Star Wars and Thor Bring Home the Blu-ray Bacon
IHS Screen Digest announced that strong demand for Thor and the Star Wars saga prompted a 156% surge in U.S. sales of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format in the release week ending September 18, 2011.
IHS Screen Digest announced that strong demand for Thor and the Star Wars saga prompted a 156% surge in U.S. sales of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) format in the release week ending September 18, 2011.
IHS iSuppli announced it reckons that worldwide flat-panel TV shipments dipped 1.3% in the second quarter of 2011.
IHS iSuppli announced that Optical Disc Drive (ODD) shipments rose to 78.3 million units in the second quarter of 2011, up roughly 4.4% over the previous quarter.
IHS iSuppli announced it speculates that Google’s recent purchase of Motorola Mobility may breath life into the company’s struggling Google TV offering.
IHS iSuppli announced it forecasts that more than two-thirds of large-sized (10″+) liquid crystal display (LCD) panels shipped worldwide in 2011 will incorporate light-emitting diode (LED) backlights, up from less than one half in 2010.
Screen Digest (iSuppli) announced that the network-delivered rental and sale of videos represented only a small portion of the U.S. home video entertainment market in 2010.
iSuppli announced that one out of every five Liquid Crystal Display televisions (LCD TV) sold in the United States during the third quarter of 2010 used Light Emitting Diode (LED) backlighting.
iSuppli announced that it expects manufacturers of hard disk drives (HDD) to receive a late-year boost during the Christmas holidays as shipments rally in the fourth quarter.
iSuppli announced that, after decades of discussion, the convergence of consumer, computer and communications is finally becoming a reality with the arrival of the iPad and other media tablets.
iSuppli announced that, in 2010, it expects shipments of LCD TVs in the United States to decrease on an annual basis for the first time in history.
iSuppli announced that worldwide Blu-ray Disc (BD) player shipments will reach 16.4 million units this year, up 82.2% from 9.1 million units in 2009.