From The Online Reporter
3.2m 3D Sets Shipped in 2010
Global shipments of 3D TVs in 2010 are expected to be 3.2
million units according to DisplaySearch. The report said that
3D TV makers still had a lot of work to do in terms of
convincing consumers that there is a great deal of value in
the new technology.
“TV manufacturers really got ahead of themselves in 2010, and
they forgot that a TV is a tool to watch content,” said Paul
Gray, director of TV electronics research at DisplaySearch, in
a statement. “People will only buy a 3D TV if there is enough
content to watch, and in 2010, there simply was not enough 3D
content available. As a result, only 4% of TVs 40-inches and
larger had 3D capabilities.”
Despite this, the company thinks that 18 million 3D sets will
be shipping in 2011 and shipped units will rise to 91 million
in 2014.
At CES, a panel on 3D was incredibly pleased with the amount
of 3D units shipped, saying that 3D had some of the best
pricing and interest for new CE tech. According to the panel,
3D added roughly $300 on average to the cost of TV sets, but
when HD first came out it added between $750 and $1,000 to the
price of a flat-panel TV.
One surprising thing the panel said was that 3D TVs are
generally the highest quality TV set in a given product line
and are thus usually the best quality HDTV set for looking at
2D content. After hearing this, we took a look around CES,
asking companies to show us 2D content on 3D sets and for the
vast majority these TVs did seem to perform better than their
2D-only neighbors.
Apple’s Mac App Store: 1m Downloads in 1 Day
After just one day of availability, Apple said that more than
one million apps were downloaded for its Mac App Store.
“We’re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is
getting,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. “Developers have done a
great job bringing apps to the store and users are loving how
easy and fun the Mac App Store is.”
At launch, the store featured just over 1,000 paid and free
apps, and Apple did not provide how many downloads were in
each category.
The Mac App Store offers content in a variety of categories
like education, games, productivity and utilities, and gives
users quick access to new and noteworthy apps as well as staff
picks and top charts. The feel of this sorting and information
feels very much like its iOS apps service.
The Mac App Store is available to Snow Leopard as part of Mac
OSX v10.6.6.
Living up to industry standards, developers keep 70% of their
sales revenue. Apple doesn’t charge anything for free apps nor
do developers have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card
fees.
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