DisplaySearch's Annual LCD Monitor Strategy Report Projects LCD Monitors to Overtake CRT Monitors in 2004

Business Wire, Oct 23, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LCD International, Booth No. 173

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2002

DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in flat panel display market research and consulting, released its 2002 LCD Monitor Strategy Report today.

This more than 950-page report is bulging with detailed information on every aspect of the desktop monitor industry, including actual LCD monitor, CRT monitor, LCD PC, TFT LCD module and controller IC shipments, revenues, prices and supplier market share from 1998-2001, and forecasts for all these market segments through 2006.

The report also profiles all major LCD monitor, TFT LCD monitor module and controller IC suppliers, revealing details on all aspects of their operations including product specifications, roadmaps, shipments, revenues and supplier/customer relationships.

DisplaySearch's LCD Monitor Strategy Report indicates that LCD monitors are expected to grow at a 49% CAGR from 2001 to 2006, reaching 113 million units and an 82% share of the desktop monitor market. LCD monitors are expected to overtake CRT monitors on a revenue basis in 2002, on a unit basis in 2004, outselling them more than 5 to 1 in 2006. Conversely, CRT monitors are expected to decline at a 24% CAGR per year to 22 million units and a 16% share.

Enabling this growth are significantly lower prices derived from nearly $40 billion in TFT LCD capital spending from 2000-2005 resulting in nearly 400% growth in TFT LCD capacity from 2001 to 2006. Also contributing to lower panel prices are the productivity benefits of 5th gen fabs, which are optimized for 17" and larger panel production, resulting in significantly lower display costs at larger sizes.

The average panel price per diagonal inch is expected to decline nearly 40% from $19 in 2001 to $11 in 2006. Blended LCD monitor prices are expected to fall at 13% per year with 19" LCD monitor prices expected to decline the fastest at 30% per year. As a result, the weighted average price difference between LCD and CRT monitors is expected to fall by 62%.

According to DisplaySearch President Ross Young, "This report is the ultimate reference tool for anyone participating in the LCD monitor market. It provides critical data for near- and long-term planning, identifies market and technology trends and provides significant intelligence on all players."

The list of companies profiled in great detail are shown below:

LCD Monitor/LCD PC Brands and OEMs:

ADI, ADTEC, ADVAN, AG Neovo, Akia, AmTRAN, AOC, Apple, BenQ, Compal, Coretronic, Cornea, CTX, Dell, Delta Electronics, Eizo Nanao, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hansol, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, iiyama, ImageQuest, I-O Data Device, Jean Company, KDS USA, Legend, LG Electronics, Lite-On, Matsushita, MELCO, MiTAC, NEC, NEC-Mitsubishi, Philips, Planar, ProArch, Proview, Quanta, Sampo, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Tatung, TopVision, TriGem, ViewSonic and VisionBank.

TFT LCD Monitor Module Suppliers:

ADI, AU Optronics, Chi Mei, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Fujitsu, HannStar, Hitachi, Hydis, LG.Philips LCD, NEC, Quanta, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp and TMDisplay.

Controller IC Suppliers:

Genesis Microchip, ITE, Macronix, MRT, Myson-Century, Oplus, Philips, Pixelworks, Realtek, Silicon Image, SmartASIC, STMicroelectronics, TOPRO, trumpion and Weltrend.

The 2002 LCD Monitor Strategy Report is priced at $4,895-$5,395, but is available at a 10% discount for customers who place their orders in the next 30 days. You may view the Table of Contents here: http://www.displaysearch.com/sample_files/LCDMonStrat_TOC.html. This report will also be on display at DisplaySearch's booth, No. 173, at LCD International in Yokohama, Japan.

About DisplaySearch

Founded in 1996, DisplaySearch is the worldwide leader in flat panel display market research and consulting. The company is focused on all FPD markets, technologies, materials, production equipment and FPD-related ICs. DisplaySearch works closely with all layers of the FPD food chain, delivering the industry's most valuable market forecasts, technology assessments, surveys, studies and analyses. In just six years, more than 500 companies from 20 countries have become customers.