LCD TV Panel Price Hikes Showing ‘No Signs’ of Abating: DSCC
LCD TV panel prices keep rising, and the price hikes “show no signs of slowing down in Q2,” reported Display Supply Chain Consultants Monday. Widespread shortages in the supply of display driver chips “add to the general logistics problems to…
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create an atmosphere where price increases appear to be not only accepted but expected,” it said. Panel prices increased more than 20% for some TV sizes in Q3 from Q2 and by 27% in Q4 from Q3, it said. DSCC estimated that average LCD TV panel prices in Q1 will increase 14.5% from Q4 and will rise an additional 12% in Q2 from Q1, it said.