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Saturday Statistics: Week Ending 8/15
Posted on Aug 21, 2004 - 01:33 PM by zmcnulty
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Posted on Aug 21, 2004 - 01:33 PM by zmcnulty
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Hopefully a new feature here at TechJapan, and hopefully to expand to include graphs and all that. Just charts with simple numbers and "top lists" for now, but hey, it's a start.
2004/8/9 ~ 2004/8/15
Category | Conse-cutive | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
| Braun Tube TV | 1 | Sony / KV-21DA75 | 2003/9 | Open | 21" / No BS/CS Tuner |
| LCD TV | 5 | Sharp / LC-13S1 | 2003/9 | Open | 13" / No BS/CS Tuner |
| PDP TV | 3 | Matsushita Electric / TH- 42PX300 | 2004/6 | Open | 42" / BS Digital/110 CS Digital |
| DVD | 1 | Mitsubishi Electric / DJ-P230 | 2004/3 | Open | DVD-ROM / No VHS |
Category | Conse-cutive | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
| Camera + Video | 1 | Sony / DCR-PC350 | 2004/8 | Open | MiniDV / Memory Stick PRO Duo |
| Digital Camera | 9 | Casio Computer / EX-Z40 | 2004/3 | Open | 4.23MP / SD Memory Card |
| Notebook PC | 14 | Nippon Electric / PC-LL7509D | 2004/5 | Open | Celeron M 1.2GHz / No TV Tuner |
| Desktop PC | 12 | Nippon Electric / PC-VL5709D | 2004/5 | Open | Celeron M 2.7GHz / TV Tuner |
| Cellular Phone | 11 | NTT DoCoMo / N505IS | 2003/12 | Open | Production: Nippon Electric / 1.3MP camera |
Category | Conse-cutive | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
| Refrigerator | 1 | Sharp / SJ-14H | 2003/12 | Open | 2 door / 140L |
| Oven/Electric Range | 6 | Matsushita Electric / NE-A130 | 2004/1 | Open | |
| Vacuum Cleaner | 2 | Matsushita Electric / MC-K3VA | 2004/2 | Open | Cylinder Type / Standard |
| Washing Machine | 10 | Toshiba / AW-D703VP | 2004/2 | Open | With drying function / Non-Drum type |
Category | Consecutive | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
| Electric Fan | 1 | Toshiba / F-LE25X | 2004/2 | Open | |
| AC | 1 | Toshiba / RAS-225UD | 2002/2 | Open | |
| De-humidifier | 2 | Twin Bird Construction / KJ-4071 | 2001/10 | 5,000 yen |
*"Consecutive" describes the number of consecutive times this item has been listed as a "No.1" since the start of this site in September of 2003.
*These rankings are brought to you by sales ranking data from the ACSISS-E3500 quantity. Generally, the sale of specific-store items (PB = Private Brand Model) items is not included for this data.
