DSCC Now Expects LCD TV Panel Prices to ‘Peak’ in Q3
LCD TV panel prices keep rising “with no end in sight,” reported Display Supply Chain Consultants Monday. Strong demand for LCD products is combining with industry worries about components shortages to push panel prices “to their most significant increases ever…
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on a percentage basis, and prices show no signs of slowing down in Q2,” it said. DSCC previously predicted a Q2 slowdown in rising prices, “but we now see price increases accelerating compared to Q1,” it said. Q4 pricing increased 27% from Q3 and were up 14.5% in Q1 from Q4, “but our current estimate is that average LCD TV panel prices in Q2 2021 will increase by another 17%,” it said. “We now expect prices to peak sometime in Q3 2021.”