Public Memo - World's biggest plasma TV on sale in September

World's biggest plasma TV on sale in September

The makers of Panasonic equipment are to start taking orders in Japan for a 103-inch plasma TV, the world's
largest.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. announced today that the first orders would be taken on September 1

Matsushita said shipments could start as early as the end of September, and it expects the TV to sell in Japan
for around 6 million yen ($50,000).

Matsushita, the world's largest consumer electronics maker, has said it aims to sell 5,000 units of the 103-inch
plasma panels per year worldwide, with TV demand counting for a little less than 20 percent of that figure.

Measuring 2.4 metres by 1.4 metres and weighing 215 kg, the 103-inch panel is bigger than a double-sized mattress
and almost as heavy as an upright piano.

The plasma panel used in the Matsushita TV will be just one inch larger measured diagonally than a 102-inch model
developed by Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. The South Korean company has not launched the model commercially.