs. In Las Vegas, and indeed in the global TV market, LGE has the OLED TV field largely to itself. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:28 PM

Permalink

The Backlight Behind Samsung’s Bendable LCD TV

As we reported, Samsung Electronics introduced a bendable LCD TV at CES last week. Other curved LCD TVs were introduced last year, but it was thought that bendable displays could only be achieved using AMOLEDs. Therefore, Samsung’s bendable LCD TV was more of a surprise than the AMOLED bendable TVs exhibited at CES 2014. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 11:27 AM

Permalink

OLED and Plasma Commitments at CES for LGE, Samsung Focuses on UHD and Curved

Along with my colleagues, I attended the LGE US press conference this morning to kick off our coverage of CES 2014. LGE has held the opening press conference at CES on Press Day for a number of years now, and the press corps was in full attendance. Other key unveilings were made by Samsung and Vizio. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:19 AM

Permalink

TV Panel Shipments Remain Strong – For Now

Currently, there are mixed signals on LCD TV panel supply/demand. Panel makers expect that inventory corrections have come to an end (panel price reductions were modest in December), continue to ship at high levels in Q4’13, and are forecasting firm panel shipments for Q1’14, despite the usual seasonal decline. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 11:07 AM

Permalink

Black Friday TV After-Effects Continue

Black Friday has come and gone, and the spectacular deals led to strong growth in units and even retail dollars, according to sell-through data from the NPD Group: unit sales of TVs grew nearly 16 percent, with 32” TVs growing 40 percent as their ASPs declined nearly 30 percent. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:04 PM

Permalink

Pavlovian Shoppers and The Demise of TV Retailing

If you are a client, colleague or collaborator of mine you’ve probably heard me preaching about how TV retailing needs to change. For years, primarily since the flat panel TV transition kicked off near the early part of the last decade, TV’s have been a go-to door buster for retailers seeking to entice early holiday shoppers. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 9:02 AM

Permalink

Boom or Bust Black Thursday? Both.

The title of this blog might seem strange, if you weren’t keyed in to the fact that retailers have been opening their doors to “Black Friday” shoppers earlier each year. Most of the major in-store deals started this year at 6 PM on Thanksgiving, and so I began my annual pilgrimage a little earlier this year. […]

displaysearchblog.com
Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 3:02 PM

Permalink