Analysts Continue To Revise Down Outlook For 2020 Television Market
The alarming escalation in the infection rate of the COVID-19 virus pandemic caused television market research firm Omdia (a.k.a. IHS Markit) to recently revise downward its forecasts for global television unit shipments during full-year 2020, but things could still get worse before they get better….
COVID-19 Poses Conundrum For Shut-Ins In Need Of A New TV
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reverberate across the consumer electronics industry and into consumer homes as leading market research trackers continue to reduce their TV set sales predictions for 2020. Like the stock market, the uncertain nature of the television industry can…
2020 TV Rollouts Underway Despite COVID-19 Interruptions
You may be hiding at home, but television vendors and analysts carefully monitoring the COVID-19 Coronavirus situation around the world said that so far plans for the transition to 2020 model lines remain more or less on target. Since the virus breakout, some in the…
Has Black Friday Shifted To An E-tail Holiday For Tech?
According to early anecdotal accounts, the 2019 Black Friday promotional weekend, which ended with Cyber Monday, generated a good amount of foot traffic at brick-&-mortar electronics and discount chains across the country, but the over-arching trend found much of the frenetic in person shopping activity…
Inkjet OLED Panels Move To Mass Production
Televisions based on Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology, like those premium models sold by LG Electronics and Sony, might be getting more affordable in the very near future. According to a study released by display market research firm IHS Markit, entitled Inkjet Printing for…
Samsung Begins Selling `The Wall Luxury’ For The Home
Ready for a giant 4K MicroLED television or custom-shaped MicroLED display and can’t wait for the technology to get here? Good news, if you have the big bucks laying around Samsung is already selling them through a custom home theater installer near you. As we…
IHS: TCL Holds No. 1 TV Market Share For North American Unit Shipments
UPDATED! Chinese brand TCL surged to the top of the North American TV market to over take now second-ranked Samsung in unit shipment volume for the first time ever during the first quarter of 2019, according to research from IHS Markit. The research firm said…
IHS: Voice-Control Popularity Growing For TV, Video
The number of people who use voice control features on their smart TVs and set-top media streamers continues to grow around the world, although the usage percentage remains below 25% of all households, according to a new consumer survey released by IHS Markit this week….
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