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Taiwanese Makers Suffer Monthly and Annual Losses

by Tom Allen

AUO‘s unaudited consolidated revenue fell 7.1% MoM and 21.1% YoY in October, to NT$29.2 billion ($893,000). Shipments of large-size panels reached almost 8.9 million units (down 6.9% MoM) and small- to medium-size shipments fell …

UltraHD TVs Continue to Rise

by Tom Allen

AUO estimates that UltraHD TV sales have reached around 16 million units so far this year, and will end 2015 at 24 million sets due to end-of-year demand in the USA and Europe. More …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Taiwan Sees Growth in Large Panel Shipments in Q3

by Milos Pavlovic

Digitimes Research reports that large LCD sales by Taiwanese makers reached 58.63 million in Q3, up 1.2% quarter on quarter. The volume gives Taiwan a forecast market share for the year of 34.2%, with …

AUO has Poor Q4 Outlook

by Tom Allen

AUO has said that it will further decrease factory utilisation rate, to brace for falling demand this quarter, according to the Taipei Times. CEO Paul Peng told investors, after the announcement of AUO’s Q3 …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 22 - Issue 43

AU Optronics Result 27/10/2015

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

AU Optronics reported Q3 2015 net profit of NT$ 3.38 billion ($104.3 million). Turnover declined 3.3% QoQ to NT$89.30 billion. The decline in turnover was on account of lower panel prices, which outweighed the …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 43

September Panel Revenues Fall, But Shipments Climb

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese panel makers have released their monthly results for September. AUO‘s revenues reached NT$31.4 billion ($965.5 million), up 3% MoM but down 11.8% YoY. The company shipped around 9.5 million large-sized (TV, monitor, notebook …

Top-Level Changes at AUO

by Tom Allen

Paul PengThere have been changes at the top level of AUO. Chairman Paul Peng is to resign from his concurrent position as president of the company, and assume the role of CEO. Michael Tsai …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| People| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Competition Rises in 43″ Panel Supply

by Milos Pavlovic

Sources in the panel maker supply chain have said that Chinese makers are to raise their 43″ TV panel production. This size is currently dominated by AUO and LG Display; however, it is reported …

AUO’s August Sales Dip 14% YoY

by Helen Vince

AU Optronics (AUO) reported an 11.3% month on month increase in sales in August to NT$30.5 billion ($938.1 million), though this was 14.1% down on August 2014. Sales for the first eight months of …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 36

IFA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Amazon introduced UltraHD HDR content streaming earlier in the year (High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year), but it was only available to customers using Samsung’s SUHD TVs. Now, the …

3M to Propose Changes to New BT2020 Color Standard at SMPTE Fall Event

by Chris Chinnock

The new UHD TV specification calls for an expanded color gamut called BT2020. But no current TVs can meet the specification because the red, green and blue primaries are specified without a tolerance. And, …

AUO’s Flexible AMOLED Makes Appearance

by Tom Allen

More information has been shared about AUO’s flexible AMOLED prototype, which was seen at Touch Taiwan (High Resolutions Rule Touch Taiwan). The display is a 5″ unit with an integrated touch sensor. It has …