Taiwan-based ODMs and OBMs (own-brand manufacturers) together shipped 21.984 million PC-use LCD monitors in the second quarter of 2019, increasing 7.6% on quarter and 4.5% on year, while the corresponding production value of US$2.435 billion grew 7.3% sequentially and 4.9% on year, according to Digitimes Research.

17-inch and below models accounted for 2.0% of the shipments, 18- to below 20-inch ones for 10.6%, 20- to below 22-inch ones for 22.4%, 22- to 26-inch ones for 48.1%, 27-inch and above ones for 16.9%, Digitimes Research indicated.

With Dell, HP, Lenovo, Acer and Asustek Computer being the major vendors (clients), TPV Technology recorded the largest shipments of 11.92 million LCD monitors, followed by Qisda with 5.50 million units, Foxconn Electronics with 2.68 million units and Wistron with 1.85 million units.

Shipments in the third quarter are forecast to reach above 22 million units, according to Digitimes Research's latest monitor shipment tracker.