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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Rosemary Abowd (flat panel displays, rear projectors), 518-384-0948, rosemary@pacificmediaassociates.com
Michael Abramson (front projectors), 650-726-3904, michael@pacificmediaassociates.com
William L. Coggshall (flat panels, front projectors, rear projectors), 650-561-9020, info@pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — December 18, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has earned the reputation as the leader in front projector sell-through data, with more than 10 years' experience tracking the Pro AV channel. The company also tracks large flat panel products, for both the consumer and professional markets. The professional products include those intended for lodging and digital signage installations, as well as other business-to-business applications.
"Our transaction-based sell-through data reaches back to January 2002, giving us an unmatched perspective on the historical trends," according to Rosemary Abowd, PMA's Vice President of flat panel and rear projection TV research. "Our sample covers a broad range of channel participants, large and small, so we get a wide view of the marketplace. We have found that channel participants and manufacturers alike value our monthly delivery of both the data and the analysis."
The transaction-based sell-through data helps spot trends early. For example, the new 58" Wide XGA plasma professional model segment showed promising growth in the October data as unit sales grew six-fold and average street prices rose 12% compared with September 2007, for a 600% revenue increase. As a result, this one model segment was responsible for 6% of the October professional product revenue in the sample data. According to Abowd, "We observed more than a year ago that the Pro A/V channel was selling a significant amount of 58" WXGA consumer models, creating an opportunity for professional models in this segment."
"Combining PMA's comprehensive coverage of sales through the PC/IT and Pro AV distribution channels with our detailed sell-in census data from the manufacturers provides particularly strong insight into the FPD marketplace," continued Abowd. "All this data is entered into a single SQL Server database that allows us to triangulate the overall market using all three streams of data."
For example, professional flat panel shipments rose sharply in the 2007Q3, gaining 51% over 2007Q2 on a unit basis. "Lodging (in-room viewing) was the big winner," according to Abowd. "Shipments represented 54% of the total professional unit market share in the third quarter."
Another interesting aspect of the professional segment is that much of the product that passes through the PC/IT distributors and Pro AV resellers are actually consumer models. "More than twice as much consumer grade product is stocked and distributed by them than the professional grade models," Abowd remarked. "Professional product manufacturers are not just competing against other professional products, but also against the combined features and lower prices of the consumer products."
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — December 14, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for rear projection HDTVs in North America increased 27% in October over September's figures. Their October 2007 RPTV Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that this is the highest unit sales since May 2007, but still represents less than half the sales in January 2007.
"90% of unit market share and 95% of the revenues were for 1080p models in October," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with Pacific Media. "Texas Instruments continued to dominate as well; four out of five rear projection models sold in October had DLP imaging chips."
The 60" to 69" segment had the largest share of unit sales with 37%. "In spite of a significant price advantage, the 50" to 59" segment has been losing ground steadily to LCD and plasma flat panel models," according to Abowd. "The average street price for the rear projection models are about $1,500, which is $1,000 less than the 50" to 55" flat panel average street price, yet the flat panels outsell rear projection nearly three to one."
Mitsubishi led the pack in October gaining 9 unit share points for a total of 38%, and sales of larger models earned the company a 46% revenue share. The best selling model for October was the Samsung HLT6187S, with a 10% unit market share at an average street price of $1,960.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — December 13, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that in the hotly contested 50" to 54" HDTV market segment, 1080p LCD models outsold 1080p plasma models nearly three to one, even though the LCD models had average street prices 19% higher than the plasma models. LCDs continue to take market share away from plasma. As reported in their October Consumer 2007 Flat Panel Display Tracking Service, LCDs accounted for 80% of the total units sold in the flat panel TV market (models 26" or larger).
"1080p continues to gain importance in the flat panel market," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with Pacific Media. "Unit sales of 1080p LCD models grew 25% in October, and accounted for half of the total revenues for the month."
Consumer preference for HDTV sizes also shifted in October. "The 30" to 34" models gained 5 unit market share points for a total of 28%, making it slightly more popular than the 40" to 44" segment with its 26% unit market share," according to Abowd. "Surprisingly, the lower priced 26" to 29" segment lost 3.5 share points in October."
Compared with October 2006, the average street price was down 30%, and unit sales were slightly more than double.
Samsung was the unit market share leader with 19.6%, edging out second place Sony's 17.5%. In revenue market share, however, Sony was first with 24.3% over Samsung's 22.0% share. The 32" Toshiba 32HL67 took top honors among the crowded field of best sellers with 2.8% unit market share.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — November 8, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, announces their 2007 U.S. Large-Screen Displays End User Survey, to be conducted via the Web.
The latest in a series of biennial surveys, PMA has conducted similar surveys in the odd years starting in 2001, but this one is the most ambitious project yet, because it includes both consumer and organizational ("professional") users and intenders, and all three main product categories of front projectors (both Classic and New Era), rear projection, and flat panel TVs/monitors (as well as some questions on accessories, attachments, or other categories that relate closely to large-screen displays).
