With Samsung accounting for 90% of the 3m or so LED TV's sold in 2009, other manufacturers are anxious to get a slice of a market which is predicted to achieve 16m unit sales in 2010 and account for the majority of LCD TV's sold by 2013.

Spotting the potential of LED technology earlier than any other manufacturer, Samsung have also recognized the need for an affordable alternative to their earlier A956 which used a more expensive implementation of LED technology.

Samsung's 6000, 7000 and 8000 series have demonstrated the performance benefits of the new technology while introducing a less expensive 'Edge' based implementation of LED technology. The buying public have been quick to respond to the more competitive prices.

With their own range of affordable edge based LED TV's, Sharp have been quickest to react to Samsung's dominance. Up until recently, Sharp had been associated with rather workmanlike and not particularly dynamic LCD TV's. With the introduction of their LE600 and LE700 LED panels they have propelled themselves back onto the flat panel main stage.

LG, caught on the hop somewhat by their Korean rivals Samsung, are are planning a wholesale assault on the LED TV market with a huge range of models planned for 2010 and beyond. They have recently introduced their visually stunning SL9000 LED series.

LG have ambitious plans for their LED division, aiming to sell 7.5m LED TV's in 2010, up from 400,000 this year. They are planning to launch more LED backlit LCD models in 2010, including two direct-type backlighting lines and two to three edge-type backlighting lines, with screen sizes ranging from 32in to 60in.

Making its official debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 in Las Vegas and at just 2.6mm deep, LG have recently unveiled the world's slimmest LCD TV using LED technology.

Philips are also getting in on the act with a range of more specialised LED TV's. The 40in and 46in 9704 series arrive with what Philips are claiming is the fastest response time of any LCD TV, 1ms. The new screens introduces LED Pro backlighting, which sits alongside the latest incarnation of the Dutch electronic manufacturers 'Ambilight' system, 'Spectra 3'.

Whether the likes of LG, Sharp, Sony and Philips can make significant in roads into Samsung's dominance of the LED TV market in 2010 remains to be seen. What is not in doubt is that none of the major TV manufacturers will sit back and let Samsung claim the lion's share of a market which is predicted to account for over 60% of total LCD sales by 2013.

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