Aug 4, 2008
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Samsung owns top spot with a 21.7 percent share of LCD TV market. 08.04.2008 — Shipments of large-area TFT LCD panels grew 6 percent Q/Q and 23 percent Y/Y in Q2, according to a new DisplaySearch study. "Quarterly Large-Area TFT LCD Shipment Report" says shipments increased to 117.9 million units, the largest number of large-area panels ever shipped in one quarter. Revenue for global large-area TFT LCDs grew 1 percent Q/Q and 30 percent Y/Y, reaching $21.1 million in the United States. LCD TV panels reached 25 million units in Q2, almost flat from Q1 but up 27 percent Y/Y. Samsung remained the shipment leader with a 21.7 percent share of the LCD TV market. "Prior forecast for Q2'08 large-area TFT LCD panel shipments were for sequential shipment growth of 5%," says David Hsieh, DisplaySearch VP of Greater China and lead...
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