LCD PC monitor shipments will hit 155 million units in 2006, with LCD monitor shipments reaching 125 million units for an 80% share of the market, according to a forecast from DisplayBank.

LCD monitor shipments are expected to increase 19% this year, while CRT shipments should drop 31%, about the same rate of decrease the segment saw in 2005, the market research firm noted.

Worldwide monitor shipments are projected to grow by a relatively modest 4% in 2006, and growth will stay at around 5% in the future, as growth in the desktop PC market slows due to a transition to notebook PCs. According a DigiTimes Research forecast, Taiwan will ship 97.5 million of the projected 155 million LCD monitors this year, up 29% from 2005.

Source: DisplayBank, compiled by DigiTimes.com, January 2006.