IT panel market struggles to pass on costs: monitors hold flat, notebooks slide

What happened

Panel makers' attempts to implement price hikes for IT panels are being frustrated by sluggish end-market recovery, cautious procurement by brand customers, and persistently high upstream material costs. In October (the source gives only the month), quotes for mainstream LCD monitor panels held flat, while notebook panel prices continued a slight downward drift due to weak demand and slow inventory digestion. The source reports the flat monitor panel quotes and the slight notebook panel decline separately, without specific percentage or absolute price figures.

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Affected components and suppliers

Source and time

Source: DigiTimes Asia · 10/19/2026 · View original source