Thu 1 Jun 2006
Matsushita, Hitachi to triple LCD output to fend off SED TV competition
Posted by SED TV Guy under SED TV1 Comment
An interesting story from the Sydney Morning Herald:
The two firms have decided to boost their LCD output capacity to fend off competition from rivals such as Sony Corp and Sharp Corp, which are also moving to drive up their production capacity, officials at the two firms said.
But Toshiba, a partner at the trilateral venture, will refrain from joining the greater investment plan this time, partly because it will put priority on developing the next-generation flat-screenSED TV in conjunction with Canon Corp, industry officials said.
SED TVs, short for surface-conduction electron-emitter display TVs, will hit the shelves in autumn 2007 or thereafter.
As for production at the Chiba venture, Matsushita and Hitachi had planned to increase the annual LCD panel capacity to 2.5 million units in April 2007, the two firms said.
But the two have decided to bring forward the timing of the implementation of the 2.5 million-unit plan to January of that year, while planning to hike the annual capacity to 5 million during the second half of 2007, they said.
This is another good indication that Toshiba is moving ahead as planed with the SED TV development.
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July 31st, 2006 at 8:55 am
This is a typical response from companies STUCK with (investment wise)
inferior technology, it does not matter how low they price their product,
if its performance is lacking compared to SED, then people will not buy it,
most people who are bying BIG screen television, over 100cm size, will be
paying big money, and will expect the receiver to last them at least 10 years,
go and do a comparison between the same size PLASMA and LCD, the first
thing you will notice is the poor contrast of the LCD compared to the PLASMA,
the second thing will be the lack of clarity of the LCD compared to the PLASMA on moving objects, and PLASMA is sadly lacking in contrast to SED,
these companies investing in increasing production of LCD. are pouring
their money down the drain, thats their bad luck,