When the global economy tanked, the market for many popular consumer electronics goods declined significantly as well. Among the hardest hit segments were the computer industry and TV markets. Demand was so weak for LCD TVs and notebooks that many makers of LCD panels were selling their products at less than the production cost.

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In May 2008, Samsung reported that it planned to outperform the LCD TV market with a bold plan to push new LED HDTV technology onto the market. Its LED plans worked well for the company and it quickly gobbled up about 59.8% of the global LED LCD TV market in 2009 reports Reuters.

Samsung reports that it expects to sell at least 2 million LED LCD TVs in 2009 and it has even more lofty goals for its LED sets in 2010. Samsung has its sights set on a five times increase in LED HDTV sales in 2010 with at least 10 million units sold.

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HDTV sales are seemingly bucking the trend… With the economy and job market awry, some impacted consumers after a new TV have simply been shopping for smaller LCD screens – but many are buying plasma sets to get more screen for less money. In the realm of large screens, lower-resolution 720p plasma HDTVs are substantially cheaper than similar-sized 1080p LCD TVs.

Plasma HDTV sales have soared by 42% in the second quarter of this year compared to the first, according to a report from Quixel Research. Tamaryn Pratt, a member of Quixel, said the spike was a result of consumers trying to save money.

Source: http://www.techspot.com/news/35904-Plasma-HDTV-sales-soar-amidst-frugal-consumers.html

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