Stanford Resources Forecasts Steady CRT Monitor Growth Through 2006

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nov. 8, 2000 -- Stanford Resources' Monitor Market Trends 2000, the longest-running publication covering the global cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor market, predicts that CRT monitor growth will remain strong through 2006, as production of 17-inch computer monitors continues to accelerate. The monitor industry's most important report and forecast, first published in 1985, is now in its fourteenth edition.

According to Rhoda Alexander, Director of Monitor Research at Stanford Resources, "The worldwide market for all CRT monitors will grow from 119 million units in 2000 to 166 million units in 2006, with more than 90% of those monitors dedicated to desktop PC, workstation, and terminal applications." In addition, she stated, "The CRT monitor market remains one of the display industry's most important markets and it is ultra-competitive, especially on the production side. Although flat panel monitors offer some important advantages over CRT monitors, they will only account for about 30% of the computer monitor market in 2006. The CRT monitor simply offers the best price-performance scenario for the majority of users now and for the next six years."

Two new features have been included in this edition of Monitor Market Trends: street price and value forecasts by region and a flat-face shadow mask tube forecast by region. The street price forecast is based on research of current and future regional pricing trends and was added in response to client input. The forecast data and strategic analysis in Monitor Market Trends helps monitor manufacturers, branded monitor vendors, distributors, and component suppliers make realistic decisions about where this industry is going in the next five years.

Key findings from Monitor Market Trends 2000 include the following:

-- In the computer application category, 17-inch monitors will account for more than 57% of consumption in 2006.

-- North America constitutes the largest market for CRT monitors through 2006, but the highest annual growth rates will occur in the Far East (15%) and Rest-of-World (14%) regions.

-- The street value of all computer monitors will reach more than $28 billion in 2000, growing to 32 billion in 2006.

-- Samsung, with a total volume of learly 15 million units, will be the largest producer of CRT monitors in 2000. Other leading suppljers in 2000 include LG Electronics, Philips, Top Victory (formerly AOC International), and Acer.

-- The overall unit penetration rate of flat panel monitors as a percentage of the total computer monitor market will increase from less than 5% in 2000 to approximately 30% in 2006.

Forecasts and strategic market analyses for 1998 to 2006 are provided in Monitor Market Trends 2000. The report defines this market by examining the current supply and demand for all CRT monitors, analyzing the global display environment, and profiling the companies involved in supplying CRT monitors worldwide.

In addition to a full forecast of the CRT monitor market, Monitor Market Trends 2000 features an expanded CRT monitor database broken down by screen size, pixel format, resolution, tube technology, and region, as well as providing compound annual growth data from 1998 to 2006. Each region's forecast provides separate tables for units, average selling price (OEM and street) and market value.

A CD-ROM accompanies each copy of Monitor Market Trends 2000. The CD-ROM provides the entire CRT monitor market forecast in an interactive database, which allows users to create customized views of the market.

Stanford Resources, the leading market research firm focusing on the global electronic display industry, publishes numerous annual and quarterly reports on the electronic display industry, including Flat Panel Monitor Market Trends, Monitrak, Flat Panel Monitrak, Liquid Crystal Displays, Plasma Display Panels, Projection Displays, and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs).

The company also provides a wide range of management consulting services and will host the 17th Annual Flat Information Displays Conference on December 12-14, 2000 in Monterey, California.

For more information, please contact Debbie Herscovitz at (408) 360-8400, or visit http://www.stanfordresources.com.

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