Whether or not you're actually considering buying one of
Sharp,
Samsung or
Sony's 52-inch 1080p LCDs next year, they're pretty sure you will and as a result are pushing manufacturing schedules up. According to Digitimes, Sony & Samsung's joint manufacturing venture S-LCD is expected to have their eighth generation manufacturing plant ready several months ahead of its
original October 2007 launch date. Sharp
already has an 8G plant but that's just not good enough, they'll be doubling capacity in March. With heavy price competition among the various "Full HD" LCDs and manufacturing increases, hopefully the 52-inch of 2007 will be the 32-, 37- and 42-inch of
this year and last in terms of price drops.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Damo @ Sep 22nd 2006 4:53PM
Sweet
boe @ Sep 23rd 2006 3:15AM
Wonder what the hold up is on BIG screens for the common man. I bought a 65" rear projection CRT Mits about 3.5 years ago (about $3000 at the time-dropped in price the following year). People who've recently purchased very expensive LCDs and Plasmas say my TV looks great. While my TV doesn't do 1080p (which I really wish it could), the quality for standard DVDs look as good as the newest TVs for the most part.
If they want me to part with money, they should start making 80" screens below $5000 that look as good as CRT and can do 1080p. There isn't a huge incentive for me to invest any money until I can get a BIGGER screen. Sure 1080p would be nice but until the format war is over or hybrid rules over both, why should I upgrade to 1080p? The real incentive would be to get a BIGGER TV that looks as good as my old one.