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Although seasonality slowed Taiwan’s LCD TV industry in the first quarter of 2007, with shipments dropping 5.3% sequentially to 3.09 million units, major players, including TPV Technology, Proview and Amtran Technology, were able to increase their shipments from the previous quarter. Therefore, overall growth from Taiwan only dropped 5%, compared with a 14% drop in the global market.Table of contents
Chart 3: Taiwan LCD TV shipments by production mode, 3Q05-1Q07
Table 1: Production cost and FOB quote comparison for 26-inch TVs, 1Q07 (US$)
Chart 11: LCD and PDP TV shipments, 40-inch class, 2005-2008 (k units)
Chart 12: Screen size, as proportion of LCD TV shelf space in North America, 2006-2007
Chart 13: Screen size, as proportion of PDP TV shelf space in North America, 2006-2007
What’s good for global first-tier vendors is good for Taiwan makers
Chart 16: Taiwan LCD TV shipment forecast, 2005-2009 (k units)