IDC: LCDs to outsell CRT monitors in 2003
IDG News Service -
Sales of LCD monitors will top $20 billion this year, overtaking revenue from sales of conventional CRT monitors this year, according to research released today by IDC.
The worldwide PC monitor market will grow by 4.8% this year, driven by improving economies and an expected spike in PC sales growth. Last year, sales growth for monitors was just 0.7% , Framingham, Mass.-based IDC said.
LCD monitors are steadily getting larger as improved manufacturing technology helps achieve lower prices. The predominant LCD size now is the 15-in. screen, but by 2005, the market will shift to 17-in. screens. As prices for LCD monitors continue to fall, and CRT manufacturers fail to explain the advantages of their products to end users, the shift will continue, according to IDC.
Experts have said that the human eye needs to see 25 frames per second to be tricked into thinking that motion is continuous, and LCD monitors have often failed to meet this specification, making them less attractive for showing fast-moving graphics such as those found in games.
The new Diamond View DV159 LCD monitor from Mitsubishi Electric Corp., for example, has improved pixel response time and can show more than 60 frames per second, the manufacturer has stated.
As prices drop, manufacturers will increasingly offer LCDs bundled with PCs, and the stand-alone LCD monitor market will begin to shrink, according to IDC.
The U.S. is currently the world's largest monitor market, accounting for 34.4% of monitors sold, followed by Asia with 24.6% of shipments, IDC said.
Reprinted with permission from
Story copyright 2009 International Data Group. All rights reserved.
Hardware
Additional Resources



White Papers & Webcasts
Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart but Timely
Download Now!
Why BI is Ripe - Now! - For Businesses of Any Size
Download Now!
Customer Video: HP Pelzer
Watch Now
3 Minutes with Free Tool Can Save Thousands!
Watch Now!
Faster, Cheaper and Easier to Maintain
Can you afford not to upgrade your servers to today's advanced, energy-efficient technologies?
Data in Action: Making the Planet Smarter
Register Now
Quantifying the Business Value of VMware View
Learn why you should invest in a centralized virtual desktop.

