Menlo Park, California (ContentDesk) May 12, 2006 -- Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for rear-projection televisions in North America rose 10% last month. Their March 2006 RPTV Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that sales revenues only increased 6%, as average street price dropped 4%.DLP models continued to sell well, according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with PMA. They accounted for 64% of the unit market share, up from 59% in February, and up from 51% in March 2005. As for resolution, 720p models gained three points to take the majority of the unit market share with 52%. This gain was at the expense of 1080p models, which dropped three points to 45%.Strong sales of 46-, 50-, and 56-inch models catapulted Samsung past Sony to the number one position based on unit sales.
The companys 46-inch HLR4667W was the top-selling model for March, boosted by many close-out sales. Sony was a close second in overall unit sales, with four of the seven best-selling models for the month.Note: Data cited here is based on a sample of retailers and resellers, and is subject to sampling error.About Pacific Media AssociatesPMA 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 and forecasts) on large-screen display markets, newsletters on new products and other key industry developments, monthly advertised price tracking, ad hoc analyses, 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 and analysis 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 high-tech market information business. PMA is headquartered at 1060 Siskiyou Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
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Schneider Optics Launches Combined National Photo/Video Market Initiative
Hauppauge, NY (ContentDesk) October 21, 2005 - Schneider Optics, Inc., the well-known lens and professional filter manufacturer, has announced the formation of a National Photo/Video Support Team to satisfy the needs of customers in all markets.According to Schneider Optics Chief Executive Officer, Dwight Lindsey, Photography and Video are converging in the digital arena at an ever increasing pace.
At Schneider Optics we have historic strengths in both Photo and Video, however we've been treating them as separate markets, even though many customers participate in both.
Today I'm announcing a plan to enhance those strengths with the formation of a National Photo/Video Support Team led by our Director of Sales and Marketing, Barry Rubin. I'm fully confident that Barry and his team will do a great job servicing our Photo/Video customers and partners throughout the U.S."Mr. Rubin will be supported on both Coasts by Regional Sales Managers, each of whom will also have...
Pacific Media Associates Reports Rear-Projection HDTV Sales Rose 10% In March; Samsung Took Over The Top Units Sales Spot From Sony
Menlo Park, California (ContentDesk) May 12, 2006 -- Pacific Media Associates (PMA), the global market information experts on large-screen displays, reports that unit sales for rear-projection televisions in North America rose 10% last month. Their March 2006 RPTV Sell-Through Tracking Service also shows that sales revenues only increased 6%, as average street price dropped 4%.DLP models continued to sell well, according to Rosemary Abowd, Vice President with PMA. They accounted for 64% of the unit market share, up from 59% in February, and up from 51% in March 2005. As for resolution, 720p models gained three points to take the majority of the unit market share with 52%. This gain was at the expense of 1080p models, which dropped three points to 45%.Strong sales of 46-, 50-, and 56-inch models catapulted Samsung past Sony to the number one position based on unit sales.
The companys 46-inch HLR4667W was the top-selling model for March, boosted by many close-out sales. Sony...
Pacific Media Associates Reports Rear-Projection HDTV Sales Rose 10% In March; Samsung Took Over The Top Units Sales Spot From Sony
Have You Seen LCD Projection TV?
Have you seen LCD projection TV? No, really. I don't just mean a picture online or in an advertisement on a normal tube television, but have you actually seen projection TV? It really is completely different that what even the hardest of hardcore couch potatoes have ever witnessed. It is impossible to properly describe the effect of LCD projection TV, but roughly it is to normal TV what the CD is to the cassette tape. Leagues of difference, I say. It is the bee's knees, the cream in your coffee, the sprinkles on your donut, the...aw, enough.
Let's cut to the chase.
Big yet sleek and impressive without ostentatiousness, Toshiba has a pair of outstanding 42" LCD projection TV sets to draw the consumer's eye. The featured Toshiba LCD TV, the 42" LCD
projection TV, is but one representative of the "Diagonal Cinema Series" bunch. Just under thirty-five hundred dollars (see Toshiba.com for ordering information), this 42" LCD TV comes
replete with Toshiba's...
California Plastic Surgeon Highlights Surgical Options for Cosmetic Correction of Nipple and Areola Abnormalities
A new website available online at www.NippleRepair.com allows who are self-conscious or worried about their own nipple size and shape to explore surgical options for cosmetic correction."Most women do not realize how common it is to have inverted nipples," says Dr. Stevens. "At first they feel some relief that they are not alone. Then they usually get excited about the possibility of having their nipples corrected." Dr. Stevens's pioneered one approach to correct inverted nipples in which 100% of the treated patients have maintained their post-surgical nipple projection ? a drastic improvement over other techniques.
Simple surgical procedures can also be performed on areolas that are too large and out of proportion with breast size as well as nipple that are too large or that project too much. Many women are not aware that these solutions are available, and instead live their lives feeling self-conscious or going out of...
California Plastic Surgeon Highlights Surgical Options for Cosmetic Correction of Nipple and Areola Abnormalities