Panasonic's Enormous 150-Inch Plasma TV Dwarfs Competitors
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Panasonic steps out for CES keynote presentation in a big way, unveiling a 150-inch display it calls the Life Screen.
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At CES, company and Panasonic unveil co-branded gadget for playing and recording shows from any U.S. cable operator's system.
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(InfoWorld) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.Â (Panasonic) and HitachiÂ have agreed to mutually supply PDP (plasma display panel) screens to each other as part of a deal reached to help boost profits in the competitive business area. Panasonic will start to supply Hitachi with 103-inch plasma panels this year and Hitachi will supply 85-inch panels to Panasonic from 2008, they said in a statement. The deal means that each company will be able to offer TV sets in each screen size without producing both size panels themselves. The relationship should also mean a stable supply of panels. While Panasonic and Hitachi compete on the shop floor for consumer PDP TV sales they have been working together behind the scenes on PDP research, development and production since 2006. The PDP industry is coming under increasing pressure from manufacturers of competing LCD (liquid crystal display) technology and that's pushing down prices and shaving profits. Deals like that announced on Thursday are intended to help keep the business profitable. The competition is being felt through the entire PDP industry. Last week South Korea's LG Electronics said it willÂ cut back production of PDP screensÂ by closing the oldest of its three plants but not increasing production at its other two factories to compensate. As a result, monthly capacity will drop from 430,000 panels to 360,000 panels. In JanuaryÂ Pioneer put plans to build a new PDP factory on hold. It blamed poor sales in the U.S. over the year-end holidays for the decision. In the first quarter of 2007 shipments of PDP panels fell 1 percent compared to the same period last year -- the first time the industry has seen a year-on-year decline, according to DisplaySearch. The drop was attributed to a loss of market share to LCDs at screen sizes over 37 inches. Total PDP shipments in the first quarter were 2.3 million, the industry researcher said. Â
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The big, bulky tube television is ready to get a leaner look--and to challenge flat panels at their own game. Meanwhile, TV tuners are headed to new PCs.
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MAKUHARI, Japan  - Japan's Sharp Corp. said on  Tuesday it had developed a 65-inch liquid crystal display (LCD)  television, the world's biggest, in a bid to break into the  large flat-panel TV market dominated by plasma display (PDP)  makers.
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Plasma screens just keep getting bigger, with Panasonic on Monday showing the prototype of a new 150-inch plasma display, which the company says is the largest flat-panel display in the world.Measuring 11 feet wide, the Panasonic Life Screen is the size of nine 50-inch plasma screens, said Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of Panasonic AVC Networks during a Monday keynote at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.It displays images at a resolution of 2,160 by 4,096 pixels, four times the resolution of Panasonic&#39;s current high-definition plasma screens, which display images at a 1,080-by-1,920 pixel resolution, Sakamoto said.The 150-inch panel is designed for digital cinema and promotional installations. Sakamoto did not say when the screen would be delivered. In developing the product, Panasonic was encouraged by the sales of 3,000 units of 103-inch plasma TVs, more than the company expected, Sakamoto said.The executive also showed off a prototype 50-inch plasma high-definition, thin TV. The display is 24.7 millimeters (0.97 inches) thick and weighs around 22 kilograms (48 pounds), half the weight of current high-definition TV models in similar sizes, Sakamoto said. This makes for easier installation and wall-mounting of the screen.No shipping date for the 50-inch screen was announced.Panasonic is making an effort to reduce the power consumption of plasma displays, Sakamoto said, and the new designs include new circuitry and designs that cut energy consumption by up to half.The International Consumer Electronics Show will be held Jan. 7-10.
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Panasonic said on Thursday it would   start selling the world's largest television set, featuring a   103-inch (262-centimetre) screen, for $80,000.
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In less than two years, plasma TVs have gone from dominant format to afterthought, then back to a viable option.
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Our reporters lust after the 150-inch TV from Panasonic, they admire wireless video networking and are amazed by motorized roller skates.
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Plasma television technology has a  bright future despite an onslaught on its home turf from rival  LCD (liquid crystal display) TVs, makers of plasma screens told  Reuters at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin.
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Web giant Google Inc is developing  televisions that display Internet content such as photos and  videos together with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd's  Panasonic unit.
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Company claims 65-inch LC HDTV, coming this year, is the largest of its kind.
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It may be hard to spot on the hectic CES show floor, but Panasonic is showing off its new prototype 32GB SDHC card.
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Japanese electronics conglomerate  Matsushita Electric Industrial Co introduced on Monday a  150-inch plasma television, which it says is the world's  biggest.
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Plasma TV suppliers such as Panasonic  maker Matsushita Electric (6752.T), already outnumbered by the  rival LCD camp, are expected to lose further ground as LCD TVs  encroach on the 40-inch-class market, a plasma stronghold.
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Sharp Corp. has developed a 65-inch (1.66 metres) liquid crystal display (LCD) colour television under its AQUOS brand, the world's largest.
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