WitsView sees panel price sinking closer to the bottom in 2HAug

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August 21st, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 42 times, 3 so far today

Taipei, August 21, 2008—Based on WitsView’s market survey, mainstream monitors panel prices fell by 8~12% in 2HAug. NBs and TVs dropped respectively by 6% and 2~5%. According to WitsView’s large-sized panel cost structure, NB panels are currently the only profitable segment. Both large-sized Monitor and TV panel prices are expected to fall below the fully-loaded cost in the end of August. It is projected that by the end of the third quarter, prices may fall near the cash cost level. This is the panel makers’ “last line of defense”.
Despite the TFT-LCD industry entering the traditional strong seasonality, the price pressure in August remains high. This is because the global consumer markets are still being affected by the inflation and credit squeeze problems. There is no notable improvement in the end market demand, and the previously accumulated inventory continues to be digested.  Meanwhile, “Taiwan panel makers have aggressively reduced the glass substrate input in cutting back the production output. If the brand vendors and retailers’ sales promotions can effectively stimulate the current sluggish consumer buying, thus bring the overall inventory to a more healthy level, there is a chance for panel prices to stabilize after the end of Q3,” said H.P. Chang, head of WitsView’s TFT-LCD research team.
Panel Price List in 2H of Aug/2008 ( Prices are all in USD )
Application Screen size Format Resolution Price
Low High Avg. Change* Last Avg. Change*
TV 42” WXGA 1366×768 440 455 450 -10 460 -2%
37” WXGA 1366×768 360 380 370 -15 385 -4%
32” WXGA 1366×768 260 280 270 -15 285 -5%
Monitor 22″W WSXGA+ 1680×1050 110 120 115 -14 129 -11%
19″ SXGA 1280×1024 98 105 100 -14 114 -12%
19”W WXGA+ 1440×900 85 92 89 -8 97 -8%
17” SXGA 1280×1024 80 88 85 -7 92 -8%
Notebook 17”W WXGA+ 1440×900 97 105 101 -5 106 -5%
15.4”W WXGA 1280×800 75 81 78 -5 83 -6%
14.1”W WXGA 1280×800 72 78 75 -5 80 -6%

Source: www.witsview.com
About WitsView

Founded in the year 2004, WitsView, a subsidiary brand of DRAMeXchange, is composed of a team of TFT-LCD industry experts. The research field covers the development and market trend of upstream components, mid stream panels and downstream system integrators and retailers.
For more about WitsView, please visit www.witsview.com

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Media contact:
Lilia Huang
Tel: +886-2-7702-6888 ext.680
liliahuang {at} witsview(.)com


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