Samsung Narrows Gap with Vizio in U.S. LCD TV Sales

By Geoff Duncan
August 18, 2009

New sales figures for the second quarter of 2009 show Vizio is still the seller maker of LCD TVs in the U.S., but Samsung is closing the gap.

New sales figures from industry analysis firm iSuppli show that while Vizio maintained its number-one position in U.S. LCD TV sales during the second quarter of 2009, South Korea's Samsung managed to close the distance, increasing its share of the market from 17.8 percent in the first quarter to 21.3 percent in the second quarter. Vizio also managed to increase its market share, but not as fast, expanding from a 21.4 percent share in the first quarter to 21.7 percent in the second quarter. Samsung and Vizio are now only separated by fourth tenths of a percentage point.

Overall the U.S. market for LCD televisions improved during the second quarter of 2009, with overall shipments increasing ...

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