According to the latest report from LEDinside, a division of the market research firm TrendForce, LEDinside TV and Gaming Display Market Trend of 2018, backlight and self-emissive display technology will compete together in the near future.

In 2018, the general LED application on backlight is expected to account for about 98.9% and the self-emission is about 1.1%. The use of LED in traditional TV backlights will decline, and turn to high-end market applications, such as the blue LED + QDEF and Mini LED.

Self-emissive TV covers OLED and Micro LED technologies. Micro LED with LED's high brightness contrast and long lifetime features will have an opportunity to compete with OLED.

TV Displaies- Wide Color Gamut, High Color Contrast, Slim, and Curved Design Accelerate Topics in the Market

In 2018, the general LED application on backlight is expected to account for about 98.9% and the self-emission is about 1.1%. The use of LED in traditional TV backlights will decline, and turn to high-end market applications, such as the blue LED + QDEF and Mini LED.



1. Blue LED +QDEF: wide color gamutBlue light LED triggers QDEF to produce red, blue and green spectrums, and NTSC 100-110% is expected to be reached. LEDinside projected that the CAGR of blue LED + QDEF technology will be about 21% from 2017 to 2023.

2. Mini LED direct-type backlight module is adopted to increase the contrast of each display area for TV. Therefore, Mini LED backlight market share is expected to spring up to 15% in 2023 as technology matures and cost drops.

3. OLED TV: In recent years, TV manufacturers have gradually turn to develop OLED high-end markets. The CAGR of OLED TV will be 39% from 2017 to 2023.

4. Micro LED TV: Micro LED with LED's high brightness contrast and long lifetime features will have an opportunity to compete with OLED. However, the technology so far is at the development stage. LEDinside estimated that Micro LED TV market share will reach to 2% in 2023.

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Gaming Market Demand Spring up Gaming Monitor Shipment

Due to increasing gaming market demand, the display usage volume has been boosted. In 2018, the gaming monitor shipment volume is expected to hit 3.6 million sets. Compared with 2.5 million in 2017, the growth is around 40%.

CAGR of Gaming Display LED will reach to 30% from 2018 to 2021

With the boost of the entire gaming market, the LED usage volume of the mainstream gaming display, which is 23.8-32 inch, is expected to reach 22.4 million pcs in 2018 and hit 44.1 million pcs in 2021, at a CAGR of 30%.

LEDinside 2018 TV and Gaming Display Market Trend

TV Market Scale Estimation

TV Light Source Classification

2018-2023 TV Light Penetration Rate

2018-2023 TV Backlight Market Trend

2018-2023 Self-emissive TV Market Trend

2018 LED Product Requirement in Direct-Type TV

2018 LED Product Requirement in Edge-Type TV

TV Backlight Manufacturer Trend- Korean Brand

TV Backlight Manufacturer Trend- Chinese Brand

Potential Mini LED Backlight Manufacturers

TV Display Technology

TV Display Technology Analysis

QLED Display Technology Structure

QLED Development Map

Mini LED Display Technology Structure

Mini LED Development Map

OLED Display Technology Structure

OLED Development Map

Micro LED Display Technology Structure

Micro LED Future Development

Gaming Monitor Current Development

Gaming Monitor Application

2018-2021 Gaming Monitor Shipment and LED Usage Volume

Potential Gaming Monitor Player List