lcd monitor

Falling LCD panel prices and a reversal in the wait-and-see attitude among consumers drove LCD monitor shipments to 14 million units in the fourth quarter of 2004, a historic high. 2004 China Taiwan LCD monitor shipments reached 40 million units, a 40％ year-on-year increase. Though LCD monitors have entered the low-profit stage, China Taiwan LCD monitor makers are supported by the growing strength of Taiwanese TFT LCD panel makers. It is expected that beginning in 2005 large Chinese OEM suppliers should grow even larger, and overall shipment growth should be sustained. The North America market showed a healthy growth rate of 8 percent, while EMEA showed a sequential decline of 10 percent. The North American penetration rate for wide LCD monitors was the greatest in Q2, rising up to 9.7 percent. But the largest growth rates came from China and Latin America, which witnessed quarter-over-quarter growth rates of 174.9 and 145.8 percent, respectively.