After years of flattening, curved TV screens leap into global market, says DisplaySearch

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Press release, April 9; Alex Wolfgram, DIGITIMES [Thursday 10 April 2014]

After spending almost two decades trying to make TVs flatter, curved TVs emerged again in 2013. According to DisplaySearch, curved TV display shipments are forecast to reach nearly 800,000 units in 2014, and are expected to exceed six million units by the end of 2017. Curved TV is a design differentiator that is expected to reach its peak in LCD TVs in 2016, and growing shipments of OLED TVs are forecast to boost curved TV shipments in 2017.

The global TV market reached a peak in 2011, and after two straight years of declines in shipments and revenues, brands are exploring many avenues to revitalize the market, including OLED displays, curved screens, and increased resolution, the firm said.

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