Based on the latest survey by WitsView, a research division of TrendForce, the panel procurement volume among China TV brand vendors has been gradually decreasing in the latest three quarters. In 4Q09, the overall TV panel procurement volume reached a record high with 94 million units.
Since 2008, 32W has been accounting for the largest ratio with 40% in global LCD TV sales. WitsView expected that sales ratio of 40W and above LCD TV in 2H10 may increase substantially in accordance with the recent panel price quote and the street price trend.
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.