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02-15-2006, 08:32 PM
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src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/1/Panasonic4.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> This may not be as a big a deal as Konica
Minolta completely <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/19/konica-minolta-throws-in-the-towel-quits-the-camera-biz/">exiting the camera
business</a>, but Matsu****a Electric (aka Panasonic) has apparently decided that it's ready to completely transition
its TV business to digital, and has decided to get out of the analog TV space this year. What makes the timing
particularly interesting is the fact that Panasonic still has a somewhat thriving analog business; according to
reports, 30% of the company's TV sales in its home market are analog. However, margins are likely much lower on those
sets than on digital ones, and it looks like Panny has decided to call it quits before that percentage declines even
further. (Besides, if you had to choose between making old-school CRTs and <a
href="http://ces.engadget.com/2006/01/06/give-them-an-inch-matsu****a-ups-the-ante-with-103-inch-plasma/">103-inch
plasmas</a>, which would you pick?)</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20060119AA063.html>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/583034/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-583034"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-583034?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-583034" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-583034&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/" /></p>
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Minolta completely <a
href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/19/konica-minolta-throws-in-the-towel-quits-the-camera-biz/">exiting the camera
business</a>, but Matsu****a Electric (aka Panasonic) has apparently decided that it's ready to completely transition
its TV business to digital, and has decided to get out of the analog TV space this year. What makes the timing
particularly interesting is the fact that Panasonic still has a somewhat thriving analog business; according to
reports, 30% of the company's TV sales in its home market are analog. However, margins are likely much lower on those
sets than on digital ones, and it looks like Panny has decided to call it quits before that percentage declines even
further. (Besides, if you had to choose between making old-school CRTs and <a
href="http://ces.engadget.com/2006/01/06/give-them-an-inch-matsu****a-ups-the-ante-with-103-inch-plasma/">103-inch
plasmas</a>, which would you pick?)</div><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20060119AA063.html>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/forward/583034/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.technorati.com/cosmos/search.html?rank=&fc=1&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/" title="Linking Blogs">Linking*Blogs</a>*|*<a href="http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br /><br /><p><map name="google_ad_map_21-583034"><area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/21-583034?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28" /><area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23" /></map><img usemap="#google_ad_map_21-583034" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_img&client=ca-pub-3546992251556849&channel=22&output=png&cuid=21-583034&url=http://hdtv.engadget.com/2006/01/19/panasonic-exiting-analog-tv-business/" /></p>
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