Panasonic Corp will cut production of LCD and plasma panels for televisions in 2013
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It seems they want to get into the small tablet phone screen dept, maybe get the work for Apple from Samsung. What worries me is the dropping off LCD TV interest, where the money is at for most manufactures, then plasma dropping by 50%.
Because the Chinese are selling them below the cost that the Japanese can produce them. They are dropping unprofitable lines.
making panels is no longer profitable. There are other manufacturers that are creating panels above 65". Panasonic wants to focus on smaller panels where there is a large demand, smart phones, tablets, etc. They are not stopping TV production, just panel production.
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And with working up the deal for OLED production in 2014 with Sony, it makes sense. Like I said, I dont care about their LCD business, I'm concerned with plasma. I'd rather not see a gap between no plasma, and OLED affordability. Im just not an LCD fan, 90" or otherwise.
I'll def be buying a plasma the last year they are made, when that announcement comes.
I'll def be buying a plasma the last year they are made, when that announcement comes.
Over in the OLED forum at AVS it's been reported that industry sources expect the last plasma TVs to ship in 2015.
That would be ok. I'm really happy with the 2011, i can grab one in 2014 or so then wait out oled 
Yep. OLED will be the flat panel of the future. Now all we need to wait until they become affordable in large sizes.
Does Wal-Mart count? If so then perhaps right now or in the past year. I thought OLED was about ready to be released. I guess they still have some refinement to make as far as the reliability is concerned.
Plenty of plasmas out there. Where can you buy a 65" that beats most lcds, other than a plasma, for $1900?
Samsung just delayed their 55" oled till next year.
Samsung just delayed their 55" oled till next year.
This issue holding up OLED panels is the lifetime of the blue pixels. About 30% of the other 2 colors. They're working on it, obviously, but it's an issue. I really like my 5 year old 58" Sammy plasma. It'll be time to get a new one, maybe go to 65", in about two years...
I remember reading about the blue pixels as well, that they have the other ones mastered on life expectancy. I've been looking forward to OLED's for a while now, when the price becomes affordable of course.
You also have two different versions. Samsung is using colored OLED's, where LG is using white with filters. Be interesting to see how it works out.
White with filters would be a good way to solve the blue problem, provided the fading is gradual and color shift does not happen in the white.
techcrunch.com
Goes in line with the rumors last week about panasonic getting in bed with Apple for smaller LCD screens.
