DSCC is working on a new report for the TV market, a product of our collaboration with China-based market research provider DiScien. We expect to have this report available in the first half of April, so it’s time to share a few highlights with our readers.
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Utilization of flexible OLED lines across the display industry has been stubbornly low throughout 2018 and 2019 because of industry oversupply, but utilization rates are expected to improve in 2020 while remaining far short of full UT%, according to the latest update to DSCC’s Quarterly OLED and Mobile LCD Fab Utilization Report released this week. The report details monthly capacity and utilization for OLED lines and LTPS LCD lines, with capability to sort by parameters such as country, substrate type, supplier, form factor and glass size.
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OLED panel revenues increased by 4% in 2019 to $27.9 billion, according to the latest update of the DSCC Quarterly OLED Shipment Report for Q1 2020, with double-digit growth in area, as OLED continues to take a larger share of smartphone and TV shipments.
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As the display industry widely awaits the launch of QD-OLEDs by Samsung in 2021, an obvious question in everyone’s minds is - what’s next? What does the display roadmap look like in the premium TV segment?
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DSCC has updated its display capacity forecast as part of its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report.
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While the numbers of cases and fatalities from the coronavirus in China were lower than last week, there were several reports of outbreaks in new regions that raised concerns that the virus would spread globally. As of Saturday, February 23rd, there were more than 76,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus worldwide, and more than 2,300 fatalities.
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DSCC has increased display equipment spending for the 2018-2024 period by 5% to $93B in its Quarterly Display Capex and Equipment Market Share Report as new fab projects emerge and capital intensity continues to rise. 2019 spending was down 27%, the second straight year of a double-digit decline, with OLED spending down 48% and LCD TV spending flat.
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The coronavirus has now killed 908 people in China, surpassing the 774 killed worldwide due to the SARS epidemic. The pace of infections has slowed, but doctors believe it can still re-accelerate. The highest number of deaths from the virus in a single day was recorded on Sunday the 9th at 97. However, the number of people recovering from the virus exceeded the number of deaths for the 10th day in a row at 356 in the Hubei province on Sunday, so there is hope that deaths from the virus will slow. Nonetheless, there are 40,171 confirmed infections in China with 3,062 new cases recorded over the last 24 hours.
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Quantum Dot (QD) display technology was first introduced to enable LCDs deliver a Wide Color Gamut (WCG) and high brightness. Samsung pioneered the technology and launched the ‘QLED TVs’ in 2015. QLED TVs use LCD technology with a blue backlight and a quantum dot enhancement film (QDEF). This technology combined with High Dynamic Range (HDR) allowed the performance of premium LCDs to compete with the performance of OLED TVs.
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The top global TV brands continued to sustain profitable businesses in Q4 despite declining revenues, although it appears that LGE has stumbled a bit in the holiday season. Samsung and Sony are enjoying an unprecedented run of profits in the TV market.
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