Flat-Panel TVs Get More Expensive in June

It seems that yet another analyst firm report has made its way to the web, in this case focusing on the status of one specific segment of the US display industry, that of flat-screen TV sets.

The worldwide IT industry seems to be doing more or less well, financially-speaking, if all the earnings announcements are anything to go by.

For instance, PC sales have slightly accelerated, though Acer ended up losing its position as third greatest supplier of such things.
  Then again, some products, like tablets, oddly enough, disappointed as far as sales levels went.

Nevertheless, the overall direction is a positive one as far as the state of the economy goes, something that IHS's latest press release mirrors.

The analyst firm looked into the state of the display industry, particularly the segment of flat-panel TVs in the US.

What it found was that, due to the increasing number of 3D LCD (liquid crystal display) TV sets, overall pricing for all flat-screen TVs increased over the course of the previous month (June, 2011).

Back in may, the price was of $1,123, but the sum went to $1,133 by June's end, which is $10 more, or 0.9% over the former. June was the third consecutive month of positive progression. Meanwhile, plamsa flat TVs ended up at $1,590.

“The biggest pricing increases for flat-panel televisions last month were among the new 3-D models employing active shutter glasses, the most popular type of three-dimensional set on the market today,” said Riddhi Patel, director for television systems and retail services at IHS.

“There is an increasing number of models with 3-D capability in the product mix that have higher than average prices. These sets drove price increases for the entire flat-panel television market in the United States in June.”

Besides 3D panels, users have also been showing a higher interest in LED-backlit products, although prices, in this case, are falling, which is actually the whole point since the goal is to make CCFL obsolete by eliminating the price gap between them.