Archive for July, 2007

More LCD TVs from Contract Manufacturers?

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

By David Hsieh, Vice President The major applications for large (10” and above) TFT LCD panels are notebook PCs, LCD monitors and LCD TVs. With the strong growth of the notebook PC and LCD monitor markets, a complete and efficient supply chain for those applications has been built, especially the OEM ...

LCD vs. PDP Part #2 (Battle of 2007)

Monday, July 16th, 2007

By Eddie Taylor, Vice President of TV Market Research 2006 was clearly a winning year for LCD technology. In Q1’06, LCD had 35% revenue share of the North American TV market, which grew to a 58% share by Q1’07. Meanwhile Plasma (PDP) TV lost share, moving from 25% to 22% revenue ...

TFT LCD Capacity Creep

Friday, July 6th, 2007

By Charles Annis, Vice President of FPD Manufacturing Research In Q2’07 unrestricted large area capacity swung into a tight environment after multiple consecutive quarters of being characterized by oversupply. Despite across the board rising panel prices in Q2’07 and Q3’07, panel makers have maintained a generally conservative attitude about new capital ...