AV zombie

Despite a 6.2 per cent rise in its operating revenues, Pioneer has emerged from the 2005 financial year looking (flatscreen) war weary.
The Corporation has posted an operating loss of 16,409 million Yen, compared to an operating income of 691 million the previous year. But, its net loss is a massive 84,986 million Yen compared to […]

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Despite carrying the burden of developing HD DVD and making a hefty investment in SED TV technology (pictured above), Toshiba’s financial results for the 2005 fiscal year have a rosy glow with a reported 16 per cent profit rise to 41.69 billion Yen in the last quarter. The corporation’s consolidated sales in 2005 were 6,343.6 […]

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Hitachi Ltd has been one of the losers in this year’s first round of financial reporting. The Japanese powerhouse posted a 28 per cent decline in income, to 37.3 billion Yen for the fiscal year that ended March 31.
Hitachi’s IT Systems division and Power and Industrial operations all saw growth, but results have been dragged […]

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Toshiba will introduce the world’s first multimedia laptop with an HD DVD drive, the Qosmio G30/697HS (pictured above), into the Japanese market mid-May. Along with playback of HD DVD discs, the new portable can read and write to current DVD and CD discs, including DVD+/-R DL (dual-layer) and DVD-RAM.
Beneath the lid is a dual-core […]

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Unable to bank on revenues from VHS anymore, JVC (aka Victor Company of Japan) has been left smarting from the “severe trading conditions” of 2005.
It’s seen consolidated sales decrease 4 per cent to 806.8 billion yen, and posted an operated loss of 6.8 billion Yen, compared with a profit of 10.3 billion Yen last financial […]

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