During the pandemic, many upgraded their computers for teleworking, leading to a sharp increase in sales. Now, we are in a situation where many have been massively upgraded and sales have normalized or are falling. This also happens in the monitor Market, where a decrease in sales of 7% in 2022.
The past year 2022 has been really bad for the industry. All the big companies that produce or manufacture different computer components have seen reduced sales. Some have cut staff and also invested in new developments to compensate for this normal market freeze.
the sale of monitors, something normal
According to the report published by TrendForce, shipments of LCD monitors in the past year have been 135 million units. Compared to 2021, where the record number of 145 million units was reached, we see that sales they have fallen 7%.
The figure for last year is higher than the data prior to the COVID pandemic. As we can see in the graph, in 2019 a total of 128.3 million LCD screens were distributed. So the decline in sales, really, is more or less normalized with respect to the previous period.
From TrendForce they estimate that this year 2023 we should see an even bigger contraction of the market. It is estimated that this year we should be around 127 million screens distributed, what a 5.8% drop with respect to the previous one. Although, according to this estimate from TrendForce, sales would be 1% higher than what was estimated by the main monitor manufacturers.
By 2023, Dell foresees a drop in sales higher than eleven% Y HP close to 3%. AOC/Philips, for its part, estimates an increase of 12.7% in sales, Acer would increase its sales by almost 20%, ASUS would increase them by almost 8% and Samsung would increase sales by 7.5%.
Viewsonic, Lenovo and LG have not given forecast data, so there is not much to say in this regard.
What do we expect from monitors in 2023?
Taking the trend into account, we could expect price adjustments on certain groups of monitors. The reduction in sales usually encourages a price reduction to improve product output. But of course, this is the theory, then in practice, who knows.
The normal thing would be a significant price reduction in 1440p and 4K monitors with refresh rates of up to 140 Hz. We should not see notable changes in 1080p monitors, which tend to have quite competitive prices, at least those that move in frame rate. refresh between 120 Hz and 144 Hz.
Note that the first 1080p monitors that reach a refresh rate of 500 Hz are already being presented. Although these monitors will reach exorbitant prices and make no sense for most users, we could see how 1080p monitors with frame rates refresh rates above 200 Hz drop in price.
Except for the disproportionate increase in the refresh rate, not many more important news are expected in terms of monitors. We might see some adjustment from different technologies, but don’t expect a huge jump in monitors.
