Sharp LCDs - Plotting World Domination?

[admin]

When we spot trends we like to point them out - especially when it's something that gradually occurs over time and might be missed as part of "the bigger picture" by consumers. Well, this week Japan-based Sanyo said that it would start buying LCD panels from Sharp Corp, making it the third company in the last year to agree to do so. To understand that "something is afoot" in the industry, we'll review the past year of Sharp-led defections.


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[AVTguy]

Very Interesting considering the vast difference in PQ with Sharp TVs in comparison to a high end Sony or Samsung. The sharps color banding hasn't really been solved, and overall their pictures just do not pop like the Sony and Samsung models.

Granted, most of that probably has to do with the internal circuitry and processors, but Sharp still has a ways to go in the PQ area of their sets. But like the article says, they must have some technology or manufacturing process that Sony and Toshiba both are going wild for. Or they are just selling their panels on the cheap. Who knows, but it will be interesting to see what comes out of all this.

Personally I really can't wait to see some Pioneer Kuro LCDs. Long live the Kuro!

[BBF]

Seems really strange that Sony's signed on... Sharp probably has a lot of patents that will prevent the other manufacturers from building ultra-thin LCD's.

Also the success of the low end LCD brands that has the established players circling the wagons and joining together to fight the chinese tide.

What puzzles me is the desire for a 0.75" thick TV... 4" is TOO THICK?
Aack. Unless they're wall mounted, the stand's base is at least 8" deep... oh well, there's what consumer's "want" and what makes the most sense for their requirements... that's what drives our economy.

I shudder to think of what sort of crappy 0.75" thick wall-mount speakers companies will produce to match these super thin TV's.

[ThA tRiXtA]

IMO anyone who has the $$$$ to buy a 0.75 inch thick TV (you know when they hit the market they are going to cost a grillion dollars) hopefully would have the brains to have it hooked to an equivalent audio system and has disabled the onboard speakers... hopefully.

Money and logic do not always go hand in hand.

[Seth=L]

Looks like Sharp has been tooling up to continue competing with OLED into the future when OLED sets are more attainable.

[bandphan]

waiting to see the new pioneer elite LCDs with the sharp ultra thin panel and "kuro" video processing