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LCD Panels Face First Q1 Decline Since 2009

by Tom Allen

TV and IT display shipments are expected to face their first Q1 decline since 2009, according to IHS. Prices are falling for these displays, due to inventory adjustments by LCD makers and continued slowing …

AUO Shows AMOLED for 2016

by Tom Allen

AUO has used an event at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan to show new products and technologies. These included both large and small displays, and were not limited to LCD displays. AUO CEO Paul …

Samsung Display Goes Open Cell for LFDs

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display had a meeting room under Hall 8 with its latest LFD panels. The first area we looked at was a display of open cell LCDs. Samsung Display told us that it has …

University of Florida Reports on Development of New LCD Mixture for Extreme Temperatures

by Norbert Hildebrand

Shin-Tson Wu, Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida – College of Optics and Photonics, USA together with support from Xi’an Modern Chemistry Research Institute in Xi’an, China, and DIC Corporation, …

AUO Looks to GOA for Bezel-less Panels

by Tom Allen

AUO will begin to ship bezel-less panels for UltraHD TVs in Q1’16, say sources in the Asian supply chain. Instead of using bonded drivers under the bezel, the company will use gate driver on …

Tags:AUO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Vol 23 - Issue 05

Large-Area Shipments Rising, Says MIC

by Tom Allen

According to Taiwan’s MIC, large-area LCD panel (defined as those used in notebook PCs, monitors and TVs) shipments rose 1.7% QoQ in Q3’15, to 148.4 million units. LCD TV panels had the highest growth …

Koreans Move Away From Captive Panel Makers

by Tom Allen

Both LG and Samsung plan to rely less on their own captive TV panel makers (LG Display and Samsung Display), and seek to outsource work to external companies this year. IHS says that the …

Hannstar & CPT Illustrate the Effects of “Fungibility”

by Bob Raikes

This week we feature two stories that highlight how far down CPT and Hannstar are on a year on year basis. That reflects a range of problems at the moment for the panel industry. …

Samsung ‘Doubles’ Panel Purchases

by Tom Allen

ET News of Korea has said that Samsung Electronics doubled its LCD panel purchases between Q2 and Q3’15. The company is preparing for a busy Christmas period in North America, as well as high …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Panel Prices Trend Down at Year-End

by Tom Allen

IHS has released its PriceWise panel pricing data for November. Monitors Mainstream (sub-22″) monitor panel prices dropped by $0.50 – $0.80, due to aggressive promotions by Chinese suppliers. The decline was higher in large …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 49

A-Si Leads, but High-Tech Smartphone Panels are Rising

by Tom Allen

Total smartphone panel shipments rose 4% MoM in September, with particular growth noted in the high-end, says IHS. Shipments reached 160 million units and, while a-Si units continued to lead, LTPS TFT-LCD demand is …

Display Makers Need a Hand

by David Barnes

So I was wrong… we have not seen the endgame, yet. The AMLCD industry has not been roiled by mergers and acquisitions as I thought possible back in 2001. At the time, I was …

Tags:LCD Panels| Mobile Phones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 45