I would like to see Pioneer and Panasonic return to North America for displays. But let us not forget that even though Pioneer was the best in 2008 for plasmas, the reason they exited the plasma business was because they lost several billions of dollars on research and development, since the average consumer does not want to pay for a display that offers the best picture and a display that can last 20+ years under ideal conditions. People are happy with displays that last up to 10 years, however some of the under $1,000 generic brand displays at nationwide retailers only last between 3-5 years since they have poor construction quality of the power supplies and other components along with a picture quality that is average or below average.
China makes both high-end, medium quality, and lower end electronics depending on what the engineering department tells the China automated factories what type of components to purchase. If you want more inputs and better quality then consumers need to be willing to pay more regardless of what country makes the display. Pioneer plasmas were engineered in Japan and assembled in the USA, but today no display is assembled in the USA as far as I am aware. Usually the assembling of various parts from China and other countries occurs in either Mexico or Canada. I doubt Panasonic will want to re-enter the USA market, too many consumers complaining about price and therefore no reason for Pioneer and Panasonic to sale displays in the USA (unless that changes and the American consumer is willing to pay for better picture quality that lasts longer than the competition).
LG and Samsung make some nice high-end OLED displays that are made in South Korea. Those are on the USA market. Sony out of Japan makes some nice OLED displays for the USA market also.
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