Survey topics include both tried-and-true basic questions about recent past and near future buying behavior and new ones focused on potentially important emerging trends. Some examples are:
PMA is the only source of such comprehensive end user data—and insights gleaned from it by the PMA team of experts—on large-screen displays. "We learn things from these surveys that simply can't be found by other means," says PMA president William Coggshall. "For example, we have been surprised to find out how low the penetration rate of front projectors is in meeting rooms, and how much longer large corporations are keeping their projectors than their replacement policy would indicate." Naturally, PMA's research team will use this data to strengthen their understanding of the market and to guide their forecasts. Subscribers to PMA's Flat Panel Displays Industry Service, Front Projector Industry Service, or Rear Projection Television Industry Service will receive a complete copy of these survey results.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — November 6, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has revised its worldwide forecasts for New Era front projector products. Unit shipments are expected to total less than 50,000 units this year, but that will grow rapidly to nearly 8 million units by 2011, with revenues topping $1.5 billion.
"New Era" front projector products include inexpensive projectors with less than 500 lumen light output, which is significantly less than the portable and fixed installation projectors that make up the traditional front projector market. Pacific Media divides these new projectors into two large groups. Gaming and Personal projectors are compact models that are used with gaming consoles and devices other than personal computers. Mini-Projectors include miniature projectors that can either be in a docking module or embedded in a portable device such as a cell phone.
"This portion of the projector industry is going to go from zero to 60 in record time," according to William Coggshall, President of Pacific Media Associates. "However, the potentially high return in the New Era categories is accompanied by a high risk of both technology evolution and market acceptance, and the current leaders in the "Classic" (500+ lumens) portion are currently sitting on the sidelines, while a bunch of upstarts are being drawn to these opportunities, bringing innovative technologies and designs to their products. These new, tiny projectors are generating a lot of excitement both inside and out of the industry."
New Era projector products are poised to appear in the market. Several companies are readying stand-alone or docking mini-projector models for mobile phones, while others are focused on embedding their entries in mobile or larger host devices. Among the most pointed developments foreseen by the PMA analysis are:
[Note: graph available as a separate file on request.]
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — November 5, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, forecasts that unit sales for professional flat panel televisions and business displays in North America will grow from about 599,000 units in 2007 to nearly 1.4 million units in 2011. Their Professional Flat Panel Display Americas Market Census & Forecast also shows that LCD models account for nearly two of every three units sold in 2007, but this will become more than four in five by 2011.
This report is based on data through the first half of 2007, and covers sales of professional flat panel products that are 30 inches diagonal or larger, throughout North and South America. These are models intended for business applications, such as digital signage and hospitality, as well as conference rooms and high-end video installations.
"Plasma currently has some price advantages, particularly in digital signage applications," points out Rosemary Abowd, Pacific Media Vice President. "In the coming years, however, LCD production will become more efficient and will provide higher resolution at lower total cost. We expect Wide XGA resolution to continue to dominate in the professional flat panel market, but we see second place shifting rapidly from the lower resolution XGA plasma panels to the higher resolution 1080p LCD models."
The forecasts also predict a shift to larger size models. For 2007, models with 50 inch diagonal screens or larger are expected to represent only 16% of the total on a unit basis. By 2011, this is projected to grow to 26%. The most popular size will remain the 40 to 45 inch segment, which is expected to hold about a 30% unit share.
In spite of the shift to larger panels, the total revenues are only predicted to grow by 56%, from about $944 million in 2007 to $1.47 billion in 2011. Total revenues will grow more slowly than unit sales, because the average unit price is expected to drop 31% from $1,575 in 2007 to $1,083 in 2011.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — September 20, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has announced the Buckaroo winners for best-of-show products exhibited at CEDIA 2007. The Buckaroo award is named for the pioneering cowboys of the Great Basin country of the American West, which includes portions of California, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon. These cowboys were known for fancy gear that displayed lots of silver ornamentation.
The Buckaroo Awards recognize those products in the display industry that lead the herd in terms of technology and presentation. The inaugural winners are two products in each of four larger categories: flat panel displays, front projectors, rear projection displays, and display mounts.
Flat Panel HDTVs
Toshiba wins a Buckaroo for their new REGZA line of LCD HDTVs that have bezels less than one-inch wide. This allows a 40" model to fit in the same physical space as a typical 37" LCD or plasma set.
Sharp gets a Buckaroo for demonstrating 52" next-generation LCD HDTV prototypes that are less than 1" thick and weigh about 55 pounds. Not only are the physical dimensions smaller than traditional designs, but the sets are expected to use about one-half the power of a typical LCD of the same size, and one-quarter the power of a plasma set.
Front Projectors
The Action! M80 from projectiondesign is a high-end three-chip DLP with gorgeous 1080p native resolution. Rated at up to 8,000 lumens, this light cannon is available with a choice of five optional lenses. This is a Robb Report-worthy product — not to mention Buckaroo-worthy — from one of the best projector design teams in the business.
