ReviewsLCD TV to overtake PDP TV in 40"-range TV market by year-end.
The combined shares of 40" and 42" LCD TVs will exceed that for PDP (plasma display panel) TVs in the global 40" to 49" TV market by the fourth quarter of this year, according to Hsiung Hui, executive vice president of AU Optronics (AUO).In the 40N-range TV market, LCD TV gained ten percentage points to account for 32% of the market in the second quarter while PDP TV saw a five-percentage-point drop to 60% last quarter, according to DisplaySearch.