According to the survey on mid-and large-sized panel sizes for Jan. 2014 by WitsView, the display research division of the global market intelligence provider TrendForce, the LCD TV panel prices declined constantly, the 21.5W monitor panel price rise $0.5 on the capacity adjustment, China’s labor shortage, and spec shift, while the 20W, 23.6W, and 24W prices remain flat and other sizes show small drops $0.3-0.5. NB panel prices climb on the panel supply and brands’ active restocking as the 15.6 HD Wedge and Flat surge $0.5, while the 14.0 HD Wedge and Flat and the 17.3HD+ panels stay flat. (Table 1& Table 2)
According to WitsView, the display research division of the global market intelligence provider TrendForce, the global NB shipment in Q4 2013 rose 4.7% to 46 million units after a 10.2% growth in Q3. HP consecutively held the No.1 place with an 8M-unit shipment while Lenovo came to the 2nd place with 7.4 M units. (Acquired brands’ shipments are excluded.)
According to the latest survey by WitsView, the display division of the global intelligence provider TrendForce, the large-sized panel shipment in December 2013 reached 73.71 million units, declining 4% MoM. WitsView projects panel shipment of all application will weaken in January with a 10-11% drop in the overall large-sized panel shipment. The TV panel will decline 10%, monitor and NB panel shipment will trim 14% and 11%, and tablet panel shipment will decrease 10%.
According to WitsView, the display research division of the global market intelligence provider TrendForce, the 4K TV panel shipment attained the peak in Q4 last year, reaching 1.34 million units and growing 14% QoQ as it was lifted by the year-end shopping season and the restocking demand for the Lunar New Year holidays, Chinese brands’ aggressive procurement and panel makers’ strong promotion.
According to the survey by WitsView, the display research division of the global intelligence provider TrendForce,the 2013 LCD monitor shipment including AIO is around 158 million units, dipping 5% YoY. The declining trend will continue in 2014 with a shipment of 150 million units, dropping 5.1% YoY. Among those, the LCD monitor shipment is around 134 million units, declining 6.3% YoY, and the AIO shipment is 16 million units, surging 6.7% YoY. What needs to be observed is panel makers turn aggressive on the wide-viewing-angle panel production, and the wide-viewing-angle shows a penetration rate as high as 30% of the LCD monitors in 2014.