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Forget 4K! Japanese Engineers Create New Global Standard – UHDTV

August 22, 2012 by Ted 11 Comments

Image of large UHDTV ScreenAs the industry is on the verge of rolling out the latest HDTV upgrade – 4K resolution – news comes out of Japan that a coalition of Japanese broadcasters and television equipment manufacturers have collaborated to create the next great standard they call Ultra High Definition Television or UHDTV. Another incremental improvement? Oh no…UHDTV leapfrogs 4K…

Have you heard about UHDTV? You’re going to want to know about this… [Read more…] about Forget 4K! Japanese Engineers Create New Global Standard – UHDTV

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: China, HDTV, Ikegami, International Telecommunication Union, ITU, Japan, Japan Broadcast Corp., JVC, NEC, NHK, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratory, Nikkei, Panasonic, Sharp, South Korea, U.S., UHDTV, United Kingdom, United Nations

J.D. Power & Assocs. Survey Proves What We’ve Said All Along: 3D is Dead as a Sales Motivator

August 22, 2012 by Ted 3 Comments

J.D. Power and Associates LogoI know not everyone who reads this post agrees with us, and we’ve taken a fair share of criticism for our viewpoint, but we’ve been consistently skeptical of the power of 3D to drive HDTV sales. And now, after the industry spent millions (billions?) of dollars in promotion and advertising , as well as several years of intense sales effort, and probably billions of dollars in research & development – a new survey of HDTV-purchasing consumers from reputable researcher J.D. Power and Associates shows that 3D was ranked a distant last as the reason they purchased their set.

The survey held some other surprises as well… [Read more…] about J.D. Power & Assocs. Survey Proves What We’ve Said All Along: 3D is Dead as a Sales Motivator

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Research, Strategy Tagged With: 3D HDTV, J. D. Power and Associates, LCD, LED, LG Electronics, Panasonic, plasma, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Vizio

After Surprising Analysts with Initial Downgraded 2012 TV Sales Forecast, Sony & Sharp Stun Again with Deeper Cuts

August 14, 2012 by Ted 2 Comments

Sony_2012CES_6The Nikkei Reported today that both Sony Corp. and Sharp Corp. have further reduced their original  forecast for fiscal year 2012 flat-panel HDTV sales in the wake of a worldwide slowdown in demand. The move surprised analysts, as both companies had forecast weaker demand as part of their initial 2012 forecast. But, as we’ve been reporting for months, sales of flat-panel TVs in Japan’s domestic market have fallen off a cliff as previous government rebate programs meant to encourage consumers to switch to a new digital TV system, as well as to more energy-efficient TVs and appliances, came to an end. Now, manufacturers are experiencing slack demand around the world, including a slowdown in the market they had been counting on to provide substantial growth – China. [Read more…] about After Surprising Analysts with Initial Downgraded 2012 TV Sales Forecast, Sony & Sharp Stun Again with Deeper Cuts

Filed Under: Asian Connection, Economic Trends, Industry Trends, Management, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: China, flat-panel TVs, LG, Samsung, Sharp, Sony

Latest Brand Preference Survey Spells Trouble for Key Tech Brands

June 6, 2012 by Ted Leave a Comment

Logo for Strategy AnalyticsIn a new study by market researcher Strategy Analytics, more than six thousand consumers were surveyed about which technology brands they preferred – and the results highlight what is likely a radical market repositioning for certain tech brands that have lost market share in a challenging industry environment.

See if these results surprise you as much as some of them did me… [Read more…] about Latest Brand Preference Survey Spells Trouble for Key Tech Brands

Filed Under: Brands, Consumer Trends, Manufacturers, Marketing, News, Pivot Point, Research, Strategy Tagged With: Apple, Lenovo, Motorola, Panasonic, RIM/Blackberry, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba

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