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[diesel]

I was just reading an article and they mentioned Samsung and Sharp as being the only LCD manufacturers left. I was surprised. I thought there were quite a few left - like maybe 5 or 6?

I know with plasma we have Panasonic and Samsung - what about LG?

So who do we have left producing all these panels???

[Junkyard]

diesel, on Oct 31 2011, 09:33 PM, said:

I was just reading an article and they mentioned Samsung and Sharp as being the only LCD manufacturers left. I was surprised. I thought there were quite a few left - like maybe 5 or 6?

Chimei are huge! AUO also.

Edited by Junkyard, 31 October 2011 - 08:44 PM.

[diesel]

Junkyard, on Oct 31 2011, 09:43 PM, said:

Chimei are huge! AUO also.

Those names ring a bell (AUO = AU Optics?)

Isn't that who Sony are getting their entry level screens from and the higher end ones from Sharp?

[wilsact]

diesel, on Oct 31 2011, 09:47 PM, said:

Those names ring a bell (AUO = AU Optics?)

Isn't that who Sony are getting their entry level screens from and the higher end ones from Sharp?

Sony's lcds might be going the way of Pioneer plasma's:

http://www.whathifi....re-with-samsung

Edited by wilsact, 31 October 2011 - 10:06 PM.

[Mr H.264]

I'm pretty sure TCL are making quite a few panels and video processors for other companies. They have one of the biggest manufacturing plants in China.

[Basil]

Panny. has taken a controlling share in IPS-Alpha,i think they bought out Hitachi,Toshiba and a Merchant Bank and intend increasing production so AFAIK they're  still going strong.I'll try and find a link.

[bassett]

Interesting you have forgotten the biggest and best,   Fujitsu   Mitz   Blaupunkt  Loewe      some would also add  Philips  &  Grundig.

[diesel]

Do they make their own or just use others' OEM glass in their chassis and electronics?

[Owen]

I dont think Fujitsu still make panels and I doubt the euro brands ever did.
Nothing biggest or best about any of them.

[diesel]

Could Panasonic be pulling out soon too?

Quote

The company also will reduce its production capacity for plasma TV panels by 48 percent.
"We've sought measures to solve deficits at the TV unit since 2008 but none brought a result that we anticipated," President Fumio Ohtsubo told reporters in Tokyo.

Panasonic, which spent more than $6 billion purchasing stakes in Sanyo and Panasonic Electric Works Co. last year, wants energy-related businesses to be its next earnings driver after its TV operation recorded three consecutive annual losses.

Panasonic Tips Biggest Loss In 10 Years $5.4 Billion

[jsmith]

Rueters article...

JSmith  

[Basil]

jsmith, on Nov 2 2011, 10:38 AM, said:

Rueters article...

JSmith

Yeah,Chinese winds of change,Panny. only purchased the majority share in IPS Alpha last year and by the look of things are bailing already.

ttp://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/30/hitachi-panasonic-idUSTOE65T06B20100630

I notice some USA based Journo.'s claiming the landed cost of a Chinese 50" LCD  screen is less than US$80 so how can anyone compete with that and still make a profit.

[diesel]

Basil, on Nov 2 2011, 02:28 PM, said:

I notice some USA based Journo.'s claiming the landed cost of a Chinese 50" LCD  screen is less than US$80 so how can anyone compete with that and still make a profit.

Bloody hell!
How long will they last....two weeks?  

[Basil]

Thats the landed cost from the Manufacturer Mick,Retail is somewhere $600-$1000,more for the name brands.

[bassett]

And if you contact a Chinese manufacturer, and order two million  sets, you'll  more then likely get the same price.

[jsmith]

diesel, on Nov 2 2011, 08:17 PM, said:

...two weeks?  

Two weeks...  

JSmith  

[bassett]

jsmith, on Nov 3 2011, 01:54 PM, said:

Two weeks...  

JSmith  

Reminds me of one of my "X's"   She was two faced.  Pity she didn't self-destruct

[jsmith]

bassett, on Nov 4 2011, 09:20 AM, said:

Reminds me of one of my "X's"   She was two faced.  Pity she didn't self-destruct

Remember to get one of these next time...    

JSmith