LCD Monitors Will Sell Better and Better

It appears that, as months pass by, liquid crystal display monitors are getting more and more popular, to the point where overall shipment volumes have grown and are expected to continue rising.

Liquid crystal displays are the most popular technology used in today's monitors, TVs and screens for handheld and other mobile devices.

In fact, with the LED backlighting technology getting cheaper, and with LCDs themselves becoming thinner and overall better than before, their appeal has been on the rise.

Speaking of LED-backlit displays, they have been getting increasingly more affordable, to the point where there is hardly any price gap between them and CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lights) ones.

For those that want numbers, while come LED models still sell for 20% more than their CCFl counterparts, there are cases where the difference is of as little as 5%, more or less negligible, knowing the power efficiency and image quality benefits of the former type.

That said, it is reported that this phenomenon is being reflected in sales figures and likely shall continue to be for much time to come.

Normally, the first and, to some extent, the second quarters of any year are considered the slow season, as sales of any products seem to have the habit or improving during the second half of the year, culminating in shopping sprees during the winter holidays.

This year, however, shipments of liquid crystal displays should improve earlier, especially now that low-price models were unleashed in April.

Dell and HP might benefit the most, since enterprise sales are poised to grow and they have much stake in that field. Meanwhile, ViewSonic and BenQ are seeing better sales as well.

All in all, things are looking up and it may very well be that LED panels will account for half of all shipments in 2011 (and more in 2012).