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Quixel: LCD TV Sales Saw Flat Q1

Portland, Ore. – Sales
of LCD TVs were flat overall in the first quarter of 2010, although models with
LED backlighting and large screen sizes showed signs of continued growth from
the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a newly released study from

Quixel Research

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The market
research firm’s LCD TV Market Review revealed that volume and value were down
sharply for both Q1 2009 to Q1 2010 and Q4 2009 to Q1 2010.

LCD TV value for
the category fell 34 percent quarter to quarter to $4.1 billion in Q1 2010,
compared with $6.2 billion in Q4 2009, and was down 21 percent year to year.

Unit sales dropped
40 percent quarter to quarter and 10 percent year to year.

 “It was a tough quarter for the overall LCD TV
category,” said Tamaryn Pratt, Quixel Research principal. “Traditional
seasonality was in play, but there were also product transition shortages and
weaker consumer demand coming off an extremely strong holiday season.
Fortunately, the LED and large-screen sales results were up dramatically,
lending a positive note in a down quarter.”

For the first
time, the LCD TV category has seen wider availability and affordability in the
60-inch and larger screen-size segment, with more than seven models launched in
Q1 2010.

Unit sales almost
doubled from Q4 2009 to Q1 2010 for the 60-inch and larger segment, driving
sales growth up 700 percent from Q1 2009 to Q1 2010.

The 55-inch to less-than-60-inch
segment also showed tremendous growth year to year, Quixel found, with unit
shipments increasing nearly 300 percent.

In keeping with
the large-screen models, LED sales results were up both quarter to quarter and
year to year, growing 44 percent and 1,380 percent respectively.

Most
significantly, more 55-inch LED models were sold into the market than 55-inch
CCFL models in Q1 2010.

Quixel said that
despite the Q1 2010 decline, Quixel has not altered its full-year 2010 and
beyond forecasts.

Quixel’s
projections for the U.S. LCD TV market in units show the category growing out
to 2013 with large-screen models taking an increasing share in the category.

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