Top-10 system integrators' LCD monitor shipments fall 7.1% MoM.Taipei, Oct. 2, 2009 (CENS CENS Censor CENS Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (UCLA NSF) CENS Censorship CENS Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Seclay )--Global shipments of LCD monitors A flat panel display that uses liquid crystals. Although laptops have used LCDs as their flat panel technology almost exclusively, LCD is also the most popular for flat panel desktop monitors. Toward the end of 2003, sales of LCD displays for desktops overtook CRTs for the first time. by the world's top-10 system integrators (SI) totaled 12.89 million units in August, down 7.1% month-on-month (MoM), according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. WitsView Technology Corp., a LCD market researcher. The company said that the downtrend downtrend A series of price declines in a security or the general market. Many analysts feel that investors should avoid securities in a downtrend until the pattern is broken. Compare uptrend. reflects, after the demand plunge, that the inventory refill refill noun A second allotment of a prescription agent obtained from a pharmacy, which is allowed by the original prescription verb Pharmacology To obtain more of a particular drug, after the initially prescribed amount of the agent has been used or exceeded actual market demand in the first half of this year, hence the slower-than-expected inventory clearance. As a result, not only did brand customers reduce orders, several SIs also adjusted inventory levels. Because September is the end of a fiscal quarter and the turning point for panel prices, WitsView pointed out, most SIs are relatively more conservative about restocking, instead focusing on inventory clearance. In doing so, the company added, SIs can maintain purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. for the fourth quarter, as well as prevent losses from the potential decrease in panel prices. In light of the above-mentioned factors, WitsView said, "we project that shipments in September will only gain by a modest 2.6%." On the other hand, WitsView's top-10 monitor brand survey, the August's shipments tumble by 13.5% MoM to 10.58 million units, the sharpest decline in shipment this year. Such significant decline in shipments could be partly attributed to weaker-than-expected shipments of U.S. brands (Dell and HP), WitsView said, and also, in regional sales, the summer promotions in China did not perform as expected, leading to slower orders from retailers. Moreover, with the coming National Day in China, brand vendors will likely stock-up to gain market share, WitsView said. ((QL)) (E) |
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