The latest monthly LCD TV panel shipment report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, finds the total TV panel shipments reached 22.31 million units in July, down 1% from the prior month and up 7% a year ago. Branded TV vendors remain optimistic about the peak season sales in the fourth quarter even though sales results in the end market have been weak so far this year.
The latest price report by WitsView, a division of TrendForce, indicates display product vendors have been reducing their panel purchases with their respective suppliers in order to force a greater general price concession from panel makers. However, vendors (Chinese or international brands) will be limited in their efforts to correct their panel purchases in the third quarter because they are also preparing for the traditional peak season.
The latest report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, finds shipments of LCD TV panels in June fell 0.5% monthly but increased 7.9% yearly, totaling 22.6M units. The shipments in the previous six months reached 132.3M units and fulfilled 52.5% of this year’s total LCD TV panel demand, which is estimated at 252M units.
WitsView, a division of TrendForce, has made downward revisions to shipment forecasts of monitors and notebooks for this year’s second and third quarters according to its latest research. The revision is based on the depreciation of the euro and the emerging markets’ currencies as well as other factors.
The latest panel price report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce, finds the IT panel market will remain gloomy towards the end of the second quarter. Though the traditional peak season for monitors and notebooks is approaching, unresolved inventory issues and uncertain prospects still hang over the IT panel market.