The infinite liquid crystal panel flat-panel TV market potential.

LG of PHILPS company is currently South Korea in Paju, built the world's largest LCD panel factory, the project investment of about $5 billion, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. With the establishment of the new plant, LG PHILPS will further consolidate its position as the world's largest LCD panel manufacturers. At present, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, China LCD manufacturers in the LCD TV market competition heats up. LG PHILPS plans to invest $25 billion in the next 10 years to the state plant, its production capacity to expand by up to eight times. Meanwhile, South Korea's Samsung Electronics also said it would invest $20 billion to build a new LCD factory in Tangjeong City, South korea. While Japan's Sharp Co is building a $1 billion 400 million to build a new LCD panel plant, and plans to put into production in 2006 of October. In addition, LCD panel manufacturers Chinese Taiwan's Radio and television, and other manufacturers also Innolux have shot, stepped up the pace to catch up.

LCD panel market competition intensifies, which is the next 10 years, the development trend of the TV market. The seventh generation LCD panel factory's advantage lies not only can produce a larger LCD glass substrate, and its efficiency is higher: LCD panel manufacturers can produce 8 pieces of 42 inch LCD TV panels from the LCD glass substrate seventh generation plant, and only sixth generation LCD glass substrate factory produced 3 pieces of liquid crystal panel.

With the start of a new generation of factories, production efficiency will be greatly improved, and the cost will be further reduced. Now, the average price of 20 inch LCD TV has dropped from $more than 5 thousand in 2000 to $600. The decline in prices will stimulate the rapid growth of the demand for LCD TV market, according to data from DisplaySearch, a professional body, 2005 TV panel market demand will double, shipments reached 26 million 600 thousand units. At the same time, the decline in prices led to a decline in profits, while analysts predict 2006 LCD TV market profit margins will rebound.

Seventh generation LCD panel factory new, means that ultra large LCD TV coming soon. At the same time, it also means that ultra large LCD TV will no longer be a luxury luxury. Analysts expect 42 inch LCD TV prices will decline to $1500 in the past three years, while the price of this product is also up to $2900 by the end of this year. The popularity of ultra thin TV will help global home users to create a better and more sophisticated home theater system.

With the promotion and popularity of LCD TV, plasma TV is a monopoly in the future and how? There is no doubt that the flat-panel TV market in 40 inches and above, plasma TV manufacturers will still be in a leading position, because this kind of LCD TV image quality is far less than the plasma TV, but the manufacturer is still unable to solve this is a problem.

On the other hand, LCD TVs are getting larger and larger, which is a direct pressure on plasma manufacturers such as Panasonic and pioneer. LG PHILPS vice president Duke Koo said next year LCD TV and plasma TV will be in the field of 40 inches of fierce competition.

Now, in more than 40 inch flat-panel TV market, plasma TV accounted for a share of 88%, but the share is still rising. Among them, Panasonic accounted for 25% of the global plasma TV market share. Recently, Panasonic has just invested $860 million to build a plasma TV plant is expected to be put into operation in October. Panasonic predicts that in 2005 sales of 2 million 100 thousand plasma tv. At the same time, Pioneer Co has 8% share in the global market is also planning to expand production.

Plasma is a cheaper technology, with the increase in production, the cost will further decline, the price advantage will be further increased. 42 inch plasma TV prices are expected to fall to $1800 by the end of this year, and fell to $1150 in 2007. Masaaki, director of Panasonic plasma TV business unit, said plasma TV can be viewed at different angles, and there will be no ambiguity in Fujita. In this regard, LCD TV manufacturers countered that some of the outstanding brands of LCD TV has solved the problem of color distortion and image blur, said LCD TV power consumption is lower, longer life.

Flat screen TV market potential unlimited value. In 2004, the market revenue reached $21 billion. Meanwhile, competition is intensifying. Although plasma TV is still the upper hand, but they have to give up the 32 inch market, and the future will be limited to more than 50 inches flat panel TV market. Merrill Lynch analysts believe that due to its economies of scale, three years after the LCD TV will gain market advantage.

Because the plasma screen is mainly used in television, and the LCD panel is widely used. Each year, LCD shipments reached 200 million units, in addition, mobile phones, PDA, digital media players and digital cameras are also commonly used LCD panel. Samsung Electronics vice president Cho Yeong Duk said, laptops, monitors, mobile phone LCD panel business for the company has brought considerable profits, Samsung will invest these resources to the next generation of LCD panel factory. It can be predicted that with the launch of a new generation of panel factory, the TV market will burst out of a new round of change.