View Full Version : Sony and Samsung announce $2B LCD venture


Boyd Ostroff
April 10th, 2006, 04:39 PM
Looks like we'll be seeing more LCD TV's in the future....

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060410/skorea_samsung_sony_lcds.html?.v=7

The companies said they expect to manufacture 50,000 panels a month at a new production line that will start operation in late 2007. That will be in addition to their LCD manufacturing plant's existing monthly capacity of 60,000 panels.

Boyd Ostroff
April 11th, 2006, 07:06 AM
Here's an interesting article about this which talks about the penetration of HDTV and some future trends:

http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2006/tc20060411_153142.htm

So what's behind the billion-dollar arms race for these HDTV suppliers? The future looks too bright for TV makers to ignore. According to a recent study from Dallas-based research Parks Associates, HDTV sales will surpass $65 billion by 2009