International. Although 2011 saw a sharp reduction in TV shipments to retailers, which led to an increase of just 0.1% in the consolidated year, 2012 offers a different picture in which a slight increase of 2% is expected at the end of the year to reach 254 million units, according to the company's report DisplaySearch.
Flat-screen TVs continue to show an upward trend, but with a gradual pace of 4.2% per year, indicating that the transition from CRT to LCD devices is nearing its end, entering the market at a more mature and stable stage.
The greatest demand for this equipment is in the field of large format screens, in which shipments of televisions of 40 " or more, will grow by approximately 12% in 2012, while screens with smaller sizes will suffer a decrease of 3%.
LCD equipment will continue to dominate the market with a representation of 82% of global TV shipments, this will continue as a result of the decrease in demand for plasma devices and the high price of OLED TVs that begin to enter to compete.
