14 DAY TRIAL // CCFL-backlit LCDs may be getting cheaper by the week, but LED backlights seems to have become popular enough over the course of 2010 that they hold a share of one fifth of the US LCD market.
It would appear that iSuppli has once again taken a look at a particular segment of a market and drawn some conclusions as to how things progressed over the past year.
No doubt those that kept track of the display industry this year will have seen a sort of increase in the frequency of LED-backlit display launches.
Sure enough, companies have definitely started to seriously transition to this technology, some even deciding to focus exclusively on it.
That said, the number of LED-backlit LCD TV shipments grew enough that, at least on the US market, they ended up accounting for a fifth of the total.
In other words, 20 percent of all LCD TVs used LED backlights, or so says the market research firm iSuppli.
“On the demand side, consumers are attracted to LED-backlit LCD-TVs by attributes including their thinner form factors, improved picture quality, better color saturation, power savings and other green attributes,” said Riddhi Patel, director and principal analyst for television systems at iSuppli.
“On the supply side, television and panel makers are investing in technology and offering a plethora of products to take advantage of LED-backlit LCD-TVs, including product differentiation, innovation, low power consumption and the potential to reap the benefits of higher revenue,” Patel added.
In the meantime, plasma and rear projection solutions, along with CRT (cathode ray tube) lost share to CCFL-backlit TV sets, whose share grew to 65.3% from last year's 64.6 percent.
The most popular LCD TV sizes were those in the 40- to 49-inch range, which made up 44.8 percent, though the 32-inch TVs still sold strongly.
Picture quality was the prime aspect that end-users looked at when considering their purchase.