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01-07-2009, 07:08 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/123_37128.html"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="Samsung fights Sony" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgethd.com/media/2009/01/20090104-samsungvssony.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Sure, this week's CES could net Samsung some bragging rights over Sony if <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/04/samsung-prepping-6-5mm-lcd-for-ces/">rumors</a> of a 6.5-mm thin LED-backlit LCD display come true, but that's just about corporate pride (and Sony's <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/XEL1/">XEL-1</a> is a shipping product to boot). The real hurt comes in the form of new numbers from <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/DisplaySearch/">DisplaySearch</a> that show Samsung widening its lead in US sales, moving up to 26.7-percent of the US market compared to Sony's 14.8-percent. Those figures are through November, and it's pretty amazing that more than one in four digital TVs sold in the US were Samsung.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/05/samsung-opens-up-lead-on-sony-in-us-tv-market/">Samsung opens up lead on Sony in US TV market</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com">Engadget HD</a> on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:24:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><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.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/123_37128.html>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/05/samsung-opens-up-lead-on-sony-in-us-tv-market/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/forward/1418247/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/05/samsung-opens-up-lead-on-sony-in-us-tv-market/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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Sure, this week's CES could net Samsung some bragging rights over Sony if <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/04/samsung-prepping-6-5mm-lcd-for-ces/">rumors</a> of a 6.5-mm thin LED-backlit LCD display come true, but that's just about corporate pride (and Sony's <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/XEL1/">XEL-1</a> is a shipping product to boot). The real hurt comes in the form of new numbers from <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/DisplaySearch/">DisplaySearch</a> that show Samsung widening its lead in US sales, moving up to 26.7-percent of the US market compared to Sony's 14.8-percent. Those figures are through November, and it's pretty amazing that more than one in four digital TVs sold in the US were Samsung.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/05/samsung-opens-up-lead-on-sony-in-us-tv-market/">Samsung opens up lead on Sony in US TV market</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com">Engadget HD</a> on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:24:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><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.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/01/123_37128.html>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/05/samsung-opens-up-lead-on-sony-in-us-tv-market/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/forward/1418247/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/01/05/samsung-opens-up-lead-on-sony-in-us-tv-market/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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