Flat panels lost more than half of their value in one year
After a 50% drop year over year, prices of flat panels used in LCD TVs and monitors are expected to hold steady, according to Silicon Valley-based research firm Displaybank.
Panel shortage will be resolved by the end of March – with increase production from Asia makers – and prices might slightly increase by then.
After that, it’s everybody’s guess.
Displaybank suggests two possible scenari:
- The economy recovers in the second half of the year, so does the demand, and prices go up;
- The economy recovers in Q2. Prices increase in the first half of the year after Q1, but then prices decline again due to
an excessive supply volume in the second half of the year
It’s perhaps time to think about that second flat panel set 
