Vizio Retakes Lead in US LCD TV Market

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Tom Morrod, Vizio Retakes Lead in US LCD TV Market; Samsung Maintains Overall TV Dominance. IHS iSuppli, July 12, 2012.
http://www.isuppli.com/Media-Res ... l-TV-Dominance.aspx

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"California-based Vizio during the first three months of 2012 shipped 1.21 million LCD TVs in the United States, compared to 1.15 million units for chief rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, of South Korea * * * The last time Vizio led the U.S. LCD TV market was one year earlier, in the first quarter of 2011.

"'The US television market became saturated with higher-end products at the end of 2011 * * * Vizio benefitted from its focus on midrange and smaller sizes for LCD TVs that are sold at relatively low prices compared to larger, more feature-laden sets,' Morrod said. 'Vizio, in fact, dominates in the U.S. market for 32-inch and 42-inch sets—the most popular sizes in the country for LCD TVs.'