Flat Panel Display goes everywhere!

As FPDs (Flat Panel Displays) become less costly, performance improved, size range extended, and slim-space saving form factors adopted, they are penetrating a wider range of applications from home, office, public and anywhere you can imagine.

At Home
The worldwide television market is rapidly changing from CRT to LCD/Plasma FPD technology. In addition, the HDTV (High Definition TV) is becoming a reality. The move from analog to digital is finally underway on a global basis. WW FPTV market is expecting to growth from 2006 50M units (25% of TV market) to 2010 150M units (70% of TV market). Especially rapid growth in Europe where expecting the biggest FPTV (Flat Panel TV) market in the world. Most popular panel size keeps upgrading from 26”/27” in 2005, 32” in 2006, 40”/42” in 2007, and getting bigger.

At Public
Public display as Digital Signage in latest development is an exiting application of FPDs. Displays has been deepen into our daily life. It’s everywhere from Flight/Bus/Train information board, restaurant menu board, real-estate signage, financial and health institutions, sports arena scoreboards and signage, cinema movie trailer display, shopping mall promotion display, institutional digital messaging and even manufacturing or corporate communication. It becomes a new driver force for the continuous growth of FPDs except for Home TV market.