Monday, October 2, 2006
Canon Inc. said it will start mass production of ultra-thin energy-conserving TVs in early 2008.
In 2004, Canon and Toshiba Corp. set up a joint venture to produce surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) panels, which are thinner and consume less energy than liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma display panels, the main technologies used for flat panel TVs.
But steep price falls in existing flat TVs had cast doubt on SED TVs' commercial feasibility as a newcomer in the competitive flat TV market.
Kazunori Fukuma, president of the joint venture, SED Inc., said production of SED TVs would start by the end of 2007 but full-scale production would start in 2008.
Canon and Toshiba said in March they would delay the launch of SED TVs by more than a year to improve cost competitiveness after prices of flat TVs dropped quicker than they had expected.
By: DocMemory
Copyright © 2023 CST, Inc. All Rights Reserved
|
