Large-screen organic EL television, major manufacturers including Sony will jointly develop by nationwide

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun news report, it seems that major electronics manufacturers such as Sony and Sharp, Matsushita Electric, Toshiba will co-develop about "organic EL" which is regarded as a promising next-generation display.

It is said that this will clear problems such as making the screen bigger with a lower development cost, compete against other competing countries.

Details are as follows.
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According to this article, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Matsushita Electric Industrial etc. will jointly develop technologies necessary for mass production of organic EL panels.

Specifically, we are planning to research such as making the screen bigger than 40 inches, lowering the power consumption, improving the durability, etc. In addition to participation of materials and manufacturing equipment makers, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will support it. In addition to not only aiming for practical application at an early stage by jointly developing the technology necessary for mass production, we also aim to reduce development costs burden of each company.

Already, overseas manufacturers including Korea and elsewhere are conducting research on organic EL, as well as companies that Sony and others invest in as domestic next generation displayMass production of a new type panel called "field emission display (FED)" will be started from the end of 2009Although it is a next-generation display market that can be easily predicted to become a fierce battle, if development costs are reduced by joint development with the state, it is possible to create a relatively low price organic screen Does it make it possible to attack offensive on EL television?