Survey: Taiwanese OEMs’ LCD TV shipments are estimated to increase by 10% in the fourth quarter

DIGITIMES Research pointed out that Taiwan’s LCD TV shipments in the third quarter of 2018 were 8.52 million units, a quarterly growth of 11.4%. Compared with the previous third quarter, the performance was not outstanding, mainly due to the shipment performance of the previous quarter. Jiazhi has a relatively high base period; it is expected that the fourth quarter shipments will still have a quarterly growth performance of more than 10%, but the shipments in the second half of the year will be slightly lower than the same period in 2017.

From the perspective of the shipment market, North America has become the largest export market for Taiwanese manufacturers from the third quarter. This is related to the obvious peak season effect in North America. The increase in the proportion of Taiwanese manufacturers’ shipments to Vizio is related to Amazon. The growth in sales of Fire TV models is also the reason. In terms of size, shipments of models over 60 inches will maintain a proportion of more than 10% in the second half of the year. With the addition of the range of 50 to 59 inches, it is expected that the proportion of models over 50 inches will rise to 40% in the fourth quarter. Demand for large sizes It also drives the proportion of 4K models to gradually increase to 50%.

Although Japanese brands will still be the largest customers of Taiwanese manufacturers in each season in 2018, they are expected to have a quarterly decline starting from the third quarter, while the proportion of European and American customers will benefit from the peak season effect and increase each quarter. As for the proportion of land-based brands in the fourth quarter, it can maintain about 10%.

In terms of the ranking of Taiwan manufacturers’ shipments, the top two TPV and Hon Hai’s total shipments in the third quarter have fallen to 70% of the Taiwan manufacturers’ shipments. It is expected to decline in the fourth quarter, mainly due to the better performance of other companies. Good. Among them, Ruixuan, in addition to the increase in orders from Xiaomi, also has the opportunity to increase shipments to Vizio. Compal will benefit from the addition of Toshiba's new Fire TV model, and the new group innovation of TV OEM , Season 4 will still enjoy the growth honeymoon period.