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News Release from: Strategy Analytics
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 April 2006

Display size is not the key driver

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Decreasing LCD costs and new features on in-vehicle navigation, entertainment and driver information systems will drive automotive display shipments to 32 million units by 2012.

The new Strategy Analytics report, "Automotive displays - position and information content are the key issues not screen size", concludes that decreasing LCD costs and increasing availability of new features on in-vehicle navigation, entertainment and driver information systems are the key factors that will drive automotive display shipments to 32 million units by 2012 However, the critical challenge for automotive companies is the display location in the cockpit, in combination with what information should be shown and easily accessed on the display, as opposed to the size of the screen in the car