Stanford Resources' Monitor Reports Show the U.S. Market Reached 10 Million Units in 2Q00.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000

Stanford Resources' Monitrak(R) and Flat Panel Monitrak(R), the only quarterly reports in the industry covering the entire U.S. CRT and flat panel monitor markets on a model-by-model basis, show a robust U.S. market for desktop and workstation displays.

Key findings from Monitrak(R) include the following:

-- Overall CRT monitor shipments increased from 9.2 million units in 1Q00 to
9.7 million units in 2Q00, a 5% increase in shipment volume.

-- Unit shipments were 13.2% higher in 2Q00 than in 2Q99.

-- Dell continued to lead the market, shipping more than 1.6 million units in
2Q00. Compaq came in second with approximately 903,000 units, and Gateway and
Hewlett-Packard fought for third place with 828,000 units each.

-- Approximately 72.8% of all monitors shipped in 2Q00 had a street price below
$350, compared to 74.3% in 1Q00.

Highlights from Flat Panel Monitrak(R)include:

-- Total end-user sales in the U.S. flat panel monitor market

exceeded 297,283 units in 2Q00, a 21.9% increase from 2Q00

sales of 243,800.

-- The total value of U.S. flat panel monitor shipments in 2Q00

was approximately $436 million, a 13% increase over the 1Q00

value of $386 million.

-- The branded vendor leading in shipment value of flat panel

monitors in 2Q00 was NEC, with $73.9 million in sales (16.9%

of the total 2Q00 shipment value).

-- The average weighted street price of a 15.x-inch TFT-LCD

monitor in the U.S. market was $1,071 in 2Q00, a $48 decrease

from the 1Q00 average of $1,119. This average price slipped

below $1,000 in 3Q00, as recent panel cost declines were

passed along to end-users.

Monitrak(R) has tracked unit shipments of CRT desktop monitors to the U.S. market since 1987. This report provides a list of the monitor models being sold on the U.S. market by more than 30 of the top suppliers and the shipments of each model over the preceding quarter.

Flat Panel Monitrak(R) covers the U.S. market for flat panel monitors using LCD technology. Flat Panel Monitrak(R) features current U.S. flat panel monitor shipment data based on individual models from more than 25 companies, including such market leaders as ViewSonic, IBM, NEC, and PixelVision.

Both Flat Panel Monitrak(R) and Monitrak(R) provide detailed graphs and analyses for such display attributes as screen size, street price, pixel format, display shielding, warranty, and multimedia capability.

Stanford Resources publishes numerous annual and quarterly reports on the electronic display industry, including Flat Panel Monitor Market Trends, Liquid Crystal Displays, Monitor Market Trends, Plasma Display Panels, Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs), and Projection Displays. In addition, the company provides a wide range of management consulting services and will host the 17th Annual Flat Information Displays Conference on December 12-14, 2000 in Monterey, California.

For information on Stanford Resources' reports, please contact Debbie Herscovitz at 408/360-8400, or visit http://www.stanfordresources.com.