{"id":87045,"date":"1999-12-31T00:32:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:32:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:32:00","slug":"tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/","title":{"rendered":"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &#038; Androids Call The Shots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TV is in serious trouble as LG is &#8216;likely&#8217; to report losses in current quarter and slash investment.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"4\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"Right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/2011082908394951278.jpg', 'foo', 'width=550, height=373, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/2011082908394951278_300x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Why? Two words: tablets and smartphones.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">iPad 2, Android tabs and smartphones are increasingly eating into LCD and smart TV market share, it appears, with Korean giant LG the latest maker to report major woes in the category, cutting investment by a quarter, according to a Reuters report.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The dip in PC demand is also hitting LCD display demand and the global recession isn&#8217;t helping matters either, particularly in debt ravaged US and European markets.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>LG, one of the top TV brands in Australia, releasing its 3D Cinema TV range with much aplomb in April and passive 55&#8243; 3D technology just last month, now appears to be painting a much duller picture of one of its core businesses, TV panels.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;We plan around 3 trillion won ($2.8 billion) of capital spending next year and have no plans to build a new factory,&#8221; a LG Display spokesman confirmed.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In July, it reported 87.3% plunge in net profits for second-quarter of the year with LG&#8217;s display division posting a shocking 96 per cent dip in net profits from 554.8 billion won in 2010 to 21.3 billion won, the same period this year.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">This comes as a sales of Android handsets grew over 350% during Q2 alone and although LG is a player in this market also with smarthones like&nbsp;Optimus,&nbsp;it is far from a&nbsp;front runner, unlike Korean rival Samsung, and the takeoff of the tablet category offering mobile internet TV has also gobbled display sales.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;LCD makers will keep 2012 investment plan conservative and LG is also likely to cut spending again as visibility is very low due to weak demand especially from Europe and the United States,&#8221; John Soh, Shinhan Investment &amp; Securities&nbsp;analyst, said.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;LG is likely to report losses widening in the current quarter and the outlook for the next nine months or so is dreadful due to weak PC and TV demand.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;However, analysts predict its not the end of the road for LCD&#8217;s just yet, forecasting a demand resurgence in future quarters.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"NFBreak\" style=page-break-before:always contenteditable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Once it recovers and the supply has not increased because panel makers did not expend production, the industry can return to a healthy state,&#8221; one analyst said.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;LG is already said to have cut TV  sales forecasts by 20% earlier this year, joining the likes of Sony and Samsung as it battles mobile display dominance.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The growth of iPads is however, a double edged sword for LG as it is one of Apple&#8217;s main LCD suppliers.           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV is in serious trouble as LG is likely to report losses in current quarter and slash investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":94748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-hardware","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &amp; Androids Call The Shots - Smart Office<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &amp; Androids Call The Shots - Smart Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TV is in serious trouble as LG is likely to report losses in current quarter and slash investment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smart Office\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"1999-12-30T13:32:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oonagh Reidy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oonagh Reidy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Oonagh Reidy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/15e890b46095d075b43fe7ecb12341ae\"},\"headline\":\"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &#038; Androids Call The Shots\",\"datePublished\":\"1999-12-30T13:32:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\"},\"wordCount\":456,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Archive\",\"Hardware\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\",\"name\":\"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 & Androids Call The Shots - Smart Office\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"1999-12-30T13:32:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &#038; Androids Call The Shots\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\",\"name\":\"Smart Office\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smart Office\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg\",\"width\":1359,\"height\":477,\"caption\":\"Smart Office\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/15e890b46095d075b43fe7ecb12341ae\",\"name\":\"Oonagh Reidy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Oonagh Reidy\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/author\/oonagh-reidy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 & Androids Call The Shots - Smart Office","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 & Androids Call The Shots - Smart Office","og_description":"TV is in serious trouble as LG is likely to report losses in current quarter and slash investment.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/","og_site_name":"Smart Office","article_published_time":"1999-12-30T13:32:00+00:00","author":"Oonagh Reidy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Oonagh Reidy","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/"},"author":{"name":"Oonagh Reidy","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/15e890b46095d075b43fe7ecb12341ae"},"headline":"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &#038; Androids Call The Shots","datePublished":"1999-12-30T13:32:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/"},"wordCount":456,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Archive","Hardware"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/","name":"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 & Androids Call The Shots - Smart Office","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"1999-12-30T13:32:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/tab-threat-lg-slash-lcds-as-ipad-2-androids-call-the-shots\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tab Threat: LG Slash LCDs As iPad 2 &#038; Androids Call The Shots"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/","name":"Smart Office","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#organization","name":"Smart Office","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Smart-Office-Logo-Final-Yellow-1_page-0001.jpg","width":1359,"height":477,"caption":"Smart Office"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/#\/schema\/person\/15e890b46095d075b43fe7ecb12341ae","name":"Oonagh Reidy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Oonagh Reidy"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/author\/oonagh-reidy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}