Global PC Monitors Had Biggest Quarterly Volume in 9 Years: IDC

The global PC monitor market finished 2020 with the strongest year since IDC began tracking the category in 2008. Shipments increased 8.3% to 136.6 million. Q4 shipments grew 16.9% to 39.2 million, biggest since Q4 2011, reported the company Thursday: Demand for remote work and learning connectivity tools helped fuel growth. Though some geographies “have seen life move closer to pre-pandemic levels, ongoing restrictions of varying degrees continued to help funnel consumer budgets to furnish their homes for work or entertainment, even as low office occupancy inhibited commercial monitor spending,” it said. Semiconductor constraints, including display driver IC shortages, forced manufacturers “to amass stock ahead of component price hikes that could last through the middle of 2021,” it said. Dell, TPV, HP, Lenovo and Samsung finished as the top five brand share leaders. U.S. importers sourced 38.6 million PC monitors from all countries last year, down about 1.2% from 2019, according to Census Bureau data we accessed Thursday through the International Trade Commission's DataWeb tool. But January imports of 3.56 million PC monitors rose 92% from January 2019, it said.