Sony And Samsung Spilling $2 Billion Into Extra 8G LCD Line For JV S-LCD

Sony and Samsung have agreed that the popularity of LCD TV's worldwide is justification for investing nearly $2 billion into another 8G LCD line at the South Korean Tangjeong Complex, part of their joint venture established back in 2004, dubbed S-LCD Corporation. The new line, called "8-2" will be added to current 8G and 7G lines, and production should be ramped up about this time next year, with a goal of 60, 000 220cm x 250cm panels per month. 51% of the panels will head to Samsung and the remainder to Sony. With this announcement it seems Sony is getting its LCD panels everywhere but from its own factories, as they also have a 34% interest in another joint LCD manufacturing plant with Sharp. If manufacturers keep teaming up like this, pretty soon we'll be dealing with whacked-out hybrids put together from pieces from every manufacturer other than the one on the TV's label. Ugggh!

Via Engadget HD

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