HDTV Yes, I missed the import of their China strategy. Biggest TV market in the world. Cheap wide screen TVs could be a big seller, especially if the Olympics land there.
eetimes.com
theworkcircuit.com
web-star.com
nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com
However is the price of the wide screen TV right -$3500? I think that seems high for China market but there are an awful lot of people there so maybe there are enough with high enough incomes to buy lots of sets. This guy wonders too but I'm not sure he knows a whole lot more than I do, maybe less:
thestreet.com
China's average income means boom all.
I found this. There's no date but I expect it's recent:
High definition is an important element in the decision process. For most ordinary people,
the state provides housing at relatively low rent and car ownership is not the priority it
is in the west. Thus, consumer electrical products figure very highly in disposable
income spending. Large screen and widescreen (SDTV) TVs have sold well, even though
they were costing $1 - 3,000 and there is a view that there could be a large market for
HDTVs costing up to $3,000 provided also there was programming to back it.
dtg.org.uk
It does explain a rationale behind pursuing the China market but there are no numbers.
LCOS is a good technology for projection displays. With the backplane containing the drive electronics and the LC control circuitry it should give a fast enough response for video and will give a better picture than CRT projectors. Fuji is making the optical engine so the quality will probably be good. If TV manufacturers use a screen technology like Jenmar's, (http://www.jenmarvs.com/PRODUCTS/OPERATION/operation.html) the TVs should be pretty good, I think.
If HDTV's Chinese customers come through, the company should make money.
But even using clever lens and mirror arrangements projection displays are bulky. Who is going to produce the skinny, cheap, high quality flat panel display that can be wide screen and hang on the wall? That has a picture as good as or better than the best CRT displays (which, although they are the standard, really aren't very good)? The one that will grab world consumers and motivate them to dump their present monitors and TVs and get the new? |
