Hitachi unsurprisingly looks to sell stake in CRT operations
Not even a month after Hitachi announced that it would be axing production and sales of RPTVs in North America, the firm has followed up by stating its intentions to sell its entire stake in a Chinese joint venture that produces CRTs. More specifically, the firm will offload its 25-percent stake in Shenzhen SEG Hitachi Color Display Devices to a local investor for 175 million yuan, or around $24 million. Reportedly, the company will be focusing the newly-freed resources on "growth areas such as plasmas," but that doesn't exactly jive with Hitachi's previous viewpoints on the generally shaky PDP market. Nevertheless, we can't say that we're shocked to hear of this exit, but so long as we're headed onwards and upwards, you won't find us tearing up over the loss.






















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
RC @ Nov 28th 2007 6:25PM
Slim is in - DLP, LCD, LCoS and Plasma are the top selling TVs.
CRT is just about dead.
Ratdeen @ Nov 29th 2007 1:32AM
How it saddens me to see these wonderful displays being phased out.
Shockgamer @ Nov 29th 2007 1:59AM
Great. By next year there'll be no more options but to buy a blur-o-vision set.