LCD Chips Away at Plasma Sales

As a result of lower prices and expanding production capability, LCD flat panel televisions, once restricted to smaller screen sizes below 40-inches, are now successfully encroaching on the big-screen Plasma Television market in the 42-to-50 inch screen size. What this means is that, as LCD keeps expanding its screen size offerings at lower price points, Plasma Television sales are going down. For additional details on this issue, and how it affects consumer television buying choices, check out two related reports from The Toronto Globe and Mail/REUTERS and The International Hearld-Tribune/AP.