Flat TVs - All About LCD and Plasma TVs

Supply glut and falling prices of LCD or plasma TVs are good news for buyers. However on the other hand it meant thin profit margins and this is not good news for the Flat TVs makers. But this does not stop them from investing heavily into new manfacturing plants. If they, the makers do not invest sufficiently, they may get marginalised or even pushed out of the market. It is really a tough game as what one senior analysis described below.

“If makers don’t invest now it basically means they are giving up on the game. It’s kind of like poker,” said Mizuho Securities senior analyst Koichi Hariya.

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Panel makers bulk up for flat TV war, shakeout seen

TOKYO (Reuters) - Surging demand for flat televisions has Japanese panel makers stepping up investment in new plants, but they risk creating a supply glut while profit margins are likely to remain razor-thin.

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