Speaker: Bob O’Donnell, Display Research Manager, IDC
Title: The PC Monitor and Projector Markets: Where Are We Now & Where Are We Going?
Abstract: IDC’s PC Display Research Manager Bob O’Donnell will provide an overview of the important shifts in the computer monitor market as well as a look at the dramatic changes now impacting the projector market. In the world of monitors, the shift from CRT to LCD is finally in full force and the move from VGA to DVI connections is just starting. As a result of these and other developments, monitors are evolving into an increasingly important role in overall PC systems.
O’Donnell will present his view of the market, complete with forecast information. With products continuing to get smaller, lighter, cheaper and better, projectors have entered a phase of impressive growth that IDC believes will continue for several years in the future. Instead of functioning as expensive, specialty items, projectors are morphing into notebook peripherals–a development that will have major impacts on future product designs as well as the channels through which projectors are sold. O’Donnell will offer his analysis on the projector market as well as the results of a recently completed forecast.
Speaker Background: Bob O’Donnell, is IDC’s Research Manager for PC Displays and is the leader of IDC’s display research program, where he tracks both the sales and technology trends affecting the worldwide market for computer displays, projectors and related technologies. Other current activities include authoring “Personal Computer Secrets”, hosting “O’Donnell on Computers,” the #1-rated computer call-in talk show in Silicon Valley; founding and managing the www.everythingcomputers.com website; and frequently speaking at industry tradeshows.
O’Donnell began his work in the high-tech industry at Music Technology magazine and as the Electronic Musician magazine editor. Bob then moved on as Executive Editor/Reviews at MacWeek, where he helped create MacWeek’s lab facilities and was involved in the development of the MacBench benchmark. His writing has appeared in magazines all over the world. Bob has also done extensive radio and television shows. O’Donnell is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, with a B.A. in the Program of Liberal Studies, an interdisciplinary humanities program based on the Great Books.
The seminar is free. Please join our speaker for dinner ($10-20) afterwards. Directions to the restaurant will be handed out at the seminar.
Location: SEMI Technology Building, 815 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA