Though the world economy is supposedly improving, even with the troubles in Europe, it seems that the large-area LCD monitor market did not exactly surge in July, instead registering a drop of about 8% compared to the previous month, according to Displaybank.
Displaybank recently published the results of its study into the marketing performance of TFT liquid crystal displays during the month of July.
Apparently, sales registered a drop, on month, of 8%, leaving the total of shipped displays at 52.61 million large-area TF-LCD panels.
Panel shipments for PCs fell by 15.2% last month, to 17.4 million, whereas panels for monitors fell by 11.2%, to 15.9 million.
On the other hand, LCD TV panel sales improved by a percentage of 3.2, amounting to a total of 18.12 million and hinting at the fact that the other categories slumped because of weak demand from PC and monitor makers.
Displaybank also points out that the $6.5 billion in revenue that this segment yielded in July is, while 11.2% higher year-over-year, 5.7% lower on-month.
Unfortunately, the outlook for August doesn't appear to be very optimistic, which means that the steadily approaching holiday season will play a big role in determining whether this market segment grows, compared to 2009, or continues to plummet.
“The panel makers' utilization adjust seen actively from July is expected to continue in August focused in Taiwan makers,” said Ricky Park, senior analyst in Display research group at Displaybank.
“Especially, utilization adjust for under 6G line are most evident that IT panel shipments focused in Monitor and Notebook will continue to be impacted in August,” he added.
Those interested in a first-hand view of DisplayBank's finding need only stop by the official website of the market analysis firm. The official press release that contains these results is located
here.
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