Taiwan's PC monitor shipments increased sequentially for two quarters straight in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 4.3% from a quarter ago, but down 5.9% on year.Taiwan's PC monitor shipments increased sequentially for two quarters straight in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 4.3% from a quarter ago, but down 5.9% on year.
Taiwan's small-to-medium-size panel shipment went down over 20% sequentially and 4.3% on year to come to 184.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021 as demand for feature phone panels plunged drastically during the period.
The fourth quarter of 2021 was the traditional peak season for the TV market and brand vendors' promotion campaigns launched for the year-end holidays in Europe and North America as well as Single's Day in China, boosted Taiwan's TV shipments by 9.7% sequentially to over eight million units in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments increased sequentially as expected in the third quarter, but only went up 4.6%, smaller than the 6% forecasted in August as supply of some components was still tight.
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments did not grow as Digitimes Research anticipated in May and instead they went down nearly 7% sequentially in the second quarter of 2021.
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments increased 11.7% sequentially, but went down 9% on year to arrive at 209.76 million units in the second quarter of 2021.