The Japanese business daily Nihon Keizai said Saturday that Sony is in the final stages of talks with Sharp to buy LCD panels. Sony has gotten its LCDs from Samsung and S-LCD, a joint venture between the two firms.
Sony is considering buying 10th-generation panels between 60 and 70 inches to be produced at Sharp�s factories in Osaka from next year.
Japanese media also say Sony is considering buying as early as this year panels of 40 to 50 inches that Sharp manufactures in its factories in Mie Prefecture.
Sony has procured 60-70 percent of its LCDs from S-LCD and Samsung and the rest from Taiwanese makers.
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