Runco earns a Buckaroo for their new Reflection line of projectors, including the RS-440. This 720p model is a new platform that offers optional CineWide 2.35:1 support. It also breaks new ground in terms of lower pricing for Runco products; the projector is slated to ship in December with an MSRP of $4,995.
Rear Projection HDTVs
Mitsubishi showed the new 833 Diamond Series of 1080p DLP projection HDTVs which deserve a Buckaroo. In addition to x.v.Color support and thinner cabinets, these models are also 3D ready. This means that they have built-in support for three-dimensional graphics to create an immersive experience, whether you're watching a 3D-enabled movie, sporting event, or video game.
The new Olevia 665H rear projection HDTV from Syntax-Brillian combines the Brillian 1080p LCoS imaging technology with Olevia's video processing, to create an affordable 65" display that will list for $1,999 when it ships in the fourth quarter of 2007. The combination of quality and value earn a Buckaroo.
Mounts
OmniMount worked with Samsung to create the Motion52 cantilever mount, with motorized tilt, pan, and swivel control. The mount will list for $799.95 when it ships in October, and wins a Buckaroo right now.
The next generation of In-Wall Swing Arm Mounts from Chief Manufacturing can handle flat panel HDTVs from 26" to 63". Designed to be installed within a wall rather than on its surface, the mounts are less than 8" wide and no studs have to be cut to install them. It gets a Buckaroo for convenience and performance.
Congratulations to the winners of the first Buckaroo awards.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — September 4, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has released their latest quarterly manufacturer census and survey results, showing that 30"+ flat panel displays (monitors and TVs) designated for professional (B2B) use grew 58% over their second quarter 2006 levels. PMA's findings show higher than expected growth of LCD technology products and an actual year-over-year decline in plasma technology models.
"But the breakdowns by vertical markets and applications are even more interesting", says Rosemary Abowd, PMA's Vice President of FPD and RPTV Research. "Thanks to PMA's unique combination of quarterly manufacturer-provided breakdowns, annual dealer surveys of current and expected trends, and monthly data from PMA's one-of-a-kind professional reseller sample, PMA is able to home in accurately on all the key combinations of these two breakdowns. With the intense competition in the professional market, this is compelling data for manufacturers to gauge their past performance and choose strategies and tactics for the future."
During the second quarter of 2007, the top two applications were in-room viewing and digital signage. In-room viewing accounted for 44% of the total professional 30"+ market, with the large majority of units being sub-40" LCD models. Digital signage accounted for 21% of the total, with a slightly stronger showing by plasma technology and larger sizes but with LCD technology closing in quickly.
The vertical markets covered by PMA include:
The applications covered by PMA include:
PMA has been publishing separate census and forecast reports for lodging and non-lodging for the last three quarters, and will be offering a special, extra-cost optional supplement to their quarterly census reports starting with the third quarter of 2007.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — July 30, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has just released their forecasts for a new breed of front projectors. Although these models will offer only 500 lumens of brightness or less, Pacific Media estimates that they will experience explosive growth from only 18 thousand units in 2006 to more than 6.5 million in 2011.
Pacific Media's New Era market includes the following types:
The three mini-projector categories together will account for 4.4 million of the 2011 total. According to Pacific Media president, William Coggshall, "Because the success of these products depends on both the continued evolution of technologies to produce designs that achieve goals of smallness, brightness, low power, and low cost and the readiness of consumers to embrace this potentially ‘cool' product concept, our forecast is highly speculative. But we could also be off by an order of magnitude or two on the low side, as witness the number of mobile phones with embedded cameras. And something is definitely going on, as witness the number of components companies and new projector designs making the rounds."
"To create these new mini-projector forecasts, we had to add a bunch of new possibilities to our lists of technology and features, including MOEMS (micro-optical-electro-mechanical-systems) imagers, and further refine our range of sizes to include ‘Femtoportable', by which we have dubbed models weighing less than 0.2 kg (0.44 lb.)," adds Coggshall.
At the other end of the spectrum are three categories of products that are purposely recycling older technologies to achieve bill-of-material costs lower than current models, aiming the products at groups of potential buyers–including children–who have never before owned or used projectors. Lower-resolution imager chips and older/dimmer lamp technologies top the list of the changes in these categories. "Here, we just had to revive some dormant combinations of technology and features," says Coggshall.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — July 26, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for rear projection televisions in North America fell again in May, with unit sales down 12% against April sales. Their May 2007 RPTV Sell-Through Tracking Service report also shows unit sales are up 6% compared with May 2006, but revenues are down 21% between the two periods.
"As expected, the bulk of the sales were for the larger sizes," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with Pacific Media. "On a unit basis, 75% of the models sold were 55" or larger. Consumers continue to prefer flat panel HDTVs, and falling prices for LCD and plasma models have erased rear projection's price advantage in the smaller sizes."
