Sharp LCD HDTV's Banned From U.S. Sale

OH NO!!! Does this mean that Samsung will jack the prices up for a little while, you know, since they are so inexpensive now...

Patent system = Win,

we get to pay more and have less options for products working as they should, I feel better already.

I'm sure overseas shipping won't be that much

Aww damn no what are going to waste our money on now?

I like Sony's TVs more anyways.

Sharp hasn't made a good tv for sometime. I wonder what will happen for tv price now?

Good thing that I bought samsung 32 inch last year. Loving every second of it.
Screw patent system, making the business worse.

wait a second here...

does this not make sense to anyone else or is it just me?

i knew the deals on sharp's was too good to be true....haha

looks like LG and Vizio are happy.....

It'd be nice if they mentioned the nature of the patents being contested. The Bloomberg story only mentions that "The patent [...] was issued in 2004 and is titled Liquid Crystal Display having wide viewing angle."

Seems rather generic. I wish they'd explain what it is that Sharp is alleged to have stolen.

I own a 26" Sharp HDTV LCD, and I have no issues over it. If Sharp is using the same technology as Samsung then maybe I have a little of Samsung quality in my Sharp HDTV

Who cares if the chip or something inside that tv is own by who and what so ever..
If sharp get banned, what happen to competition?
What happen to the pricing?

It could be that one of Samsung tv infringe and that one is being banned, and one of Sharp is infringing so that one is being banned. So maybe now Samsung and Sharp will allow their use to tech to each other and get said tv unban.

I researched a lot when I was buying my first LCD TV and from an industry report, for the first two years LCD/Plasma was widely available and affordable, SHARP controls 90% of the market because it is the first on the market.

why is everyone still giving a damn about LCD when OLED is coming soon?

Patents are intentionally filed to be as vague and seemingly inclusive as possible, and somehow they are accepted in such a form. Patent law is probably more screwed up and backwards than Copyright law, it just gets less attention because its harder for millions of people to produce high tech gadgets in their homes than download stuff.

And because OLED 46" displays will cost 10k when the come out.

OK for everyone who is so confused it says this: A judge recommended that Samsung's TV's be banned, but it hasn't happened because it was the opinion of a judge, not a ruling. Now the ITC HAS banned certain models of Sharp's TV lineup. Why does everyone always assume THG has it wrong?

At least my samsung-designed products are inside my well made-by-sharp TV,,,i swear i know 10 ppl that bought a samsung tv, be it a CRT, DLP, LCD & Plasma across all of its products lines & guess what? ALL of them have cheesed out on the picture quality just after the factory warranty runs out,,,this is my second sharp, 1st one was a tube that lasted 10+ years,, would have lasted longer if i didnt drop it

No clue but I do know Sharp invented LCD and Samsung's are mediocre.

There is slightly more info here

Apparently it has to do with the "Vertical Alignment" aspect of the LCD tech.

there are only four mfg's of the actual lcd panel in the world, samsung being one of them, There may have been a MASSIVE lack of screens in the US if they had banned samsung. :-p

This whole licensing and proprietary crap is a monopoly in disguise. Disband the whole department or SEVERLY constrict what can be licensed/copyrighted/proprietary

I have a complete no name brand 42" LCD that is fine by me because I paid $499 for it. Sure beats spending twice that.