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Wednesday 2 December 2009
Vizio sees high sales of LCD TVs in US over Black Friday week
Vizio has announced a record sales of 280,000 HD LCD TVs for the week of Black Friday 2009, a 40% increase on year.
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Taiwan market: Chimei and BenQ to introduce LED-backlit LCD TVs in 2010
Taiwan-based LCD TV vendor Chimei has disclosed plans to launch LED-backlit LCD TVs in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2010, while fellow competitor BenQ reportedly will...
Thursday 26 November 2009
Amtran reportedly to invest in Everlight
Taiwan-based LCD TV maker Amtran Technology reportedly has picked LED packaging house Everlight Electronics for its planned LED investment, according to market sources.
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Epistar LED shipments to Samsung to double in 2010, says paper
Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Epistar has signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics for supply of LEDs for LCD TV backlighting in 2010, and the supply will more than double compared...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
TV, monitor backlighting to remain chief applications for LEDs in next 3 years, says Epistar chairman
LCD TV and monitor backlighting will remain as the main applications for LEDs for the next three years, but the market for LED general lighting will take off beginning in 2014, according...
Tuesday 24 November 2009
LG plans to ship 7.5 million LED TVs in 2010
LG Electronics aims to ship 7.5 million LED-backlit LCD TVs in 2010, up from 400,000 units in 2009, according to LG Taiwan.
Friday 20 November 2009
California TV power regulations could cut LCD TV energy use in half, says iSuppli
New TV power consumption limits imposed by California's Energy Commission (CEC) could cut aggregate annual power consumption of LCD TVs worldwide in half by the year 2013, if the...
Wednesday 18 November 2009
LED to dominate LCD backlights in 2011 with 56% market penetration, says DisplaySearch
LEDs will become the dominant large-size TFT-LCD backlight unit (BLU) light source by 2011 with a 56% share, and to 78% in 2015, according to DisplaySearch. Traditional backlights...
Tuesday 17 November 2009
US market: Samsung retakes leadership in LCD TV market in 3Q09, says iSuppli
Samsung Electronics in the third quarter of 2009 retook the top ranking in the US LCD TV market from chief competitor Vizio, according to iSuppli.
Friday 13 November 2009
Japan-based Nichia to be more aggressive in LED TV backlighting market, say sources
Thanks to increasing demand, Japan-based LED chipmaker Nichia is expected to be more aggressive in the LCD TV LED-backlit market in 2010 in addition to its previous focus on the notebook...
Thursday 12 November 2009
China market: TV vendors starting price war for LED TVs
Domestic and international vendors in China are cutting prices for LED-backlit LCD TVs to stimulate sales, with Hisense offering the deepest cuts, according to reports from China.
Wednesday 11 November 2009
LED backlighting, 16:9 ratio remain mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010
LED-backlighting and 16:9 aspect ratio will remain as the mainstream technologies for notebook panels in 2010 with some models featuring touchscreen and 3D functions, according to...
Tuesday 10 November 2009
BLU makers report mixed results for October
Backlight unit (BLU) and projector maker Coretronic saw its October consolidated revenues increase 5% sequentially and 28% on year to NT$8.36 billion (US$258.54 million).
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Amtran October revenues up
Taiwan-based TV maker Amtran Technology has posted October revenues of NT$5.4 billion (US$167.05 million), up 1.62% sequentially from NT$5.31 billion and up 35.54% on year from NT$3.98...
Tuesday 10 November 2009
LED companies post mixed October revenues
LED packaging house Ledtech Electronics and LED chipmaker Tekcore have both posted record revenues for October, while LED packaging house Unity Opto Technology saw a 4.77% sequential...