Update: No More Panasonic Plasma Panels

On reports the company is ending its development of plasma display panels, it says:

'Regarding the growth strategy for the TV set business, the company
is currently looking into the product and regional strategies from a
number of perspectives. Regarding the PDP business, Panasonic will
continue to develop and deliver value added products focusing on the
best picture and new essential features.

'The company has been holding launch events of its new 2013 products
all over the world. The new products are very much appreciated for their
enhanced design and best picture quality by dealers and editors. We
will continue to meet our customers’ requirements in our future PDP
products.'

And on the subject of the availability of Panasonic OLED TVs as a commercial products:

'Regarding the establishment of the business and commercialisation of
OLED, we will decide while watching the progress of the development,
but nothing is decided at the moment.

'The RGB all printing method developed by Panasonic and announced at
CES is the most suitable method for performance cost and large screen
OLEDs.

'However, there are still issues that need to be overcome in the
technology for mass production, and from now on we will accelerate the
development, establish the mass production technology and work to
enhance the level of completion.'

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