Blog from June 2021

TV

LG Gained, Samsung Lost Share in Booming Advanced TV Market in Q1 2021

June 1, 2021

Strong demand for expensive home theater systems from pandemic-constrained consumers led to triple-digit percentage increases in sales of the largest screen sizes for Advanced TVs, according to the new DSCC Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report, now available to subscribers. This report covers the worldwide premium TV market, including the most advanced TV technologies: WOLED, QD Display, QDEF, Dual Cell LCD and MiniLED with 4K and 8K resolution. The report looks at current and future TV shipments and revenues by technology, region, brand, resolution and size, and forecasts the growth of all of these technologies. The report includes the shipment result for Q1 2021 and a forecast to 2026. This week we will cover the Q1 2021 results, focusing on the brand competition in the premium segment, and next week we will cover our updated forecast.
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Display Technology

LCD Capacity Upgraded on Numerous Expansions

June 1, 2021

DSCC upgraded its LCD capacity forecast in the latest issue of its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report while reducing its OLED capacity forecast. As indicated in the figure, DSCC upgraded its 2025 display capacity forecast by 4.4% versus the prior issue due to 14 new LCD investments as manufacturers respond to tight supply and higher prices. Manufacturers are also looking to stretch capacity through process simplification and de-bottlenecking to meet demand and take advantage of the higher prices. We now see 10% growth in LCD + OLED capacity in 2021, with 3%-5% growth from 2022-2025. Relative to last quarter, capacity growth is 1% - 5% higher per year from 2021-2025. Display capacity is now growing at a 5.2% CAGR versus 4.3% last quarter. LCD capacity was upgraded by 5.3% versus the previous issue and now grows at a 3.9% CAGR versus 2.8% last quarter.
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Events

SID/DSCC Business Conference Presenter Interviews Now Online for Attendees

June 1, 2021

In past years, one of the most valuable and interesting features of the Display Week Business Conference was the ability for attendees to ask questions of the presenters and expand the dialog to new topics or challenge assertions made. With the virtual format of this year’s Display Week, the Q&A function occurred online, but DSCC has gathered audience questions and recorded videos with the presenters. These videos are now available on the Display Week site to registered attendees of the Business Conference. You can find the Q&A videos for each presenter in the respective Business Conference. Registration is still available at http://www.displayweek.org/2021/Attendee/Registration and the Business Conference presentations will be available online until September 17th, 2021.
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Display Equipment

LCD Supply Demand Shifting to Oversupply

June 7, 2021

The shortage of large LCDs, which has lasted for almost a year and has resulted in the biggest panel price increases in the history of the industry, has begun to turn into an oversupply. The demand drivers that led to the shortage, particularly strong TV demand in the USA, are fading away with the spread of vaccination in the United States, and industry supply is filling the pipeline with enough inventory to eliminate any fear of shortage.
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Financial

Q1 Panel Maker Revenues Hit All-Time Record

June 7, 2021

Flat panel display revenues increased 1% Q/Q and 52% Y/Y, to hit a record in Q1 2021 at $34.8B. With all panel makers reporting their Q1 2021 results, we can compile a full industry review for Q1, a terrific quarter for panel makers, especially those oriented toward large-area LCD panels.
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Financial

LCD TV Panel Price Rally is Near an End

June 14, 2021

The unprecedented increase in prices for LCD TV panels will soon come to an end as the demand surge which resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic eases and industry supply has caught up. We expect prices to peak in June 2021 for some sizes and in July for others, and to decline for the rest of 2021. Even with the declines, prices at year-end will remain higher than they were in December 2020 and dramatically higher than their all-time lows.
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Greatest Hits of the 70s

June 21, 2021

This blog was originally written as my Editor’s Notes column in the DSCC Weekly Review. This week I have been thinking about inflation. The stock market was down this week on concerns about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to ward off inflation. Even though the discussion about a rate increase suggests that the earliest date for an increase would be the end of 2022, the notion of increasing interest rates and inflation hit stock prices which were at all-time highs.
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OLED

OLED Smartphone Panel Revenues Expected to Increase 39% Y/Y in 1H 2021

June 28, 2021

OLED smartphone panel revenues will increase by 39% Y/Y for the first half of 2021, according to the latest update of the DSCC Quarterly Advanced Smartphone Features Report. The Q2 update of this report gives actual shipments for Q1 2021 and DSCC’s estimates for Q2 through Q4 2021, plus DSCC’s forecast for 2021-2025 for different form factors for OLED smartphone panels, with detailed figures for units, revenue, area, average selling price (ASP) and other parameters with splits by panel supplier, substrate (rigid/flexible) and brand. This article will cover DSCC’s estimated results through the first half of 2021 for OLED smartphone panels. Subscribers to the report, of course, can see all the results in the Excel file.
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