The most popular segment in terms of unit market share was the 60" to 69" DLP 1080p group of products, accounting for one in five units sold in May. Aggressive pricing on close-out models from Toshiba helped increase sales.
Sony took top honors for the month, with a unit market share approaching 30%, and a 34% revenue market share. Strong sales of the XBR2 and A2020 Series SXRD models helped them gain the top spot. Samsung was second and Mitsubishi third, in both unit and revenue shares. The best-selling model was the Toshiba 65HM167, which had an average street price of $1,624.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — July 18, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for consumer flat panel televisions in North America increased just 1% over April 2007 sales. Their Consumer Flat Panel Display Sell-Through Tracking Service report also shows that revenues were up nearly 4%, even though prices for individual models were generally down for the month.
"Revenues increased for the month because there was a distinct shift in what consumers bought in May," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President of Pacific Media Associates. "The price of 45" to 49" 1080p LCD models fell 5% in May, which helped boost the segment to third place behind the 30" to 34" WXGA LCD and 50" to 54" WXGA plasma segments. Across all sizes, one out of every three flat panel televisions sold in May was a 1080p model. Since these models cost more than lower resolution models, revenues grew faster than unit sales in May."
Sony reaped the benefits of the demand for 1080p LCD HDTVs, capturing 22% of the unit market share and 28.1% of the revenue market share, claiming first place in both categories. Samsung was second in unit market share with 16.7% Pioneer took second place in revenue market share with 23.1%, largely on the continued strength of their Elite PRO-1140HD which was the top-selling model again in May. The average street price for this model fell 7% in May, reaching $2,800 which is 40% lower than it was two months ago.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — July 16, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has given awards to the top six front projection companies, based on the 11th Annual Dealer Survey. This is the authoritative source of independent, unbiased ratings of large-screen displays manufacturers by dealers throughout North America.
The six award recipients were:
| Gold Award: | Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America Inc. |
| Silver Award: | Epson America, Inc. |
| Bronze Award: | Optoma |
| Honorable Mention: | Hitachi America, Ltd. NEC Display Solutions Eiki International, Inc. |
Dealers were asked to provide ratings based on a broad range of factors covering products, marketing support, and after-sale support. Individual items included the quality of Web-based marketing support, on-time delivery, and end-user support. In all, 25 different attributes were tallied to come up with a composite rating, and the companies with top six scores received awards.
"It takes more than a good product to develop a great relationship with the retailers," pointed out William Coggshall, president of Pacific Media. "Dealers place great value on relationships and resources. For example, dealers report that the most important support a company can give is to provide capable dealer representatives, whether it's before or after the sale."
Coggshall continued, "We're proud that our annual survey is able to give the front projector companies clear and actionable feedback directly from the retailers. And we're honored to have this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance by these six companies in this year's survey."
NOTE: This information may not be used for advertising or other promotional use without the express prior written consent of Pacific Media Associates.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — July 12, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, will add the demand-side dimension of TV sets to the broad range of topics covering the supply-side of flat panels during Displaybank's Annual US FPD Conference, to be held in San Jose, CA on July 19 and 20.
"Rapid price declines–particularly from third-tier brands–continue to spur high growth in the American flat panel TV", says PMA's president, Dr. William Coggshall, who will speak on the topic of "North America FPD TV Market Trends". "But to optimize sales and profits, for both sets manufacturers and panel manufacturers, it is important to know more than just overall totals and averages. Manufacturers must have good figures on shipments and prices by individual models, and by segments defined as combinations of technology (LCD vs. PDP), screen size, and resolution."
Continues Dr. Coggshall, "PMA's sell-through Tracking Services, which measure true, volume-weighted street prices, have shown over the last several years that when LCDs reach price parity with PDPs in a size range, the share of LCDs accelerates substantially. Thus as each new generation LCD plant comes on line, reducing the cost of larger panels, LCD-technology TVs become more price competitive and force plasma sets to retreat to the larger sizes where LCDs are still too costly."
Most analysis of the market focuses only on screen size, but resolution also plays a strong role. The introduction of Full HD (1080p) resolution for LCD panels as small as 37 inches, with its "future-proof" promise, initially triggered a rapid shift to this resolution. But as newer buyers are typically more price sensitive, the price premium for Full HD now appears to be discouraging them. So the fabs have to take account of the combination of screen size and resolution in planning their panel production.
About the Conference
Displaybank, a global market research & consulting firm, presents their 2nd US Display Conference. The conference will cover FPD market perspectives, consumer electronics market trends, mobile display technology trends, AMOLEDs Commercialization and technology development trends, flexible display trends and future direction. In addition, the conference will feature a special session on investment opportunities in Gyeonggi Province of Korea. Participants will have the opportunity to analyze market issues and forecasts for global display markets by leaders in the displays and related markets. The conference will provide attendees opportunities to analyze market issues, to explore the potential value creation opportunities, and to identify key success factors in display industry. Additional information on the conference is available on the Web at http://www.displaybank.com/eng2004/conference/.
