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Advanced TV Shipments in Largest Sizes Thrived in Q1, Says DSCC

Q1 shipments of advanced TVs increased 70% year over year, reaching 3.8 million sets globally, reported Display Supply Chain Consultants Tuesday. DSCC defines advanced TVs as including all OLED sets, 8K LCD TVs and all LCD TVs with quantum dot…

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technology. Though smaller screen sizes of advanced TVs recorded the biggest gains in Q1 a year earlier, “in the first quarter of 2021 it was all about the biggest sizes,” it said. Shipments of 75-inch advanced LCD TVs increased 158% year over year to 336,000, and advanced LCD TVs larger than 75 inches increased 103% to 123,000, said DSCC. Q1 shipments of OLED TVs 77 inches and larger increased 430% to 85,000, “more than the total cumulative volume of this category for all years up to the end of 2019,” it said.