Matsushita develops world's biggest plasma TV

[Tom Snyder]

TOKYO (AFP) - The Japanese maker of the Panasonic brand said it had developed the world's largest plasma-panel television set with a 103-inch (2.6 meter) screen.

Matsushita Electric Industrial said on Thursday, it had overcome technical difficulties posed by making large plasma screens to develop a prototype 2.3 meters wide and 1.3 meters high.

Until now 102-inch plasma televisions developed by two South Korean companies were the biggest in the world.