More than 35 million PC monitors were sold across the globe in the third quarter of 2013, topping the IDC's expectations and gaining 4.5% on the second quarter, the research company said recently.
However, the IDC also notes sales dropped 8.6% year-on-year, which it attributes to the decline in PC sales. For the last quarter of the year, monitor sales are expected to drop 3.2%.
Worldwide PC shipments, which have been declining, are expected to fall 10.1% in 2013, the IDC said in December. This would be "by far the most severe yearly contraction on record" with "little indication of positive growth beyond replacement of existing systems", it said.
Total shipments are expected to decline 3.8% in 2014, before turning slightly positive in the longer term, the IDC has noted. At these rates, total PC shipments will remain just above 300 million during the forecast - barely ahead of 2008 volumes, it said.
Monitor sales are following a similar trend, with total shipments in 2013 expected to hit 136.3 million units, a decline of 8.5% compared to 2012. "By 2017, worldwide shipments are expected to drop further, to 109.6 million units, lower than the previous forecast of 110.8 million units, as the adoption of mobile devices at lower price points is expected to continue," it says.
IDC notes Dell is the top vendor, with 13.9% of the market, followed by Samsung. It adds monitors with TV tuners - 5.7% of the market - are expected to reach 7.7% share in 2017, while touch-screens currently make up 0.3% of the overall market.
Swift Consulting CEO Liron Segev notes monitors are getting smarter and are able to connect to tablets and phones. "It's much nicer to watch a movie on the 'big screen'."
Segev adds monitors have many inputs beyond just traditional PC connections, allowing a monitor with an HDMI connection to be used with many devices.
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