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8th January 2007, 01:00
Sharp says 108-inch LCD TV is biggest yet (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070107/tc_nm/electronics_show_sharp_tv_dc)
Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T) introduced on Sunday a 108-inch LCD television, which it says is the largest of its kind.
The announcement, made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, came just hours after Korean rival LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) said it had developed a 100-inch LCD TV.
Sharp said the new TV would be available in mid-2007 but did not give pricing details.
LCD, or liquid crystal display, is a popular type of flat-panel display technology that consumers have been snapping up over the past year, and high-tech TVs are one of the most important categories at this year's CES.
The Consumer Electronics Association expects wholesale LCD sales to jump 50 percent to $12 billion in 2007 from about $8 billion in 2006. By contrast, plasma TV sales are seen rising to $6 billion in 2007 from $5.7 billion.
However, LCD units typically cost more than plasma TVs, and therefore have been sold in smaller-screen sizes. LCD displays are most often sold as personal computer monitors.
"Cleary LCD TV is now the undisputed best flat-panel screen technology ... with far higher resolution than plasma," said Toshihiko Fujimoto, president and chairman of Sharp Electronics Corp.
Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T) introduced on Sunday a 108-inch LCD television, which it says is the largest of its kind.
The announcement, made at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, came just hours after Korean rival LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) said it had developed a 100-inch LCD TV.
Sharp said the new TV would be available in mid-2007 but did not give pricing details.
LCD, or liquid crystal display, is a popular type of flat-panel display technology that consumers have been snapping up over the past year, and high-tech TVs are one of the most important categories at this year's CES.
The Consumer Electronics Association expects wholesale LCD sales to jump 50 percent to $12 billion in 2007 from about $8 billion in 2006. By contrast, plasma TV sales are seen rising to $6 billion in 2007 from $5.7 billion.
However, LCD units typically cost more than plasma TVs, and therefore have been sold in smaller-screen sizes. LCD displays are most often sold as personal computer monitors.
"Cleary LCD TV is now the undisputed best flat-panel screen technology ... with far higher resolution than plasma," said Toshihiko Fujimoto, president and chairman of Sharp Electronics Corp.