CCFL backlighting is only used in 10% of LCD TVs
CCFL backlighting in LCD TVs to end probably in 2014. IHS has reported 90% of LCD TVs shipping in 2013 have used LED backlighting.
IHS forecasts a total of 231 million LCD TV panels to be shipped during 2013, in that 207 million will use LED backlighting, with the remainder utilizing the older cold-cathode fluorescent lamp technology.
LED backlighting usage in LCD TV panel market was only 3 percent before climbing rapidly to 24 percent in 2010, to 38 percent in 2011 and to 71 percent in 2012. By 2016, LED penetration will rise to 100 percent of the total LCD TV panel market, according to IHS. See the figure below.
IHS Has shared these below points on this trend: Sharp of Japan is the only panel supplier with 100 percent of its LCD TV panel manufacturing using LED backlighting in 2013. South Korea’s Samsung and LG are not far behind, with the two companies set to attain more than 95 percent LED usage in their LCD TV panels by the end of this year. Because there is little growth opportunity left in the LCD TV backlighting market, LED makers are redirecting their efforts to the lighting business. “LED suppliers that are focused on lighting are predicted to gain market share,” said Jamie Fox, principal analyst for LEDs at IHS. “Some of the companies ...
IHS Has shared these below points on this trend: Sharp of Japan is the only panel supplier with 100 percent of its LCD TV panel manufacturing using LED backlighting in 2013. South Korea’s Samsung and LG are not far behind, with the two companies set to attain more than 95 percent LED usage in their LCD TV panels by the end of this year. Because there is little growth opportunity left in the LCD TV backlighting market, LED makers are redirecting their efforts to the lighting business. “LED suppliers that are focused on lighting are predicted to gain market share,” said Jamie Fox, principal analyst for LEDs at IHS. “Some of the companies ...
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