42 inch plasma fell below the level of 8000 yuan to accelerate the pace of civilians

Days ago from GOME Shenzhen branch learned that in Shenzhen this week the United States flat-panel TV Festival, the United States Hisense, Xoceco, SKYWORTH, TCL, Konka, Changhong, SANYO, PHILPS, Matsushita, Toshiba and other well-known TV manufacturers, set off this year's largest flat-panel TV price storm, some of the individual domestic brand 42 inch plasma price 7988 yuan. Shenzhen Gome general manager Guo Jun said that the flat-panel TV Festival can be said to be the most important in the development and promotion of flat-panel TV revolution. Flat-panel TVs as the future trend of the development of color TV, has been accepted by many consumers, at present, in the United States by the sale of color TV, flat plate accounted for almost 65% of sales.

It is reported that the United States the flat price up to 60%. Last weekend, the reporter in the United States Huaqiang store, Nanshan shop to see, many color TV brands have played a significant price reduction of the banner, special label affixed in a prominent position. Among them, a Hisense 42 inch LCD profit of more than $5000, down to about $17000, TCL, Changhong's domestic brand of 42 inches of plasma and a 32 inch LCD fell below $8000, the number of 42 inches plasma fell below $9000.

Insiders said that the domestic brands in the current round of flat-panel TV competition, with the advantages of high cost advantage to win the position of the leader, forcing foreign brands have to price follow-up. The reporter saw in the United States, SONY, HP and joint venture brand prices have begun to follow up, which benefits a 32 inch LCD dropped to 9000 yuan, 10000 to 1 of the plasma also fell below 14000 yuan; SANYO, PHILPS and other brands are said, at present, the advantage is not obvious under the condition that the price is the only choice.

Flat unprecedented price reduction is caused by a surge in sales, and with this synchronization, is the major base for the expansion of the flat panel plans. It is understood that the construction of TCL base plate in Huizhou investment, design production capacity of more than one million units; SKYWORTH in Shenzhen, Baoan, Hisense in Xinjiang built tablet production base; Konka also after Dongguan second capacity expansion in Anhui built a flat base with an annual output of millions of foreign capital; SHARP and Samsung also announced plans to expand production capacity; LG, PHILPS tablet expansion......

Shenzhen Gome Marketing Director Zhang pointed out that with the guards, have stopped analog TV signal in 2005, mainly China City area, flat-panel TV update in the China TV market potential replacement. It is to see this huge market, the United States to strengthen the intensity of mining, and major manufacturers jointly set off a flat storm.