Screen manufacturers step on the 3D accelerator

While LG plans to sell 400.000 3D televisions 2010, Sony and Panasonic see this technology as an opportunity to regain a market that has been greatly affected by the strength of the yen and tough Korean competition..

The second largest television manufacturer, the South Korean LG Electronics, wants to make a strong presence in the 3D screen market, trying to gain positions in a segment whose competition promises to be tough from Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. Of the 25 million LCDs that LG expects to sell over the course of 2010, some 400.000 they would be 3D televisions, reaching the 3,4 million a year later. To achieve, the company will present a complete line of new 3D television models designed for consumption since, for now, It only has a screen 47 inch headed, because of its high price, to business environments. One of the aspects on which aspects and analysts agree is that to achieve significant sales in stereoscopic double-layer televisions, an outstanding offer in 3D content will be necessary with the consequent investment in production.. For your part, Sony and Panasonic will also step on the 3D accelerator with the launch in 2010 of its first stereographic televisions. Sony expects half of its sales in 2013 be screens of this type. The fact is that for both Sony and Panasonic, 3D is seen as an opportunity to resume the business of screens aimed at consumers, greatly affected by the strength of the yen and the tough South Korean competition..