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Sony passes Samsung as LCD TV maker

Sony Corp overtook Samsung Electronics Co as the world's biggest maker of liquid-crystal-display televisions, market researcher DisplaySearch said.

Sony raised its share of worldwide LCD TV revenue to 19.5 percent in the fourth quarter from 15.9 percent three months earlier, while Samsung's portion of global sales rose to 19.3 percent from 18.7 percent, Austin, Texas-based DisplaySearch said in a report on Tuesday.

Philips Electronics NV and Sharp Corp shared third place, with 10.1 percent each, the report said.

LCD televisions outsold conventional glass-tube sets for the first time in the fourth quarter, as manufacturers lowered prices of the flat-screen models and boosted capacity. The technology accounted for 47 percent of TVs shipped in the three months ended December, compared with 46 percent for cathode-ray tube sets, DisplaySearch said.

The LCD TV market grew 40 percent last year to US$68 billion, DisplaySearch said.
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