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By Dale Cripps Founder & Co-Publisher Posted on May 10, 2006 Category: Business & Investment |
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Pacific Media Associates Reports that flat panel HDTV sales resumed growth in March. The 40 to 45 inch plasma and 30 to 35 inch LCD were the most popular. Unit sales for flat panel televisions and business displays in North America grew in March by more than 12% over February. Sales revenues increased almost 5% for the same period.
"After holding fairly steady since October, average street prices across all sizes dropped nearly 7%, in spite of tighter supplies than a year ago," according to Rosemary Abowd, PMA Vice President. "Year-on-year unit sales continued to rise, up 110% over March 2005."
"The biggest gains were posted by the 40- to 45-inch plasma segment and the 30- to 35-inch LCD segment. Both gained about two points in unit sales share, and each accounts for about 30% of total unit sales," according to Abowd.
Panasonic recovered the number one spot in unit sales, but Pioneer retained the lead in terms of total revenues. The Pioneer PRO-1130HD plasma and Sony KDL-V40XBR10 LCD were essentially tied for first place as the most popular consumer models, each with about a 7% share.
Posted by Dale Cripps, May 10, 2006 10:55 AM
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About Dale CrippsDale Cripps is a professional journalist who has focused two thirds of his career on the subject of high-definition television. Upon completing his education in business and service in the military he formed Cripps and Associates, South Pasadena, California, in 1964, which operated as a market-development company for aerospace services. In 1983 he turned to television and began what has become a 20 year campaign to pioneer HDTV. For fifteen of those years he published the well-regarded HDTV Newsletter (an international monthly written for television professionals). During much of this same time he also served as the HDTV-Technical Editor for "Widescreen Review Magazine." On November 16, 1998 he launched the Internet distributed HDTV Magazine, which remains the only consumer publication devoted exclusively to high-definition television. In April of 2002 he co-founded with Tedson Meyers of Coudert Bros, the High-definition Television Association of America, which is presently based in Washington DC. Cripps is the president of this organization. Mr. Cripps is a charter member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers and honored by that organization with the DTV Press Leadership Award of 2002. He makes his home in Oregon. |
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