Cutting costs and increasing profitability is the name of the game, especially during these economic times.  Both Sharp and Sony have recently announced the closing of manufacturing plants.  LG has now announced that they will be cutting their production of plasma displays.

The rough economy is finally taking its toll on the HDTV market.  Sharp recently announced a cut in their production of LCD panels.  Now, Panasonic is consolidating the production of their plasma panels.  Panasonic will centralize production of plasma panels by the end of the year as part of an internal reorganization to increase cost competitiveness and cut production costs by up to 4 billion yen a year.

Samsung is reeling us in with their new technologies.  They recently astounded us with a flexible OLED screen and the largest OLED display, at 40 inches.  Now, they have unleashed another monster on us – the 4k by 2k Plasma Display.

While Stewart has the CineCurve Projection Screen, a Japanese start-up company is delivering something even more profound – a 125-inch Curved Plasma Display.  The technology comes from Shinoda Plasma.  Best thing of all, it weights a total of 7.9 pounds.  The Plasma array uses thin pieces of glass that measure just .1 mm thick, measuring 3 meters wide by 1 meter tall.

Panasonic Professional Display Company unveils its new Premiere Series line of high-end home theater plasmas. The Premiere Series launch kicks off with the introduction of the first model, the TH-65VX100U, a 65-inch full high-definition plasma display targeting the high-end custom home theater enthusiast. This model is scheduled for a January 2009 release and recently received a positive "first look" review from recognized HDTV industry veteran/expert, "HDTV Guru" Gary Merson on his popular website, http://www.hdtvguru.com/.