18 November 2016

Usage of LED chips in TV backlighting to grow slightly in 2017

The volume of LED chips used in TV backlighting globally will increase slightly year-on-year in 2017, with usage of Ultra HD, HDR and quantum dot models rising while direct-type backlights, OLED and the adoption of flip-chip LED backlighting falls, according to Digitimes Research.

The increase will come mostly from Ultra HD TVs, because such models will comprise 36.5% of all LCD TVs to be shipped in 2017 (rising 11.6 percentage points year-on-year) and an Ultra HD TV uses 30-50% more LED chips than a Full HD TV, Digitimes Research notes.

HDR and quantum dot TVs will contribute only slightly to the increase as their shares of 2017 shipments will be less than 5% each, although they use many LED chips.

Direct-type LED-backlit TVs will see major reductions in the use of LED chips in 2017, and they will comprise 64% of all LED-backlit TVs (the remaining 36% will be edge-type). In addition, the adoption of flip-chip LED devices will also reduce the use of chips in TV backlighting.

Finally, the impact of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs on the LED backlighting sector will be minimal, notes Digitimes Research, since such TVs will comprise only 0.72% of shipments.

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