Few advertisers increased their overall budgets, he says, leading to the flat display revenues.
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Some of the highlights included the largest PDP (plasma display panel) screen yet, new models of LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors from many companies, and demonstrations of a new and very promising flat panel display technology that can make screens even thinner than they are today.
Alongside these, exhibitors were showing off new innovations in flat panel display technology and giving visitors a glimpse into the future.
Orbotech Ltd. ( ORBK) is a leading global provider of production solutions for the printed circuit board (PCB) and flat panel display (FPD) markets.
Additionally, ORBK noted that the flat panel display industry seems to be recovering from the lower capacity utilization rate environment it saw in the second half of 2010.
After Ovshinsky allegedly violated their agreement, Manning sued and eventually received control of ECD's X-ray-mirror and flat-panel display technology, which he later sold off.
Eaton will be able to attach its sensors and connect all the wiring back to a flat-panel display running the Windows CE operating system in the cab.
Now, as chief executive of Applied Materials, the biggest pick-and-shovel maker for the semiconductor and flat-panel display industries, Splinter, 56, wants to forge a sunny-side-up version of Moore's Law.
For an example of an inefficiently priced stock, look at colorful CopyTele, which during its 20 years as a public company has been developing a flat-panel display with presumably immense profit potential.
"Because all-in-ones integrate a desktop tower into the back of a flat-panel display, they typically use smaller, less powerful notebook components that don't require a lot of space, " said Steve Smith, senior business manager of consumer desktops, Acer America.
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Now, as chief executive of Applied Materials (nasdaq: AMAT - news - people ), the biggest pick-and-shovel maker for the semiconductor and flat-panel display industries, Splinter, 56, wants to forge a sunny-side-up version of Moore's Law.
Whereas tablet PCs are full-blown PCs that contain all their components inside the casing of a notebook-sized flat-screen display, smart displays are light, portable display screens that connect wirelessly to a PC, so a user can interact with the PC away from the desk for reading documents or surfing the Web.
In the prototype, a flat-panel video display is bolted to the place where instruments such as the speedometer would normally be mounted.
Besides consumer products and technologies, Philips also showed products for corporate users, including the new NetDisplay line of thin-client devices, which include a 15.1-inch flat panel LCD color display with a built-in processor and video core.
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Unlike your flat screen at home, this display is equipped to withstand the impact of a 380-pound lineman.
The Osaka-based maker of flat-screen TVs, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels and the Aquos brand of consumer electronics, is negotiating a tie-up with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry, owned by Foxconn Technology Group.
However, LG tacked on an altimeter for more accurate location data (the world ain't flat, you know) and the display can show call info during a run while also offering media controls for navigating through those playlists.
The seamer recorded match figures of 9-125 with an exemplary display of swing bowling on a flat wicket.
The 610 has a mechanism that allows you to slide it down so that the display is lying almost face-up and at an almost-flat 60-degree angle, a position HP is dubbing Recline Mode.
The screen on the device extended to the edge of the device so that if the device was put flat on a table with the cover on it, the edge would still display an incoming text or email.
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Put your feet flat on the floor and use open palm gestures (which is a body language display inviting others into the conversation).
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During the second quarter, Lenovo announced its new IdeaCentre A520, a new all-in-one desktop PC featuring a compact 23-inch frameless 1080p display that supports multi-touch with a widely adjustable screen angle (from -5 to 90 degress flat) with perfect picture at any angle so users can watch movies, play touch-based games or enjoy video chat in any position.
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