Shipments of LCD flat-panel TVs will fall this year from the year before, the first such decline since the popularity of such TVs took off in 2006, according to a research firm. Get the full story »
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Flat-screen TV prices to plunge for holiday season
A customer shops for TVs at Best Buy. (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)
An historically large oversupply of LCD TV panels is causing television prices to fall right in time for the holiday shopping season.
By the end of this month, LCD TV prices will be about 5 percent lower than they were at the same time last year, according research firm DisplaySearch. But a tailspin will start in October: In the last three months of the year, the firm forecasts that prices will keep falling until they bottom out at 12 percent below 2009 levels. Get the full story »
Sep. 13, 2010 at 1:59 p.m.
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Filed under: Cell phones, Computers, Consumer electronics, Manufacturing Smartphones, tablets to drive robust LCD growth
Rapid demand for smartphones and tablet computers this year is expected to cause the global market for small and midsize liquid crystal displays to expand at its fastest pace in three years, according to iSuppli.
The research firm said global shipments of thin-film transistor panels, advanced types of displays used in sophisticated mobile devices including smartphones and tablet PCs, are set to rise 28 percent. That would be the highest level of growth for the market since 2007, when shipments jumped 50 percent. Get the full story »
