# OFFICIAL: TV Thread.

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 28, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024 "2005-12-28T05:58:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neosmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@Neosmurf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neosmurf)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-tv-thread/186024/249 "2009-01-02T06:15:01Z")

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> [@wow...what a tard...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-what-a-tard/39266/5):
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> I have a good friend that is still at Sony… he is the last dept to close… he is going to order me a Z series 1080p 42inch for $880… At that price, I have to get it.
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> He also told me that Samsung uses Sony panels… I do not know how true that is… but it came from him, so I dunno.

Samsung, Sharp, and LG (I think) are the only panel makers at the moment from what I have been told. Sony has been using Samsung panels since the plasma days but now has an agreement with Sharp, so you could end up with a Samsung or a Sharp panel in a Sony TV.

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