9 posts and columns on liquid crystal display

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Samsung Spins Off LCD Business

in News on February 21 at 5:47 am PT

Samsung, currently the biggest LCD panel maker in terms of sales, will spin off its unprofitable LCD operations on April 1 into a new firm, called Samsung Display Co. As The Wall Street Journal notes, analysts had widely expected the spinoff, as the LCD industry shrinks and the Korean electronics giant focuses more on higher-margin OLED screens for TV sets and tablets.

LCD Makers Cough Up $538 Million to Settle Price-Fixing Charges

in News on December 27, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

Seven major liquid-crystal display makers settle charges that they illegally conspired to fix prices of LCDs.
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Apple and Samsung Hammering Out $7.8 Billion Display Deal

in Mobile on February 14, 2011 at 7:32 am PT

With demand for its iOS devices growing, Apple is once again moving to secure vast storehouses of parts with which to build them. Cupertino is said to be finalizing a massive component contract with Samsung, one that would make it the company’s single largest customer.

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Samsung: Glasses-Free 3D TV Unlikely in Next 5-10 Years

in News on October 14, 2010 at 7:55 am PT

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest flat-screen television maker by shipments, said glasses-free three-dimensional TV sets won’t be a common household item in the next five to 10 years because technical hurdles still exist before such TVs can be mass-produced at an affordable price.

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Big Sony Vs. Small Toshiba at Ceatec

in News on October 7, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Several themes are emerging at Japan’s largest annual electronics trade fair this week, including green technology, such as electric cars, and tablet devices, such as Sharp Corp.’s Galapagos and Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab.

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Samsung Plans LCD Joint Venture in China

in News on October 16, 2009 at 3:30 pm PT

Samsung Electronics Co. said it will set up a joint venture to build a 7.5-generation liquid crystal display panel plant in Suzhou, China, that will cost about 2.6 trillion won ($2.25 billion).

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LCD Makers' Increased Capacity May Stifle Recovery

in News on October 6, 2009 at 10:47 am PT

The rush by Asian liquid-crystal-display makers to ramp up production at home and to invest in new plants threatens to curtail the nascent recovery in the flat-panel market. LCD makers in Asia have just started to see their earnings recover in the second quarter after prices began to rise thanks to production cuts made last year, component shortages and strong demand from China.

$11,115 Toshiba TV Can Time-Shift Owners into Bankruptcy

in News on October 5, 2009 at 2:19 pm PT

Toshiba has seen the future of television: A 55-inch, liquid-crystal display jacked into a three-terabyte set-top box capable of displaying eight high-definition broadcasts at once. What is this TV among TVs, this holy grail of couch potatoans called? The Cell Regza 55X1. And it costs $11,115.
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Deep Discounts Fail to Stem LCD Panel Supply Glut

in News on December 29, 2008 at 9:11 am PT

Despite deep discounts in stores, liquid crystal display inventory still far outweighs demand. Even though there are rumors of the Taiwanese government encouraging mergers between panel makers, reduced capacity for production would be unlikely to result–and the glut will most likely continue.