AU Optronics (AUO) has already started volume shipments of 65-inch LED-backlit LCD TV panels to clients and expects products to be released in the market in the third quarter of 2010, according to company executive VP of global business unit Paul Peng.

Currently, AUO is the only panel maker that is volume producing 65-inch LED-backlit TV panels, Peng noted, adding that AUO has also launched 46- and 55-inch LED-backlit TV panels with a 1.2cm thickness.

In terms of LED backlighting, Peng indicated that LED backlighting will be a requirement for LCD monitors and notebooks starting from now as the company has not received any orders of CCFL-backlit monitor and notebook panels for new models since the beginning of 2010.