02.05.2008 — More than 99 percent of all display sales and shipments will be flat panel sets by 2015, according to new research from DisplaySearch.

The “Q4’07 Quarterly Worldwide FPD Forecast Report” says that CRT shipments will drop from 198 million in 2005 to only 26 million in 2015, while flat panels increase from 3.177 million in 2005 to 5.440 million in 2015.

“People want to move from fat to flat displays everywhere. Flat panels can deliver breaking news in the palm of your hand almost anytime or show big movies in small spaces almost anywhere,” says David Barnes, VP of Strategic Analysis for DisplaySearch.

“That’s what drives the flat panel industry to increase its display-area output 19 percent a year.”

With both LCD and plasma shipments increasing, prices dropping and manufacturers like Sony dropping rear-projection units, these results aren’t totally surprising.

Click here to view the detailed outlook of the flat panel market.