Source:
http://www.gfkjpn.co.jp/report/no1.html
2004/8/9 ~ 2004/8/15
This week's four categories:
*LCD TVs - Monitors over 30 inches
*PC Software - Practical Use - Postcard
*Insulated Containers - Coolers
*All in one Air Conditioners
Category: LCD TV / Monitors over 30 inches
| Rank | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
1 | Sharp / LC-32GD1 | 2004/2 | 530,000 yen | PC Card / PC display support |
2 | Sharp / LC-32GD4 | 2004/7 | 500,000 yen | No memory card support / PC display support |
3 | Sony / KDL-L32HX2 | 2003/10 | Open | Memory Stick / No PC display support |
4 | Matsushita Electric / TH-32LX300 | 2004/6 | Open | SD Memory Card / No PC display support |
5 | Sharp / LC-37GD4 | 2004/7 | 630,000 yen | No memory card support / PC display support |
Category: PC Software / Practical Use / Postcard
| Rank | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
1 | Creo / Fudemame VER14 Natsu no Kiyan CD | 2004/6 | 5,980 yen | |
2 | Aifo / Fudeou 2004 Natsu WIN CD-ROM | 2004/6 | 4,743 yen | |
3 | Creo / Fudemame VER14 Natsu no Kiyan Penban DVD | 2004/6 | 5,980 yen | |
4 | Aifo / Fudeou 2004 Natsu WIN DVD-ROM | 2004/6 | 4,743 yen | |
5 | Fuji Software ABC / Fude Gourmet V11 Summer | 2004/5 | 4,743 yen |
Category: Insulated Containers - Coolers
| Rank | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
1 | Apix International / ACW-600 | 2004/2 | Open | |
2 | Yamazen / CBM-135 | 2002/4 | 20,000 yen | |
3 | Fukadac / SD-238 | 2003/5 | Open | |
4 | Twin Bird Construction / OR-C638 | 2003/12 | 15,000 yen | |
5 | Masao Corporation / MSO-020A | 2004/7 | Open |
Category: All in one Air Conditioners
| Rank | Maker / Number | Release | Approximate | Specs |
1 | Corona / CW-163IR | 2003/2 | 115,000 yen | 1.6kw |
2 | Hoshiwa Electrics / SAW-RB8206 | 2001/4 | 140,000 yen | 1.8kw |
3 | Corona / CW-163R | 2003/2 | 105,000 yen | 1.6kw |
4 | Toyotomi / TIW-A16E | 2004/1 | Open | 1.6kw |
5 | Koizumi / KAW-1183E | 2003/4 | Open | 1.8kw |
*These rankings are brought to you by sales ranking data from the ACSISS-E3500 quantity. Generally, the sale of specific-store items (PB = Private Brand Model) items is not included for this data.
Source:
http://www.gfkjpn.co.jp/report/ranking.html
Also in Saturday Statistics: | Also in GkF Statistics:
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| Comments (must be registered to post) | |
| zmcnulty
21.08.04, 15:11 |
If you can think of any creative way to aggregate this data in particular, let me know. I guess the "Weekly Ranking" won't work so well, because GfK jumps around with the product categories from week to week. For the "No. 1," would you guys be interested in a weekly chart that shows the breakdown of how many products are held by what companies? I'll try this, and throw something up in a minute here. Let me know if you think of any other ways I can visually represent this data. |
| zmcnulty
21.08.04, 15:21 |
I guess what I don't like about this idea, though, is the fact that it compares companies on a level they should really be compared at. Does NTT DoCoMo make air conditioners? No. It doesn't quite help to compare NTT DoCoMo (or another company with a specific market) with other companies that offer a wider variety of products. It's just that I would be comparing the companies as though they were competitors all across the board, when this is certainly not the case. |
| sar7501
21.08.04, 20:50 |
Re the TVs, that katakana "brown" is not brown the colour but "braun" , the German surname of the guy who developed the first CRT. See here for more info: http://www.meko.co.uk/braun.shtml |
| sar7501
21.08.04, 23:17 |
Good info - thanks for providing it. A few ideas/thoughts: 1. I'm not sure how interested people will be in some of the info e.g. top-selling postcard software etc. I'd suggest limiting the info you translate to just the more popular stuff - TVs, computers etc. 2. It would be good if there were links to product pages for each product listed. Since the product code is listed, shouldn't be too hard to automate this. You could also link to current prices at www.kakaku.com where available. 3. If you were going to include graphs, I'd also look at automating these as it would pretty time-consuming to generate them manually. You can use something like JpGraph (http://www.aditus.nu/jpgraph/index.php) to generate the charts. |
| zmcnulty
22.08.04, 12:41 |
Thanks for the correction and suggestions, sar. I'll certainly cut out the information nobody needs. When I was doing these statistics, I kinda felt like I was wasting my time with some of the stuff. And in regards to automation, I don't think it's doable by me. Being that this site runs PostNuke, my options for what goes into each post are pretty limited - it's basically only what I can do with HTML. Since I don't have the expertise to implement complicated PHP systems like this jpGraph into PostNuke, I'd be hard pressed to get things to link automatically or whatnot. Still, I will see about dropping links to some things in the future, albeit manually. |
