Sony and Samsung announce $2B LCD venture

[Boyd Ostroff]

Looks like we'll be seeing more LCD TV's in the future....

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060410/skore...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]

Here's an interesting article about this which talks about the penetration of HDTV and some future trends:

http://yahoo.businessweek.com/techno...411_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