LCD Video Wall Market Demand Up Despite Perceived Migration To Direct View LED: Research March 31, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a case of perception not being reality, with research data suggesting the LCD video wall market is seeing very solid growth at the moment, even though it might seem like the large format display business has shifted heavily from flat panels to direct view LED. However, it looks like a lot of the video …
Impairing Astronomers’ Work Cited As Argument Against Digital Billboards In Silicon Valley March 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes The bright lights of digital billboards have always generated some public opposition, particularly if a big roadside display’s visuals spill at night into the living and sleeping spaces of nearby residences. Now there’s a new argument against such displays – the light pollution problem they might create for astronomical studies. A pair of students in …
Commercial Flat Panel Display Volume up 20.1% Year-On-Year, Projection Flat: Futuresource March 22, 2022 by Dave Haynes Year-on-year volume global sales for commercial flat panel displays jumped 20.1% in 2021, according to new data from the UK research firm Futuresource Consulting, but commercial projector growth grew by just 0.2%. Given these numbers are tied to an exceptionally weird period of lockdowns, deferred projects and supply chain shortages, they may not be indicative …
Global Public Display Demand Almost Back To Pre-COVID Levels: Omdia March 14, 2022 by Dave Haynes Shipments of public displays – the terminology used in legit research circles for digital signage displays – have almost come back to pre-COVID levels, according to new numbers from the market research firm Omdia. Research analyst Tay Taehoon Kim on Omdia pushed out a brief on Linkedin that says global public display shipments grew 10.2% …
Demand For Super Fine Pitch LED Spiked In Q4 2021: Omdia March 4, 2022 by Dave Haynes Demand for super fine pitch large format LED displays spiked in the last quarter of 2021, according to the latest numbers research firm Omdia’s LED Video Displays Intelligence Service. Researcher Tay Taehoon Kim regularly pushes out a helpful teaser via Linkedin that rounds up some of the observed activity, and the one from overnight suggests …
Touchscreens, Other Surfaces Present Little Or No COVID-19 Transmission Risk: Research February 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes It’s been roughly two years since COVID-19 became a daily discussion and the industry started wondering what all this would mean to business and the use of interactive technologies that encouraged touch actions. In the early days of the novel-coronavirus pandemic, it was widely thought that the pathogen was spread by touching surfaces, prompting no …
Commercial Display Sales Almost Back To Pre-Pandemic Levels In US February 2, 2022 by Dave Haynes Commercial display and projector sales through U.S. distribution channels are coming back nicely after a big dip brought on by the pandemic, and despite supply chain issues. That’s the word from the Southern California research firm PMA Research (PMA) in the newest version of its all-displays sell-through tracking report – which looks at professional large-format flat …
OOH Giant JCDecaux Posts Records Growth: DOOH Up 74% Last Quarter January 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Invidis for posting on these numbers … The giant French out of home media firm JCDecaux is coming out of what we hope is the end of the pandemic with record revenue numbers, led my massive growth on the digital side of its global business. “Digital Out Of Home (DOOH) grew by …
B2B Flat Panel Market Sees Record Growth, Despite, Well, Everything: Futuresource December 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes Despite everything that has been going on, and continues to transpire, the B2B flat panel market has just finished what the research firm Futuresource Consulting says has been the largest quarter ever, with global sales of 1.74 million units. That was up 3.1% year on year for the quarter. Matthew Rubin, Senior Market Analyst at …
LED Video Display Market Still Seeing Healthy Growth, But Mainly In Chinese Domestic Market: Omdia December 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes LED display market analyst Tay Taehoon Kim of Omdia pushes out regular market updates via Linkedin, and his latest look suggests the LED video display market continues to grow at a healthy clip. Measured by the physical amount of display by square meter sold and shipped, Omdia suggests the market grew by 17.3% Quarter on …
