4Q 2013 Total worldwide PC monitor shipments: Samsung maintains the top vendor in terms of total revenue with $1.08 billion in 4Q13.

If the downward trend persists, in terms of overall shipments, due to declining PC desktop sales, there are however, a sign of hope within the EMEA’s zone which experienced the largest positive growth during the fourth quarter.

As, a unique objective reference for modern organizations and professionals, when it comes to Tools, Supports and Solutions for drawing value in their daily activities, Connectikpeople.co has captured the new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker, which underscores that, total worldwide PC monitor shipments were slightly below 35.0 million units in the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), a decrease of -0.4% compared to the previous quarter yet 2.9%. A -3.8% year-over-year growth.

According to this Tracker, LED backlight technology adoption represents a year-over-year increase of 14.4 percentage points.

Screen size of 21.x-inches wide has held the largest worldwide share for the last five quarters, with 20.7% share in 4Q13.

Touchscreen monitors are still a small segment of the total PC monitor market at 0.4% share, with sales mostly in the U.S. at 38.7% share.

In terms of Vendor Highlights, Dell stayed in the number 1 position in 4Q13 with worldwide market share of 14.2% on shipments of 5.0 million units.

HP is second with the largest quarter-over-quarter increase of 26.7% in EMEA, while Samsung remained third in unit shipments worldwide, and maintains the top vendor in terms of total revenue with $1.08 billion in 4Q13, which represents 16.9% share in

total market value.

LG maintained its number 4 position and continues to be the number 1 PC monitor vendor in Latin America with 28.4% share. Lenovo rejoined the Top 5 vendor ranking in 4Q13 after slipping to number 6 in the third quarter of 2013. Lenovo's biggest gains were in Western Europe and the U.S. with 17.7% and 9.1% quarter-over-quarter growth, respectively.