++Breaking++ - Vizio to Scrap Plasma TV Biz

eHDMI · 05-15-2009, 06:01 AM

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Vizio, one of the leading plasma television producers in North America, plans to completely scrap its PDP business before the end of June.

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Codes20 · 05-15-2009, 10:24 AM

I thought this was released a while ago, no?

NonMcTubber · 05-15-2009, 02:59 PM

Just a few questions here since I do not know that much about Vizio other than the fact that they are increasing their market share in the USA. Its also my vague understanding that they have some outstanding
patent violation lawsuits pending, maybe I am wrong here.

But still, if I am right, and those patent violations are in the area of PDP, it might make good business sense to drop the PDP area of the business in case they lose in court. It makes good sense to cut your loses and it also does something to help call off the dogs from those pressing the law suit.

Speak of the devil and google is my friend, here is a link that turns up about an LG lawsuit against Vizio partially in the plasma area.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/27...wsuit-from-lg/

**rbinck** · 05-15-2009, 03:24 PM

That suite is over the licensing of LG's V8SB technology the got when they bought Zenith. Every HDTV with a ATSC tuner has to pay LG a royalty, even if they are LCD HDTVs. I think their LCD supplier did the licensing and they assumed LG would take care of LG for the plasmas. It could be payback for filing the lawsuit though.

05-15-2009, 02:59 PM	#3
NonMcTubber High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 927	Just a few questions here since I do not know that much about Vizio other than the fact that they are increasing their market share in the USA. Its also my vague understanding that they have some outstanding patent violation lawsuits pending, maybe I am wrong here. But still, if I am right, and those patent violations are in the area of PDP, it might make good business sense to drop the PDP area of the business in case they lose in court. It makes good sense to cut your loses and it also does something to help call off the dogs from those pressing the law suit. Speak of the devil and google is my friend, here is a link that turns up about an LG lawsuit against Vizio partially in the plasma area. http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/27...wsuit-from-lg/ __________________ High definition is not the definition of my life. But knowledge is power and HD does have some potential to increase content variety and choices. Last edited by NonMcTubber; 05-15-2009 at 03:03 PM. Reason: add content.

05-15-2009, 03:24 PM	#4
rbinck Administrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Katy, Texas Posts: 12,983	That suite is over the licensing of LG's V8SB technology the got when they bought Zenith. Every HDTV with a ATSC tuner has to pay LG a royalty, even if they are LCD HDTVs. I think their LCD supplier did the licensing and they assumed LG would take care of LG for the plasmas. It could be payback for filing the lawsuit though. __________________ www.highdefinitionblog.com www.BlogOfHawaii.com

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05-15-2009, 10:24 AM	#2
Codes20 In need of speakers Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CA Age: 24 Posts: 1,402	I thought this was released a while ago, no?