[Quillers17]

I'm just curious as to who makes their own or hires someone else to do it. i've tried doing a little searching but can't come up with anything

 

[RevToTheRedline]

Samsung uses 3 sources I believe, one is their own panel brand.

 

[talbain]

samsung makes their own. sharp makes their own. samsung and sharp make for sony

 

[Quillers17]



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Originally Posted by talbain /forum/post/15415388


samsung makes their own. sharp makes their own. samsung and sharp make for sony

i'm pretty unfamiliar with sony. do they have different models that have glossy or matte screens? if so i'm assuming sharp would make the matte and samsung the glossy?

 

[fabbas01]

Sony has semi-glossy screens. Like the other poster said, sharp and samsung makes the panel, which has nothing to do with gloss. Panel is sandwiched between couple of films, so all they have to do at a manufacturing level is change the glossy film on the outside.

 

[Kryptonick]

It depends on the size. LG actually makes some of Samsungs panels, but only at certain sizes.

 

[Quillers17]



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Originally Posted by fabbas01 /forum/post/15415854


Sony has semi-glossy screens. Like the other poster said, sharp and samsung makes the panel, which has nothing to do with gloss. Panel is sandwiched between couple of films, so all they have to do at a manufacturing level is change the glossy film on the outside.

ahh i didn't know that. so they put a filter over the actual panels huh?

 

[fabbas01]



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Originally Posted by Quillers17 /forum/post/15418219


ahh i didn't know that. so they put a filter over the actual panels huh?

i think its called a polarizing filter, which can matte, glossy, or semi-glossy.

 

[Dinoco]

There are some joint ventures between Sony-Samsung and Sony-Sharp.

The 8th generation panels jointly venture is between Sony-Samsung.
The 10th generation LCD panels joint venture is between Sony-Sharp.


Sony was supposed to be buying Sharp panels starting April 2008 per this release .


Another Sony-Samsung joint venture.

 

[DBLASS]

Everyone buys and sells from everyone else. Sharp makes displays for many OEMs but not all Sharp sets use Sharp (or their licensee spin-offs like Quanta). Sharp has had a very strong long-term relationship with Sony and Toshiba.

Unless you take a screwdriver to the set, you may never know who is inside.