About Displaybank
Displaybank, a global leader in electronic display market research, is headquartered in Seoul, Korea with regional offices in Japan, Taiwan, China and North America. Displaybank's twenty-three experienced market researchers and industry analysts maintain an extensive network of contacts at display manufacturers, industry suppliers and supply chain companies to create an extensive array of market research reports, display industry analysis, consulting, and convention and media coverage. Information on the company's services and contact information are available on the Web at www.displaybank.com.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — June 28, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, announces that they are introducing a new market information service focused on mounts used for flat panel displays and front projectors.
The dramatic shift from heavy, thick CRT-technology TV sets to lighter, thinner flat panel sets in recent years has fueled an equally dramatic shift from furniture and stands to mounting solutions that take advantage of the thinness of the new sets. And the strong growth of front projectors in the K-12 education market has resulted in a commensurate growth in the need for ceiling mounts that both reduce theft and keep the projectors from youthful fingers. So the mounts business has recently come of age.
But mounts manufacturers are mostly working in the dark from an information standpoint. Unlike the displays manufacturers (with whom they have a symbiotic relationship), to whom for many years PMA has been supplying complete and detailed historical/forecasted figures plus insight and understanding, the mounts manufacturers have had little idea about the potential or actual sales of mounts. But now PMA will be taking the same time-tested approaches of manufacturer sell-in censuses and distribution channel sell-through tracking they have conducted for years for displays, and applying them to the mounts category.
Specifically, PMA will be collecting by-model shipments and inventory data from manufacturers and distributors, and using their comprehensive SQL Server database of products and shipments data to enter data, analyze it by mounts type, display size/weight, and other parameters, and publish it in pivot table and chart form. They will also relate these sales to those of the displays being mounted.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — June 7, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for consumer flat panel HDTVs in North America declined 21% in April 2007, compared with March's figures, which is in keeping with seasonal declines in previous years. However, their Consumer Flat Panel Display Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows a strong rise in the unit sales of 40- to 44-inch LCD HDTVs with 720p resolution.
"The 50- to 54-inch 720p was the most popular segment with a 19.5% unit share," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President of Pacific Media. "The 40- to 44-inch 720p LCD segment jumped from 6.4% unit share in March to 12.5% in April. High volume sales of third-tier branded models through online retail channels boosted the segment share, and helped drive down the segment's average street price by nearly 10%."
In fact, when the unit shares for all resolutions are combined (720p and 1080p), the 40- to 44-inch LCD segment finished in a dead heat with the 50- to 54-inch PDP segment, as each earned a 20.4% unit share.
Sony took top brand honors for April on a unit share basis, with 18.8% that narrowly edged out Pioneer's 18.6% share. Pioneer was first in revenues, however, with a 28.1% share compared with second-place Sony's 24.8% share. Pioneer's PRO-1140HD was the best-selling unit in April with a 10.8% unit share and a 15.7% revenue share. Sony placed five models among the top ten best sellers for April.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — June 6, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit shipments of flat panel televisions and business displays 30-inches and larger in the United States jumped 36% for the first quarter of 2007, compared with the fourth quarter of 2006. Their Professional Flat Panel Display Americas Market Census also shows that in the Americas, LCD has taken a commanding lead over plasma, with a 60% unit share.
"Recently, we have seen noticeable 'leakage' of consumer products into professional applications, so it is good to see this healthy growth in the professional product segment," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with Pacific Media. "Most of the growth in the professional product sales has been in the 30- to 34-inch size segment, both in the United States and elsewhere in the Americas. A large portion of this results from the sale of LCD products into hospitality applications, especially for in-room entertainment."
The unit sales for professional products in the Americas rose 51% over the first quarter of 2006, but while plasma sales have declined 11% year on year, LCD sales grew 178%. Taking the U.S. sales alone, LCD unit sales were up 190% year on year.
In the first quarter of 2007, LG Electronics remained the leader in professional large flat panel displays, with a 37.5% unit share in the Americas, up 3.5 unit share points from the fourth quarter of 2006. Panasonic was in second place for the quarter with a 15.4% unit share, down 2.9 unit share points from the previous quarter.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — May 17, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, announces that they are introducing a new market information service focused on an emerging class of front projectors that are different in both their technology and their target buyers.
During the past two years, the front projector market has seen numerous developments of components that are quantitatively and/or qualitatively different from the classic ("Old Era") models. Enabled by advances in lasers, LEDs, imager chips, and other technological changes, these "New Era" models are typically considerably smaller, dimmer, lower-powered, and less expensive than most Old Era models. Pacific Media has been tracking their evolution since the beginning, and now is prepared to provide thorough reporting on this emerging market segment.
As with any early-stage development, this segment is marked by considerable confusion and a broad range of technological combinations. For example, most of the smallest models that incorporate LEDs or lasers are battery-powered, but at least one (relatively bright) model requires wall power. The only characteristic that all seem to have in common currently is that they all offer less than 500 lumens of brightness.
