Samsung LCD Business president Sang Wan Lee called for a standardization of LCD glass sizes in a speech delivered at the Society for Information Display (SID) 2005 Symposium and Business Conference, which is the world’s largest electronic display industry event.
During the speech titled ”LCD Revolution – The Third Wave,” Mr. Lee stressed the need for LCD glass manufacturers to reach an agreement on large-size TV displays to 40-inch, 46-inch, 52-inch and 57-inch sizes. “To save on equipment development and product costs, as well as to accelerate the time-to-market for advanced large screen LCD TVs, the entire industry should come together and cooperate toward size standardization.”
Mr. Lee is convinced that the next-generation of LCD glass will eclipse the current technology since LCD TVs have become the most widely adopted display technology in the world. Mr. Lee added that the LCD industry would be able to produce 2160×2460mm and 2400×2800mm glass substrates very soon through 8G and 9G technology. “Moving forward, TV products will move beyond their role as broadcasting reception devices and become the center of tomorrow’s digital convergence environment, receiving and providing a wide range of multimedia contents and services.”
He also asserted that “The market is not something to be passively predicted, but actively created”. “In order to develop an annual, 100 million-unit LCD TV market by 2010 and firmly establish the next-generation TV as an LCD TV to consumers, the LCD panel industry needs to work together to establish standardized plate and product sizes. The materials, equipment, OEM and distribution industries should continue with their cost -saving efforts as well, to establish a mass market.”
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sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3 billion. Employing approximately
123,000 people in 93 offices in 48 countries, the company consists of five
main
business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business,
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