If this happens, I would just buy the last VT model Plasma and keep it for 10 years, until the next gen (better TVs) come out.
It's possible they would just maintain the Plasma business in Japan (similar to what happened in Sony's MD) where the market is still willing to pay prices that somehow allow Panasonic to break even at least. But yeah, they have to cut a lot of jobs first. I dont know if Sony can afford to buy out the Plasma businesss of Panasonic because they are also sick. Sharp is in life support. Toshiba and Mitsubishi would rather concentrate on their other businesses, mostly industrial, heavy industries and chemical.
Problema ng US pricing kasi, pampasaya ng consumers ang pricing pero pamatay ng business sa laki ng market. Then of course it's just outrageous how the Koreans have managed to sell their products really really low - not only in consumer electronics but also in other industrial businesses - in the industry where I work, we know that the Korean Govt subsides the manufacturers in that industry to promote Korea, but I dont know if the likes of Samsung and LG are getting similar financial support. Panasonic-Sony-Sharp and the other big Japanese players should combine forces, resources and know-how soonest in order to compete against the Koreans somehow.
Pero marami sa big Japanese companies, including Panasonic, own vast tracks of super valuable lands that can be easily sold or leased to property and commercial developers. That should provide them a lot of cash in the interim, while trying to figure out what to do.
2013 is also expected to be the last year they make plasma TVs due to high cost of manufacture and low sales. Very sad