Plasma TVs Lead Gadget Price Declines in Sept. -NPD
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Falling prices in September for plasma televisions and digital cameras sparked the biggest monthly decline in US consumer electronics prices in five months, according to an industry study prepared for Reuters.
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Digital cameras led retail price  declines in U.S. consumer electronics in October, as  manufacturers looked to clear out older models ahead of the  holiday shopping season, according to an industry study  prepared for Reuters.
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Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe&#39;s third-largest maker of semiconductors, reduced its third- quarter chip sales forecast as demand wanes, joining companies including Texas Instruments Inc.
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Sony Corp.&#39;s recent decision to move away from plasma TV operations is a reflection of how harsh the market for flat-panel TVs has become.
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New orders for long-lasting U.S.-made manufactured goods fell surprisingly by 1.7 percent in September on a drop in transportation orders, a Commerce Department report showed on Thursday.
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Digital cameras led retail price declines in U.S. consumer electronics in October, as manufacturers looked to clear out older models ahead of the holiday shopping season, according to an industry study prepared for Reuters.
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With Black Friday in the rear-view mirror -- complete with eye-popping bargains and frenzied shoppers lining up overnight to buy that "must-have" 42-inch plasma television -- Wall Street now looks to Thursday to find out whether heavy markdowns took a toll on sales and profits.
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Dell is rumored to be exiting the HDTV business by the end of this month, a little under four years after it first entered the market to diversify its product portfolio, according to Taiwanese business newspaper Economic Daily.
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HDTV manufacturers are trying to make the task of buying an HDTV set much more difficult than just choosing between LCD and plasma, 42 inches or 46 inches.
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Budget competition from other consumer electronics devices is among factors lowering sales estimates.
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Semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc. lowered its outlook for the fiscal fourth quarter Thursday, citing weak demand in September and October.
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High-end television prices are  heading below $1,500, a price point that should open the market  to a whole new group of consumers, the chief executive of Texas  Instruments Inc TXN.N said on Thursday.
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Panasonic expects demand for large  plasma televisions to slide in the next two years but to hold  steady after that at about 30 percent of the total market for  large, flat-screen TVs, an executive said on Thursday.
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Hitachi Ltd. said on Tuesday it   expects prices of its plasma display TVs to fall by about 20   percent in the business year to next March, less than its   previous forecast for a decline of 30 percent.
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North American manufacturers of  equipment used to make semiconductors saw orders fall 10  percent in September from August, a U.S. trade group said on  Thursday.
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Samsung SDI Co. (006400.KS), the world&#39;s  third-largest plasma display panel (PDP) maker, posted a  worse-than-expected quarterly net loss on Friday, hurt by  tumbling prices of its television screens.
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Plasma panels are losing flat-screen battle to LCDs, research shows. If history has a say, more price cuts are on the way.