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Originally Posted by Canada 02
don't many of the big manufacturers get their panels from the same place? I thought Sony and Samsung were essentially the same screens in a different wrapper; maybe some bells and whistles differ, no?
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Yes and no.
Wikipedia has a
list of the makers and you are correct that often you will see multiple manufacturers using the same panel. The difference is often in the number of inputs, the number of settings they allow you to adjust, as well as the electronics they use (things like scaling chips to stretch the standard def picture (NTSC = 720x480) to scale to fit the larger screen (pixel size wise)).
For example, for a number of years the 20" widescreen Apple cinedisplay was highly regarded. The Dell 20" 2007 wfp was the exact same panel.
Olivia, Vizio, etc buy panels from various manufacturers and just hire a plan to assemble them based on their specs and requirements.