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LG and Samsung prosper in LCD boom-time

Andrew Everard 06 September 2009 16:19
LED backlights, emerging markets and eco-considerations are fuelling a boom-time for Korea's leaders of the global LCD TV market. LG expects a near-50% increase in its sales next year, while Samsung says it's on course to sell two million LED-backlit

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JAPAN: are TV consumers nesting, resting or giving new sets the swerve?

Andrew Everard 10 March 2009 11:54
Some interesting figures coming out of Japan at the moment about TV sales, not least a healthy increase in the uptake of larger flatscreens. But look a little closer and things aren't quite as clear as they seem. Research company BCN, which analyses data

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Why Pioneer struggled in the States

Andrew Everard 13 February 2009 15:58
While the questions continue to fly about the decision by Pioneer to pull the plugs on its display business, some interesting market analysis from the USA shows just why the company struggled to make headway even in a country where the big-screen TV is

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KOREA: Seoul wrap, Pt II

Andrew Everard 06 December 2008 13:25
Just got back from Korea, after two weeks spent with the country's largest consumer electronics companies - sorry, Daewoo - and it's time to take stock of what we've learned, and what to expect for next year. First, and most important, point is that both

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SAMSUNG, KOREA: Testing times below the 38-storey tower

Andrew Everard 03 December 2008 07:46
The main R&D tower here at Samsung's complex here in Suwon, some 65km south of Seoul, rises 38 floors, dominating the skyline for miles around. 9000 people work in this gargantuan bulding, out of a total of almost 23,000 on this site. That means it

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LG, SEOUL: Who's watching the glass factory?

Andrew Everard 25 November 2008 04:38
Driving North-west out of Seoul towards Paju, home of one of LG's major display panel facilities, the crippling city traffic soon thins out. Here the highway runs beside the river, and the country's car companies take advantage of the light traffic to

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LIVE FROM SEOUL: How do you solve a problem? Like Korea!

Andrew Everard 24 November 2008 15:08
So the world is undergoing financial meltdown, and most consumer electronics companies are wringing their hands, battening down the hatches, lashing themselves to the masts and preparing to weather the storm. So why are the guys in LG 's Twin Towers HQ

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