Samsung TVs - Televisions From a Korean Industrial Giant

Samsung is an industry leader in DLP TV manufacturing.

Samsung TV sets are manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., which is a part of the Korean Samsung Group. Aside from televisions, Samsung produces a wide variety of electronic parts and devices, including very popular cell phones, telecommunications equipment, semiconductor chips, computer parts and systems, precision machinery, and financial services. Other industries that Samsung Group member companies cover include shipbuilding, chemicals, heavy machinery, airplane engine manufacturing, and defense. Also, Samsung DLP TVs have gained much acclaim, but more on this later.

Samsung, whose name means "three stars" in Korean, was established in 1938 by Byung-Chull Lee in Taegu, Korea. Lee started his business as a small export company selling primarily dried fish, fruit, and vegetables to the Manchuria and Beijing regions of China. The Samsung business proved a success, and after a decade it would have four mills, and candy making operations, and continue to expand and diversify.

Samsung Electronics was established in 1969, and in 1977 it started exporting color Samsung televisions. Since it entered the electronics business, Samsung introduced many innovations, including the world's first 1GHz CPU in 1999, the first super slim, perfectly flat cathode ray tube TV in 2000, and the world's largest (40 inch screen) LCD television in 2001.

In 2002, the Samsung DLP TV won the Grand Award in the December issue of Popular Science magazine. This award, which is given to new technological products is considered very prestigious.