Injunctions, hail, sleet or snow,
VIZIO kept shipping its LCD HDTVs in large amounts during the second quarter, enough of them to account for 21.7% of the market, according to
iSuppli. That was enough to narrowly hold off Samsung, which saw its numbers rise sharply from 17.8% in the previous quarter to 21.3%, reportedly due to its introduction and marketing of new
LED sets, which contributed to 2.2 percent of all LCDs sold during the period. The analysts also see a growing trend of customers coming back for their second flat panel television to replace an older one, just the kind of people it thinks might gravitate towards features like skinny, power efficient LED designs. We'll see if that's enough to swing the balance Samsung's way, or if customers stick with VIZIO's
approach.
Read - VIZIO Again Ranked #1 in U.S. LCD HDTV Shipments
Read - Samsung Cuts Into Vizio's Lead in U.S. LCD TV Market in Second Quarter
posted Aug 23rd 2009 6:32PM
Vizio can keep its crown, I pefer to keep my 60" Pioneer Kouro.
Not everyone can afford the Kuro. I'm glad vizio is keeping all the other companies honest and bringing down prices for everyone.
Well, its not like Pioneer is gonna let you return the Pioneer as they themselves didn't keep it. :)
Perhaps it's the economy. That's the reason why the lowest quality LCD TV company wins this round.
And Plexus, how old are you? You "pefer" to keep your "Kouro"? What the hell is that? Are you old
enough to own a Kuro? I think not.
Also, the general public must have pretty bad tastes. I mean the price difference between an entry level
Samsung and a Vizio should not be that much.
I think you might be right about the economy but..what happened to Sharp? I'm not sure where I got this impression from but I used to think that Sharp did pretty well and was one of the largest LCD makers? Don't a lot of third party companies work with sharp and in some cases buy panels from Sharp's manufacturing plant or is that my imagination? I recall hearing a lot of sharp + whoever joint venture things..
Have they always been between 5-10% like the chart above shows? If so, I wonder how they afford to keep up in the R&D game with such a small market share and from my experience pretty competitive prices.
Or maybe some people do not feel the need to buy the best flat panel for their family rooms. Why buy into marking when you will never realize the results in rooms without light control. And I know of no one that is using a flat panel to substitute for projector in their theaters.
maybe its the economy, but I look at it like this: Honda sells a lot more cars than BMW. There's a reason. Regardless of economy, purchase decisions are made at the intersection of price and screen size. Most people don't notice picture quality as much as people on this site so they'll trade quality for screen size, or just not notice the difference and get either the cheapest, or coolest looking.
skimrn what country you from, that you have to be at a certain age to own a good tv??
I meant that this dude do not know how to type, I thought he was a five year old. Five year olds don't
have money to buy a Kuro.
I think you misunderstood...
skimrn
-A Kouro owner
Since when you must qualify certain age to own a Kuro?? He means that the Kuro is for grown up people only? By the way I'm 29 and I´m a very proud owner of a Kuro...
Can't understand why most people in the US are choosing a brand like Vizio? Come on. Pay a little more and get a brand name! Vizio is known for not backing up their products!!!!
Who knows what's inside those LCDs!!
He's simply referring to the type on the original post. Because, everyone knows adults never make a typo.
I'm not surprised Samsung are doing well. They are making decent, attractive looking, affordable TVs and beating other brand names for price too. Looking at those figures I would be very concerned if I were Sony.
Which would you rather have? A Samsung from Amazon delivered and set up in your TV room at no extra cost with the shipping carton hauled away or a Visio from Sam's Club plus added local sales tax that you have to wrangle home by yourself?
On the other hand, which one would you rather try to return if there was a problem with it? B&M stores do have certain benefits.
I think Samsung have beaten Sony because of their massive marketing campaign.
I'm not sure what it's like around the world, but here in Australia, I've seen that Samsung LED commercial (with the purple humming bird) so many times, I've lost count. Sony's advertising is around too, I've seen ads for their 200Hz model, but they're much less prominent.
Combined with the extra thin coolness factor, has made Samsung's LCDs a hit in the last year or 2.
I hate that Samsung's market share is growing as their quality is dropping.
Please people, don't automatically assume a Vizio TV is "low quality" or garbage. Do some research and check into one yourself first. They are very good price the price. My primary TV is a 46" Sony Wega, but I have TWO Vizio's in my house. A 32" in the bedroom and a 37" 1080p for the Xbox and PS3. I've owned the 32" for about several years and it hasn't hard a problem yet.
Not everyone can afford a Sony or a Samsung, despite being only maybe a hundred more. If my Sony ever dies and I can't repair it myself, i'll probably just get another Vizio and save myself some money. Yes, I'm even picky about picture quality and I own a Vizio.
For a secondary display or even a primary, a Vizio LCD is perfectly fine.
vizio quality has improved which they stated was a goal. still youd have to be blind to go anywhere and say that they can match sony or samsung. samsung and sony use the same panels so its the electronics that is the difference between the two. you would have to go to the menus to see what you can and cant do to get a good picture. the days of sony getting a premium because they are sony are ending. oh, and the reason vizio sells more than samsung or anyone else is for price and price alone.
Bought a Vizio 32" and I also have a Samsung. Picture quality and functions ability much better with the Vizio. The Vizio was a $132.00 cheaper than an equivalent Sony 32" which was about the same in picture quality. The Samsung though - can take a lot of tumble.
What is interesting is to look at Panasonic's numbers grow so much, so quickly. I wonder if the economy is fueling the more bang for your buck on the plasma side.
And their newer model 2009 Plasma's are much brighter and might just be enough to sway customers from the torchlite brightness of LCD. I hear the newly release S1 series which is cheaper by dropping the Viera interactive features (not needed as in most Blu-Ray players anyways) will have even brighter performance.