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LCD TV Demand Slows in 2015, After Strong 2014

by Tom Allen

LCD TV shipments were up more than 7% worldwide last year, says IHS DisplaySearch. Developed regions exhibited improved demand, although growth slowed in emerging markets. IHS has lowered its forecast for the coming year, …

QD Vision and Konka Partner to Launch Quantum Dot TVs in Chinese Market

by Helen Vince

At the China Information Technology Expo (CITE), Konka, one of China’s leading HDTV manufacturers, unveiled a pair of new quantum dot UHD TVs based on QD Vision’s Color IQ™ optics. QD Vision’s quantum dots …

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DisplaySearch Warns of Panel Price Adjustments

by Tom Allen

DisplaySearch’s Deborah Yang has posted an analysis of the firm’s recent MarketWise LCD industry dynamics report on the DisplaySearch Blog (http://tinyurl.com/mtagcxl). As well as LCD panels, she also covers components. Realistic supply and demand …

LGD Overtakes Rivals Thanks to iPhone 6

by Tom Allen

LG Display edged out Samsung Display to become the world’s leading sub-9″ display vendor in Q4’14, IHS DisplaySearch data shows. The company had an 18.7% market share, compared to SDC’s 15.7% share. Japan Display …

Mobile Panel Prices Trend Down in March

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Due to slow demand for notebook and tablet PCs, G5, G6 and G8 LCD fab …

Weak Demand Causes Panel Price Fall in March

by Tom Allen

IHS DisplaySearch has released its panel price data for March. Downward trends were seen in almost every market segment. Weak demand meant that monitor panel prices continued to fall. Vendors still have inventories, so …

OLED TVs Rise 1,600%

by Tom Allen

DisplaySearch reports that OLED TV revenue was up 500% YoY in 2014. In a media briefing in Korea, the firm said that the size of the market reached about KRW300 billion ($267.4 million). 77,000 …

Weak 2014 Boosts Chinese New Year TV Comparison

by Tom Allen

TV sales ‘recovered’ during the Chinese New Year period, according to DisplaySearch’s Bing Zhang in a new blog post (http://tinyurl.com/pj8xam2). Unlike 2014, the three-week period in 2015 showed no signs of weakness. DisplaySearch’s initial …

Module Competition Drives Down Smartphone Costs

by Tom Allen

Global shipments of mobile phone display modules will rise just 4% YoY in 2015, says IHS, to 2 billion units. The result will be stronger competition among manufacturers of these units. Chinese makers are …

Large TVs Boost TFT-LCD Area Shipments

by Tom Allen

Increasing consumer demand for large TVs, UltraHD TVs and high-end monitors drove a double-digit increase in large-area TFT-LCD panel area shipments last year, according to IHS DisplaySearch. There was moderate growth in shipments, revenue …

Three Companies Take Almost 50% of TV Panels in 2015

by Tom Allen

Almost half of all TV panels shipped in 2015 will be purchased by Sony, Samsung Electronics or LG Electronics, according to IHS. In 2014, these brands increased their LCD TV shipment market shares by …

IHS: Automotive Takes Second-Highest Small-Medium Category

by Tom Allen

Smartphones sales continue to intrude on other small-medium display categories, but automotive revenues continue to rise. According to IHS DisplaySearch, revenues in the category were up 26% last year, to become the second-highest growth …