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Regulatory Probe of LCD Market Widens

Posted by Zonk on from the not-looking-so-clear dept.

narramissic writes "Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp., Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp., and a U.S. subsidiary of Taiwan's Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. on Tuesday said they have been contacted by investigators who are looking into possible anticompetitive behavior in the flat-panel display market. This follows Monday's announcement by LG.Philips LCD Co. that it had been subpoenaed by regulators in the U.S., South Korea and Japan." From the article: "The probe centers on TFT (thin-film transistor) LCDs, according to Samsung. They are used in a wide range of electronics products including flat-panel televisions and computer monitors, laptop computers, cell phones and digital music players. The three companies being investigated are among the largest manufacturers of such displays. The investigation comes on the heels of anticompetition probes in the DRAM (dynamic RAM) and SRAM (static RAM) markets. The DRAM investigation focused on price-fixing, which is when vendors cooperate to set prices artificially."

7 of 90 comments (clear)

  1. Wow! by FridayBob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good thing this kind of criminal behavior doesn't go on in the market for software!

  2. -1, redundant by MustardMan · · Score: 1, Funny

    In your haste to get a first post, you forgot to read the second half of the slashdot article summary, where they MENTIONED the dram price fixing fiasco. Way to be insightful there, bucko.

  3. Bring it on by Fist!+Of!+Death! · · Score: 3, Funny

    I loathe the LCD Television - I want the LCD Wall - no - I want the LCD Room constructed purely of LCD Walls. No! more! price! fixing! swines!

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  4. Re:I disagree. by Psiren · · Score: 3, Funny

    Glad I'm not an American consumer then. Or American, come to that.

  5. The breaking point by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    The TFT market suffers a shortage every time Xzibit pimps another ride.

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  6. Don't blow a gasket. by Kadin2048 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This never seizes to amaze me.

    You might want to put some oil on that ... I suggest a good synthetic blend for the winter.

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  7. Re:Because the LCD plants cost billions by rrhal · · Score: 3, Funny

    And yet LCD prices continue to collapse year-on-year whilst getting bigger, brighter and more contrastful (suck on that word, grammar nazis).
    I believe in would be most cromulent to say "... bigger and brighter while contrastiness enbiggens ..."
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