Pacific Media's new information service aims to identify, classify, and quantify the markets for products such as the following types:
The New Era Front Projector Industry Service's deliverables will be a subset of Pacific Media's current Front Projector Industry Service, which sets the industry standard for comprehensive coverage of the front projector markets.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — May 16, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that flat panel televisions for the hospitality market in the Americas accounted for 29% of unit sales of all professional displays 30" or larger in 2006. This proportion is forecast to swell to 40% in 2007.
"The hospitality segment is gaining importance in the professional flat panel market," according to Rosemary Abowd, Pacific Media Associates Vice President. "For the moment, a plasma or LCD HDTV is still a competitive advantage for the premier properties, but guests will soon come to expect it as a standard amenity, much like broadband Internet access."
Unit sales of in-room hospitality HDTVs increased 17% from 2005 to 2006, and are forecast to grow another 23% this year. The forecast for 2008 calls for nearly a one-third increase over this year's sales.
These figures only includes models 30" or larger, equipped for in-room entertainment. In its coverage of the professional flat panel market, Pacific Media includes other hospitality applications such as digital signage or public video displays, which are increasingly popular in hotels and sports arenas.
"Hotel and motel properties in the lower tiers are using smaller screen sizes in their rooms," according to Abowd. "These installations are more price sensitive, and often use standard consumer models without any of the extra in-room hospitality features such as pay-per-view. These applications will also result in significantly more sales in the coming years."
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About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — April 30, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, today announced that Jim Reisteter has joined PMA's global team of industry experts as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for PMA client relationships and client acquisition as well as the expansion of PMA marketing programs to the industry.
Jim Reisteter joined PMA from Interlink Electronics, the leader in the design, development, and manufacture of innovative remote controllers for digital projectors, advanced flat panel TVs, and Windows-based multimedia control products. At Interlink, Mr. Reisteter was Vice President of Sales and Marketing, responsible for sales, marketing, product marketing, and product strategy for the Presentation and Home Entertainment groups. Long a client of PMA while at Interlink, Mr. Reisteter has exceptional understanding and insight into clients' requirements for market information. Prior to Interlink Electronics, Mr. Reisteter held multiple senior positions at Kodak. Most recently he was Vice President of Channel Sales and Marketing in the Kodak Professional unit. Mr. Reisteter has also held numerous senior-level sales and marketing management positions with Hayes, Delrina, Ashton-Tate, and Government Technology Services, Inc. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. degree in Marketing, and has taken graduate management courses at the University of Michigan.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — April 25, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for rear projection televisions in North America fell 39% in February after showing gains in January. Their RPTV Sell-Through Tracking Service shows that year-to-date sales are still 19% ahead of the first two months of 2006.
Models based on the DLP chip from Texas Instruments continue to dominate, with a 70% market share. Nearly three fourths of this share was for 1080p resolution models, compared with less than half of the models with 1080p in February 2006.
"Buyers are clearly moving to larger screen sizes for rear projection," according to Rosemary Abowd, Pacific Media Vice President. "Models 60" and larger gained three unit market share points to capture a total of 47% of the market. The average street price for this segment fell 3% in February."
The largest unit share segment was 60" to 69" DLP models with 1080p resolution; about one out of every four units sold in February – nearly 25% – was in this segment, while the average street price fell 5% for this group.
Samsung took a narrow lead over Sony in unit market share, but Sony led with 29.1% of the total revenues, which Samsung tied with Mitsubishi for second place with 28.8%. The best-selling model was the Toshiba 62HM196 with 9.7% market share and an average street price of $1,704.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — April 23, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for flat panel televisions and business displays in North America fell another 14% in February 2007. Their Consumer Flat Panel Display Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that this seasonal decline matches the trend set last year in January and February 2006.
The average street price for the month dropped another 3% overall to just over $2,000, which is down 29% for the year since February 2006.
"The best-selling segment was 30" to 34" LCD models," according to Rosemary Abowd, Pacific Media Vice President. "The average street price for this segment was steady from the prior month, however. The biggest price drop occurred in the 40" to 44" XGA resolution plasma segment, which lost more than 15% to reach $1,524. A major cause for this was the drop in price on the popular Panasonic TH-42PX600U, which lost nearly 20%."
The 37" WXGA LCD segment was also worthy of note. The unit market share jumped 4 share points to garner 10% overall, as the average street price fell below $1,000 for the first time in our survey.
In this sample, more than one in four units sold in February – 25.6% – was made by Sony, putting it in first place for the month. And more than one out of every three dollars spent on flat panel HDTVs – 34.3% – went for Sony products, placing the company first in revenues as well. Panasonic was in second place with 17.8% unit share and 18.4% revenue share. The best-selling consumer model was 50" Panasonic TH-50PX600U, with 5.4% unit share. The average street price for this model was unchanged from January at $2,383.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — April 5, 2007. Mitsubishi, Epson, and Optoma earned the first three spots as the top front projector brands in the 11th annual survey conducted by Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays. Dealers ranked Mitsubishi first or second in marketing support, products, and after-sale support. Pacific Media's Annual Dealer Survey is the authoritative source of independent, unbiased ratings of large-screen displays manufacturers by dealers throughout North America. Starting with 2007, Pacific Media will expand this survey to include the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) markets.
