Larger LCD TV Panels to Be 21% of Mix Next Year, DisplaySearch Says

The world’s top LCD TV panel makers will produce 257 million panels in 2015, a 3 percent increase from the 249 million they produce this year, DisplaySearch analyst David Hsieh said in a blog post Monday. Panels 50 inches or larger will be 21 percent of the total mix, up from 18 percent this year and 12 percent in 2013, he said. Panel makers such as AU Optronics and Sharp are limited by capacity, and so are not able to increase unit shipments, but are focusing on larger sized panels, he said.