LG knocks Samsung off LCD TV sales perch

MARKET RESEARCH firm iSuppli said its figures show that LG Electronics leapfrogged Samsung to sell the most LCD TVs during the fourth quarter, although it's still a close run thing.

According to iSuppli figures, LG held 10.99 per cent of the worldwide market in unit sales, followed closely by Samsung at 10.26 per cent market share.

The TTE (Thomson-TCL) alliance was in third place, with 9.66 per cent market share, losing the number one position it held in the previous quarter.

The figures shown are worldwide rankings of the top 10 TV makers in Q4 of 2005, courtesy of iSuppli. µ

Q4	Q3	Company	Q4 Sales	Q4	Q3 Sales	Q3
1	3	LGE	5,698,474	10.99%	4,176,840	9.19%
2	2	Samsung	5,317,252	10.26%	4,290,106	9.44%
3	1	TTE	5,005,723	9.66%	4,603,500	10.12%
4	4	Philips	3,521,395	6.79%	2,835,708	6.24%
5	7	Sony	3,162,147	6.10%	2,528,127	5.56%
6	6	Panasonic	3,015,418	5.82%	2,594,146	5.71%
7	5	Sanyo	2,725,267	5.26%	2,641,962	5.81%
8	12	Konka	2,281,689	4.40%	1,305,502	2.87%
9	8	Changhong	2,019,641	3.90%	1,916,335	4.21%
10	9	HiSense	1,495,000	2.88%	1,397,375	3.07%
		Others	17,587,513	33.93%	17,179,256	37.78%
		Total	51,829,519	100.00%	45,468,857	100.00%