7 posts and columns on DisplaySearch

First GDP, Now Panels: China Outstrips Japan Again

in Enterprise on June 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Over the last decade, an era marked by China’s rise, the abiding decline of Japan’s competitiveness has sent the two countries’ economies headed in opposing directions toward an inflection point.

Tablet Cannibalization on the Rise in 2011

in News on February 8, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

Nearly 56 million tablets will be shipped in 2011–200 percent more than were shipped in 2010. That’s the latest forecast from NPD’s DisplaySearch, which expects that number to hit 172.4 million by 2014.

Asian Consumers Boost Gadget Sales

in News on July 9, 2010 at 8:03 am PT

Move aside American consumer. Asian consumers, particularly Chinese, are the ones buying up consumer electronics these days. Tech companies are enjoying stronger-than-expected demand for things like laptop computers, smartphones and LCD TVs thanks in part to Asian consumers.

Outlook for Electronic Books in China Appears Bright–Once Big Hurdles are Cleared

in News on January 5, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

As makers of electronic-book readers jockey for position in the U.S., Japan and Europe, a similar but more challenging effort is unfolding in China. World-wide, about four million electronic-book reading devices were sold last year. The number is expected to jump to 12 million in 2010 and 18 million in 2012, predicts the U.S.-based market intelligence firm iSuppli Corp.

LCD Makers' Increased Capacity May Stifle Recovery

in News on October 6, 2009 at 10:47 am PT

The rush by Asian liquid-crystal-display makers to ramp up production at home and to invest in new plants threatens to curtail the nascent recovery in the flat-panel market. LCD makers in Asia have just started to see their earnings recover in the second quarter after prices began to rise thanks to production cuts made last year, component shortages and strong demand from China.

One in Five Notebooks Is a Netbook

in News on August 31, 2009 at 2:36 pm PT

Reporting second-quarter results earlier this year, Microsoft cited “a continued shift to lower-priced netbooks” as one factor degrading its financial performance. The netbook’s ascension meant, and continues to mean, that Windows client-licensing revenue is down. So the company will surely be aghast to learn that netbook sales are growing twice as quickly as those of full-sized laptops.
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Here’s an Idea to Boost Notebook Sales: Call Them Netbooks…

in News on July 13, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

Consumers may have trouble distinguishing netbooks from notebooks, but that’s clearly not preventing people from buying them. DisplaySearch, an NPD Group subsidiary, estimates that netbooks will claim a 20 percent share of the world-wide market in 2009.
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