Sharp, Sony Develops LCD TV alliance
Lighting and Electrical March 3rd, 2010
Two Japanese electronics companies have agreed to collaborate on the market to promote light-emitting diode (LED) that will be used in the LCD TV.
Sony and Sharp express agreement of this alliance and claimed to be joined to develop a new generation of lighting technology.
Quoted by Reuters on Tuesday (17/11/2009), Sony and Sharp hopes the TV with LED technology will dominate the overall LCD market for consumer electronic devices. Both were hoping to beat the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, Samsung.
LCD TVs that use LEDs can be formed as small as possible and offer better picture quality.
Sony itself, hopes to invest 68 billion yen in April 2011 with a compensation later for a third of the shares in this joint venture.
Both have started phase of cooperation by building a factory. This factory is the largest, capable of processing the glass layer is higher than the previous generation. This layer is able to reduce the production cost per panel.
