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For those of you who must stay fully informed about the European state of displays (and HDTV in particular) you had best put the DisplayForum 2007 European Display Market Conference being held November 14 and 15 in Prague on your calendar. Below is a bit more about it.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS September 27, 2007-DisplaySearch announced today the agenda for the upcoming 2007 DisplayForum European Display Market Conference they are hosting in association with Meko Limited, the European Display Market research specialist and consultancy.

The conference with the subject 'Developed, Made and Sold in Europe: Europe's Place in the Display World' will gather all of the key players from around the world to...

AUSTIN, TEXAS, Sept 26, 2007-According to DisplaySearch Q2'07 video processor, MPEG video processor and de-interlacer/scalar unit shipment growth was 12% Q/Q and 51% on a Y/Y basis. Overall revenues, however, declined 3% Q/Q due to ASP margin declines in the quarter that were faster than unit shipment growth but showed a 8% Y/Y increase. A large percentage (65%) of all IC units shipped were...

By the end of 2007 more than 5000 North American movie screens will be capable of showing digitally distributed motion pictures, some of which are produced in 3D. The distribution medium, however, remains mechanical, i.e. the actual digital data are stored as encrypted files on hard discs. Downloading of the files via satellite has been successfully demonstrated internationally, and undoubtedly will replace the ferrying of hard drives soon.

The key to this high quality, economical motion picture distribution system is...

AUSTIN, TEXAS, July 31, 2007-DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display market research and consulting, reported in its latest Quarterly PDP Module and TV Shipment and Forecast ReportandWeekly TV Flash Report that plasma and LCD TV panel sales were headed in opposite directions in Q2'07.

LCD TV panel shipments enjoyed a record quarter in Q2'07, rising 32% Q/Q and 65% Y/Y to 19.6M panels. The Q2'07 results exceeded suppliers' expectations and DisplaySearch's forecast by over 700K panels or 4%. Revenues grew 28% Q/Q and 39% Y/Y to a record $7.2B. ASPs were only down 2% Q/Q and 16% Y/Y to $369. For the first time, twice as many 40"+ LCD TV panels were shipped as 40"+ plasma panels, as shown in Figure 1. The LCD TV share of the 40"+ flat panel market rose from 42% in Q2'06 to 68% in Q2'07. This can be attributed to...

For those following such things Pacific Media in Menlo Park, California reports that the month-to-month (April and May 2007) increase in flat panel sales was only 1% in volume but 4% in total income. Why the disparity between volume and revenue? Consumers are stepping up to buy the more expensive 1080p models. Given that 1080p now accounts for a third of all flat display volume demand for distributed signals in 1080p cannot be far behind. Charlie Rhodes, a legendary engineer who ran the technical arm of the Advanced Television Testing Laboratories, said some 20 years ago that the old analog standard would not be replaced by a single new high-def standard. Time has proved him to be unerringly right as there are now a plethora of standards ranging from being lower than NTSC to the highest attainable. In "Charlie's future world" each customer will pay for the level of signal and programming quality they can afford. With 1080p being purchased with one thing only in mind -- image quality -i ...