Digital Frame Sales to Increase - Frames to Get Larger
Written on Oct 14, 2008 by Brian and filed under News
A new report from DigiTimes indicates that not only will demand for digital picture frames increase in the fourth quarter, the sizes will probably scale up too.
As prices have fallen for the popular 7″ display panels, some Asian manufacturers are refusing orders, instead driving buyers to 10.4″ and 12″ models that include multi-media features like speakers and video playback.
Demand in the US for digital picture frames has been light this year, even before this latest economic turmoil. It remains to be seen how consumers will react this Holiday shopping season. Many argue however that due to the easy “giftability” of digital frames and the many sub-$100 options, the frame market should be more insulated than other categories this year.
[Via DigiTimes]
The latent reason for digital photo picture frame boom now is the sharp price fall.
Due to the economy depression, TFT panel manufacturers try to reduce the price of the TFT screen continuously, compared with the same period of last year, the average retail price of digital frames is less than a half to the price last year.Digital picture frames are becoming an commodity electronics which is made for everyone in any part of the world.