All Articles Tagged Pricing

Jason Knott | 12/28 07:38 AM, 1 Comment

Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi, Epson and three other makers of LCDs have agreed to pay more than $553 million to settle price-fixing claims on TVs, notebook computers and monitors, according to Reuters. According to the article, the settlement (Case: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 07-md-01827) is based upon lawsuits that claimed the manufacturers conspired to inflate prices and stifle competition between 1999 and 2006. The agreement concludes a five-year investigation by authorities from Japan, Korea, the European Union and the United States. The… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 05/28 05:20 AM, 1 Comment

We keep talking about premium features saving the display market, bringing high prices to dealers and joy to consumers. That wasn’t the case in 2009, however. DisplaySearch reports that 2009 LCD TV average selling prices (ASP) fell twice as fast as they did in 2008 -- about 24% year-over-year. Plasma displays did not fare much better. ASP for last year fell 21%. DisplaySearch attributes the price erosion to a massive glut in Q4 ’08 and Q1 2009. Meanwhile, lower prices attracted more customers, so unit demand for flat panels in… View this story