Under the trend of economies of scale and work specialization, LCD TV vendors are focusing more on the brand management, and have gradually released their manufacturing capacity to cost-competitive SIs. Among which, Japanese TV brand vendors are the most aggressive ones to release their orders in the worldwide.
The development of LED monitor and TV not only brought life to the maturing panel industry, but also became the key pillars to expand the emerging LED industry. The analysts of WitsView and LEDinside, the research divisions of TrendForce, took a positive attitude toward the long-term development of LED BLU products.
Based on the latest survey by WitsView, in June, shipment of top ten LCD monitor SI dropped 8.3% MoM to 12.01M units, recording three months of consecutive decline. 2Q10 shipment grew by 0.8% QoQ to 38.65 million units.
According to the latest survey by WitsView, the research division of TrendForce, large-sized panel shipment posted a decrease by 3.2% MoM to 54.02 million units. In 1Q10, an imbalance in panel supply and demand occurred which was caused by component shortage.
Without question, 3D is the current hottest topic in market. It’s been attracting numerous spotlights lately with the launch of 3D TVs and the 3D broadcasts of 2010 FIFA World Cup. Yet, does it mean that consumers are willing to spend a lot of money on a 3D TV because of all the attention it’s been getting?