Andre Yoskowitz
31 Oct 2007 7:25
Sharp product manager Tommaso Monetto spoke out about the company's sales of LCD TVs and whether sales were being effected by an "economic slowdown."
When asked about the slowdown, he had this to say, "Well, clearly everybody's starting to worry about the economy, about a slow-down, according to the newspapers on a daily basis.
"To a certain degree, the price erosion within the LCD business is so high that last year the average end users could probably only afford to buy at best a 32 inch LCD TV. Today we're looking at roughly the same price for a 42 inch.
"Maybe further down the line we will have to look at how the economy goes, but for the moment, when we look at the data that comes through on a monthly basis, certainly we're not seeing anywhere a decrease in sales - in fact the opposite.
"When you look at week-by-week sales, it's actually growing, very clearly."
So it seems that LCD sales and the gaming industry are fine for the time being.
Source:
GI.biz