Gov’t’s plan to impose plasma TV use under threat

The Cameroon Government may be late to effectively carry out its plans to ban the usage of Box TV Sets for Plasma TV sets as producers of Plasma TV sets are already planning to end production in November 2014.

Major producer, Samsung, has said it will shut down its plasma business by 30 November, blaming the decline in ‘overall demand for plasma televisions.

Samsung told Mail Online that ‘We plan to continue our PDP TV business until the end of this year, due to changes in market demands.

‘We remain committed to providing consumers with products that meet their needs, and will increase our focus on growth opportunities in UHD TV’s and Curved TV’s.’

Panasonic announced last October that it was scrapping the technology, and production ended in March.

Panasonic earlier this year stopped making plasma screens, and it’s the result of steady declines in demand, in part from competition from thinner and cheaper LCD TVs.

Samsung is ending production of its plasma screen TVs leaving LG as the only electronics company still manufacturing the sets which first went on sale to the public in 1997.

TV makers are looking towards OLED, UHD and 4K technology to create even thinner and better screens that excite consumers again, but there may be trouble ahead.

IHS has reported a good start to the year, with global TV shipments up in the first quarter, but others warn that it’s in no way a trend for resurrection in TV sales.

According to a research note; “People with long memories will know that in 2010, just after the world cup, there was a dramatic over supply in the retail channel for flat TVs, which lead to a disastrous third quarter, as retailers cleared the channel. Expect that again this year.”

The development of new TV technology is no longer the biggest thing in consumer electronics.

Everyone’s glued to screens these days, but the scramble for the next big thing is in your palm not in front of your sofa and anyone still in the business of making TVs is feeling that.