New technologies such as LCD TVs are symbolic of the convergence between the information technology and home electronics industries, which once operated in parallel but have now begun to overlap and compete directly with each other. Home electronics companies that were gradually declining, such as Sampo and Tatung, have invested efforts in development, infusing new energy into the domestic home electronics industry.
再說，像液晶電視這樣的科技，可以讓過去分屬兩條平行線的資訊、家電產業有了交集，原本井水不犯河水的產業，開始正面競爭，本來已逐漸夕陽化的家電大廠如聲寶、大同等都投入心力開發，為家電業注入一股新活力。