Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology (TMDisplay) is owned by Toshiba (60%) and Matsushita (40%) and manufacturers high-end small TFT LCD displays based on amorphous (a-Si) and high temperature poly silicon (LTPS) technologies. On July 21, TMDisplay announced that it will be the first Japanese company to mass produce organic electroluminescent (OEL) display panels and plans to [...]
Panasonic, the major consumer electronics brand of Matsushita, is planning to mass produce 37″ OLED TVs within the next three years. If Panasonic is successful, the 37″ OLED TV would be the largest OLED TV in production, by a big margin. Sony introduced its OLED TV, the XEL-1, late last year but it is a [...]
Panasonic Viera PZ850 Series
Size: 46″ (TH-46PZ850), 50″ (TH-50PZ850), 58″ (TH-58PZ850), 65″ (TH-65PZ850)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Response Time:
Contrast Ratio: 30,000:1 (native), 1,000,000:1 (dynamic)
Lifetime: 100,000 hours (to half brightness)
Input: HDMI (4), VGA
Other: Viera Cast (direct access to YouTube, Picasa, Bloomberg, etc.), No lead or mercury.
Availability: June (46″, 50″), September (58″, 65″)
Price: $3100 (46″), $3500 (50″), [...]
Plasma display panel (PDP) unit shipments in Q1′08 were down Q/Q but up 53% Y/Y to 3.5 million units according to DisplaySearch. Some of the highlights from DisplaySearch were that 32″ PDPs share of unit shipments increased from 11% to 15%. Bear in mind that these 32″ PDPs are nowhere near 1080p (where LCD technology [...]
According to DisplaySearch, a display market research firm, LG Electronics (LGE) took the top spot in Q1′08 as the largest plasma display panel (PDP) manufacturer. The main reason for LGE’s ascension is the explosive growth of 32″ PDPs. 32″ PDP shipment share rose from 11% in Q4′07 to 15% in Q1′08. LGE’s 32″ PDP shipments [...]
Matsushita announced FY2008 results on April 28, 2008. Matsushita is a huge company in a variety of markets but I will focus on display-related results from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008.
The company began operation of its fourth domestic PDP plant in June 2007 and start constructing its fifth in November 2007. In [...]
On April 24, 2008, Pioneer and Matsushita announced a comprehensive business alliance on PDP technology development and panel production. Pioneer will share its proprietary PDP-related technologies (and that means its KURO PDP technology) and Matsushita will absorb Pioneer’s PDP R&D team. Matsushita will be responsible for volume production of PDPs for the Panasonic and Pioneer [...]
On February 27 a formal contract between Canon and Hitachi was announced. Based on the agreement, Canon will acquire 24.9% shares of Hitachi Displays, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi. Hitachi Displays manufacture small/medium LCD panels. The 24.9% equity acquisition will be completed by March 31, 2008 and will be valued around JPY43.2B. Canon [...]
On February 25, Pioneer announced that it will cease manufacturing 42″ plasma display panels (PDPs) and instead procure from Matsushita Electric Industrial or Hitachi. 42″ manufacturing from Pioneer’s Kagoshima prefecture will stop around March 2009. The focus will be on 50″ and larger plasma TVs that will be manufactured at Pioneer’s other plants. It might [...]
On February 15, 2008, Hitachi and Matsushita Electric Industrial announced an alliance reached on December 25, 2007 by Hitachi, Matsushita, and Canon. Under the terms of this agreement, Matsushita will acquire a 24.9% stake in Hitachi Displays, which is a wholly owned Hitachi subsidiary that makes small/medium LCD panels, from Hitachi by March 31, 2008. [...]