Mitsubishi flat-panel TVs debut.(Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America Inc.)

HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, March, 1997 by Bloomfield, Judy

ATLANTA -- Internet-enabled TVs, flat-panel-display TVs and DVD players were the highlights of Mitsubishi Consumer Electronics America Inc.'s 1997-1998 line show held here.

The company rolled out its first flat-panel plasma-display TVs that they're calling DiamondPanel TVs. Marty Zanfino, manager of product development, said that two 40-inch models -- one tabletop model and one hang-on-the-wall unit -- will be available in the second half of the year.

They will be priced under $10,000.

Zanfino said that the company has invested heavily in flat-panel development, engineering and manufacturing and will soon be ready to go into mass production.

The flat panel TVs utilize "plasma" technology, which uses electricity illuminating a gas, similar...

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