Samsung and Sony Ready to Bomb LCD TV Market
Line 7-1, the joint venture between Samsung Electronics and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Latest News about Sony, is the world’s first 7th generation line, with the production scheduled to begin in the first half of 2005.
Following market acceptance of 32-inch LCD panels, Samsung is well positioned to take the lead in setting the standard for 40-inch and 46-inch LCD TV panels with this early capital investment.
The construction of Line 7-2 is in response to the rapid growth in demand for 30-inch and larger LCD TVs and production is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2006, it said.
“With Line 7-2, Samsung will secure a stable supply from which we can deliver high-quality, affordable LCD TV panels,” Lee Sang Wan, president and CEO of Samsung’s LCD Business said in a statement.
If this technology follows the normal pattern, we’ll all be buying these devices inexpensively in 2006-2007.
Good. LCD TV’s are way too expensive now. Thin CRT’s are supposed to come out in 2005 too.
haYeah! Bring ’em on! I don’t want to invest in plasma and DLP looks unlikely to become cheap and practical.
I think that LCD will survive, but Plasma is dead! Toshiba/Canon’s SED technology has a picture as good as CRTs at 1/3 the cost of plasma. No more Plasma burn-in, no high altitude problems.
Don’t buy Plasma, SED will be here in 2005 (early adopters), 2006 (the rest of us chickens)
Alan — to some extent, your question should be “how much pleasure — for how long?”
LCD technology has made some great jumps; but, we’ve all seen how frustrating a burned-out pixel can be on a laptop. It ain’t any less on a bigger screen. And they still aren’t under warranty.
Plasma is cool; but, not where I live. Above 6-7,000 feet, they can hum like a tired transformer. And they have a viewable half-life that constantly, albeit slowly, diminishes.
The best firms — to my research, consumer-style — offer DLP technology based in TI engines. Prices have declined about 15% in a year or so. That will continue to accelerate. Replacing a $150-200 bulb every 8000 hours or so ain’t as bad as a dimming plasma.
But, wander through the forest of threads inside http://www.avsforum.com and you’ll see fans of all the technologies. I can tell you from experience, being an early adopter means many more hours of enjoyment — whilst others wait for lower prices. You set your own priorities.
I bought my 1st TiVo almost by accident. Now, it’s superceded by an HDTiVo running a DLP HDTV. It took more than a couple of SSA checks to do that. It was worth it to me. It’s why I still have a part-time gig.
I’m stick with my CRT for a bit longer. I’m normally an early adopter on everything but TV technology is changing too fast. I don’t mind spend 1.5K every year to have the lastest computer but I don’t need to do that with my TV as well.
Ed
(alan here — same guy different screen name)
Thanks for the email. Makes me think I will hold out on buying either until they are cheap enough that I don’t care much if they last only a few years.
I’m happy enough with my plain old Sony TV.
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