"The market for front projectors is more competitive than ever. Most dealers carry multiple product lines, so manufacturers have to do more than just make good products. They must provide compelling sales, marketing, and technical support programs if they are to capture a dealer's mindshare and market share," said Michael Abramson, who directs Pacific Media's research on front projectors and was project manager for the Dealer Survey. "Many of the aspects dealers considered most important in the past continued to be significant in 2006, and will probably remain important going forward. The top three manufacturers had strong scores in many individual aspects, especially those considered most important by dealers. Mitsubishi has been the highest-rated brand, or one of them, for the past several years," adds Abramson.
The survey ranks 25 aspects of marketing support, products, and after-sale support according to their importance to dealers. Dealers then rated their key suppliers on each of these aspects. Ratings were based on a scale of 1 (very poor) to 5 (very good). Manufacturers with high scores on the more important aspects posted higher overall composite scores than those who scored well on less-important aspects. The report includes numerical ratings for each manufacturer for each aspect. This data can help manufacturers learn whether efforts to improve certain aspects are yielding results, and to see where they lag behind their competitors.
The two companies with the best ratings for the most important five aspects are:
The two companies with the highest composite scores in the areas of marketing support, products, and after-sale support are.
The 2006 survey is the eleventh that Pacific Media has conducted and covers a broad range of facts, figures, and opinions from 144 participating dealers, many of whom are among the largest dealers in North America. The top three manufacturers will shortly receive distinctive awards to commemorate their performance in this survey.
NOTE: This information may not be used for advertising or other promotional use without the express prior written consent of Pacific Media Associates.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — March 14, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that the unit market share for SVGA front projectors in North America increased in January. Their monthly Combined Projector Tracking Services also shows that while XGA models lost 6 unit share points for the month, they still outnumber SVGA sales 3 to 2.
"SVGA models still offer an attractive value proposition," according to Michael Abramson, Vice President with Pacific Media. "Unit sales market share for the segment was the highest we've seen in the past eight months."
The report also shows that 3LCD models retained a slight edge over DLP overall, though DLP dominated the retail group unit sales with a 69% market share. Epson was the leader overall, with InFocus in second place.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — March 13, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that January unit sales of rear projection HDTVs in North America outpaced December's record mark by 1.5%. By contrast, consumer flat panel sales for the same period declined by 20%. Their monthly RPTV Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that the average street price tumbled nearly 10% in January.
"We saw inventories shrink as a result of aggressive discounting," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with Pacific Media. "Two thirds of the models had lower average street prices than in December."
DLP models gained 19 unit sales share points to reach a dominant 70% market share. Online retailer sales of deeply discounted LG Electronics models played a large part in this gain. The 60" to 69" 1080p segment was the most popular, with nearly a 21% unit market share. Average street prices for 55" to 59" 720p models declined nearly 40% due to close-out sales of certain models.
Samsung regained its lead over Sony in unit sales, but Sony remained on top with a 30% revenue share. The top selling model for January was the 62" Toshiba 62HM196, which took a 7.4% unit market share with an average street price of $1,818.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — March 12, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that average street price for 30" or larger flat panel televisions in North America dropped another 3% in January. Their monthly Consumer Flat Panel Display Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that consumers were drawn more to smaller models ranging from 30" to 39" in diagonal screen size.
"The best selling portion was the 32" WXGA LCD HDTV segment," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with Pacific Media. "These accounted for 23% of the units sold in our sample in January, as the average price dropped 8%, nearing $900 average street price."
"The overall price decline is largely a result of consumers shifting to the smaller models," Abowd continued. "We did see average street price drops in some segments, such as the 37" WXGA LCD TVs that fell 33% in January. This drop was caused in part by a lot of inventory sold through online retailers at very aggressive discounts."
Overall, LCD models topped plasma by nearly a two-to-one margin, which is the largest lead in the history of the Tracking Service. LCD models accounted for 14 of the top 20 best selling models, compared to just six of 20 in January 2006.
Sony maintained its hold in top position for consumer flat panel displays over 30" unit sales and revenues, with Samsung in second place. The best selling model for January was the 50" Panasonic TH-50PX600U, which had an average street price that was 7.5% lower than in December.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
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Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
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Menlo Park, California — January 31, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for consumer flat panel televisions in North America were up 101% for the fourth quarter of 2006 over the same quarter in 2005. Their Flat Panel Display Tracking Service also shows that unit sales in December were almost steady from November's record levels, dipping just 2%.
"In December, we saw the average street price for consumer models rise slightly over November's average even though prices for many individual models continued to decline," according to Rosemary Abowd, PMA Vice President. "The reason for the increase in average street price was due to buyers moving to premium-priced models, higher resolutions, and bigger screen sizes. As a result, revenues for December actually grew by 2% over November, resulting in the highest revenues for the year."
The move to higher resolution models was clearly demonstrated by the fact that 1080p models accounted for nearly one-third of the total unit sales, and the majority of these were LCD models. 1080p demand has grown rapidly; just six months ago, it accounted for just 5% of the total unit sales.
Sony was the top-selling brand in consumer flat panel displays 30-inches or larger, with Samsung close behind in both unit and revenue share. The best-selling consumer model was the Panasonic TH-42PX60U, a 42" plasma HDTV with an average street price of $1,331.
Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — January 30, 2007. Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, today announced that Nick Rogers has joined PMA's global team of industry experts. He will be responsible for continued improvement in the accuracy and completeness of PMA's coverage of the market for large-screen displays–including front projectors, rear projection, and flat panel displays–and mounts for projectors and flat panels in the EMEA region by focusing on the manufacturers, distribution channel participants, and users in that region.
Nick Rogers is Director of Research for EMEA, based close to London, England, and covering Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Nick spent the past 12 years heading up Hitachi's front projector business in EMEA, where he recruited a network of distributors covering all the major countries in the region. He was responsible for the product management of presentation products, including sales and marketing. Before entering the projector business, Nick spent 12 years in charge of sales and marketing of Hitachi's monitor and data storage products in the UK, later looking after the A/V and security products businesses across Europe. Prior to Hitachi, Nick worked in sales and marketing in the semiconductor industry. Long a client of PMA, this experience has given him a unique insight into clients' requirements for market data and information. He holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Southampton University in the U.K.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — January 3, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, has completed its 2006 North American Reseller/Retailer Survey. This is the 11th year for this annual survey of dealers, and is the biggest and best of its type. This year's survey covered front projectors, flat panel, and rear projection displays. For the first time, the survey included results from dealers who sell primarily to consumers, in addition to dealers who sell primarily to businesses and professional users. One result of major interest from the consumer dealers is the prediction that the unit share of 1080p resolution front projectors will grow to 41% in 2007.
"1080p resolution is preferred for HDTV content," according to Michael Abramson, Vice President of Pacific Media Associates. "We have already seen strong demand for higher resolution products in the flat panel and rear projection HDTV markets. Dealers expect that the price gap between 720p and 'future proof' 1080p projectors will continue to shrink. Recent releases of new 1080p front projectors models from Sony and Mitsubishi shook up the market with street prices below $5,000, which makes them more affordable. We expect this to fuel strong growth for this segment."
Another shift predicted by the survey results is towards the use of wireless connections with front projectors for Media Center PC installations. The dealers expect their use to triple from 2005 levels to reach a 63% attach rate in 2007.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
Menlo Park, California — January 2, 2007. Pacific Media Associates, the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for flat panel televisions and business displays in North America doubled from October to November, increasing an unprecedented 109%. Their Consumer Flat Panel Display Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that the average street price fell 8% for the month, resulting in an increase of 93% in revenues over October.
"Plasma models made a strong comeback in November," according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President of Pacific Media Associates. "The average street price for 42" plasma HDTVs dropped 25% in just one month. Panasonic led with very aggressive pricing, which most manufacturers met. Fierce competition among retailers during start of the holiday buying season also pushed prices down, which attracted new buyers."
Although sales volumes were high, orders kept pace and inventory levels only fell 4% in November. As a result of the high unit sales, the Days Supply Index fell sharply to 24 days, which is just three days less than in November 2005. According to Abowd, "We expect to see lower inventory levels by the end of December, as holiday sales draw to a close and retailers prepare for the traditionally slower sales early in the new year."
Panasonic took top honors in the consumer segment for both units and revenue, though Sony nearly tied for revenues. The best-selling consumer model was the 42" Panasonic TH-42PX60U with a strong 11.4% unit share. Its average street price was $1,327, which was a 24% drop from its October price.
Note: Data cited here is based on actual transaction data from a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.
About Pacific Media Associates
PMA specializes in global display market information, covering all large-screen display categories: front projectors, plasma and LCD TVs, and rear-projection displays. Their Large-Screen Displays Industry Service family of publications provides detailed worldwide quarterly updates (sell-in data) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new product announcements and other key industry developments, and annual Web surveys of North American resellers/retailers and end users (including both organizations and individual consumers). Their Large-Screen Displays Tracking Service family of monthly reports offers timely sell-through data on unit sales, street prices, and inventories of large-screen displays sold by leading North American retailers, resellers, and distributors. PMA was established by Dr. William Coggshall, who was previously a co-founder of Dataquest and helped start the syndicated market research business.
Pacific Media Associates is headquartered at:
1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650-561-9020. Fax 650-561-9019.
www.pacificmediaassociates.com
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