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Sony and Sharp announced quite a large number of HDTVs at this year’s CES, but back at the fair both companies neglected to include one minor detail in their announcement: pricing.The HD Guru Website however has recently come to our aid, and thanks to its industry sources, it managed to provide us with this l... |
12 February 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Sharp may be one of the greatest makers of displays, but that also means that it will be hit particularly hard if the general interest in such products drops.
As it happens, HDTV panels haven't been selling very well lately, enough so that the company has decided to cut down production at a plant in Osaka (by h... |
1 February 2012
10:26 GMT |
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The TV that Haier recently unveiled is one of those items that stands out through more than one perk, although it is the total lack of cables that truly earned attention.
Haier recently showcased a 3DTV with a diagonal of 55 inches and featuring the Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) technology.
The company di... |
20 January 2012
17:01 GMT |
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After yesterday’s PlexEasy external DVD burner, Plextor announced yet another stand-alone optical disc writer, dubbed the PX-612U.
Like the PlexEasy, the drive can connect to an HDTV, or media streamer, directly through a USB port without requiring a PC, thus enabling users to play back the content stored on a... |
13 January 2012
11:21 GMT |
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While Samsung and LG are busy showing off their respective 55-inch OLED panels, Sony has put together its own HDTV demonstration, one that, it hopes, will enable it to recover its share in the worldwide TV market.
The past couple of years haven't been very easy on Sony, with hacking attacks and generally poor ... |
10 January 2012
18:11 GMT |
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VIZIO has a variety of things on display at CES 2012, monitors and TVs taking up much of its exhibition.
It appears that the company has even done something a bit unusual, namely build a number of LCD HDTV sets with the 21:9 aspect ratio.
That's the same ratio that cinema screens have.
VIZIO aptly named the p... |
10 January 2012
11:31 GMT |
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Samsung has many things prepared for this year's CES, a certain out-of-the-ordinary display being just one member of the crowd.The display, or one of them, that the company has officially launched is called Series 7 HDTV Monitor TB750.The name implies that this is a sort of merger between a PC monitor and a TV,... |
5 January 2012
07:51 GMT |
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Showing that this really is the age of hybridization, Samsung has announced, among various other things, the Series 7 Smart Station. The Series 7 Samsung Smart Station is based on a Series 7 HDTV monitor but does more than just display images, in quick succession or otherwise. The reason it stands apart from moni... |
5 January 2012
03:10 GMT |
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Roku never ceases to surprise us with its highly innovative streaming media players, but this time the outfit has outdone itself with the launch of the Streaming Stick.Basically a fully featured Roku media player, this tiny dongle packs everything its larger brothers includes such as built-in WiFi, processor, memory ... |
4 January 2012
10:36 GMT |
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It wasn't so long ago that organic light-emitting diodes were used only in small handsets, but the time has come for OLED to earn its place at the summit of monitor and TV display technologies.
OLED has an advantage in how it doesn't need special backlighting, meaning that screens based on it are thinner ... |
28 December 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Looks like people who want to play films from their PC on their TVs but don't or can't move that big thing around, or want to have a laptop close if that's what they're using, can easily stream things to the HDTV once they get the new ECS Wi-Bridge.Basically, this is a small, portable Wi-Fi wirele... |
23 December 2011
15:31 GMT |
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All-in-one monitors are all well and good, but for those that aren't keen on changing their good old HDTV, Warpia invented the ConnectHD SWP400VC.Granted, all-in-one monitor may be laying it a bit thick, since the PC will still be required for this to work.ConnectHD SWP400VC is a special module that only needs ... |
19 December 2011
14:21 GMT |
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You'd think that a 45-inch or 50-inch TV was big, and that 60-70-inch ones were huge, but that way of thinking may not survive the news of what Sharp has planned for the world.Sharp has a history of big panels, but the ones it will send to the US next year (2012) are going to leave pretty much all of them in the... |
19 December 2011
03:54 GMT |
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With CES 2012 knocking on our door, Westinghouse let us have a look at what it has in store for us and I’m pleased to see that things definitely look to shape out good for Westy.Their most advanced product to arrive at the fair is a super-sized 70-inch LED HDTV that comes not only with support for Full HD resol... |
7 December 2011
10:13 GMT |
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Apple is on track to launch its much-anticipated television product in Q4 2012, people familiar with the development have revealed.The Japanese contractees have been ordered to build not one, but three different models of the device, of which two will boast 32-inch and 55-inch screen sizes, Smarthouse has been told.T... |
6 December 2011
03:43 GMT |
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Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray is at it again with a reiterated note on Apple launching a full-fledged HD TV solution next year.The Business Insider has his comments (made at the paper’s IGNITION: Future of Media conference yesterday morning) which include the following key aspects of the highly-antici... |
1 December 2011
03:48 GMT |
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Normally, one would need a 3D TV to actually watch 3D media, but Marvel claims to be able to allow any HDTV to render images into side-by-side 3D. Basically, the box is meant as a 'stepping stone' of sorts, placed between a Blu-ray player and the TV itself. It turns 2D into anaglyph 3D, which is synchro... |
24 November 2011
12:21 GMT |
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Microsoft's Kinect motion tracking technology got a few games to its name, but nothing too fancy, though that doesn't seem to be stopping the company from shoving it forward.
Then again, 'into' may be a better word than 'forward' in this case, since Microsoft wants to put Kinect into T... |
24 November 2011
05:28 GMT |
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This might not be immediately visible to the casual consumer, but liquid crystal display sales have been sluggish lately. In fact, it's not easy at all to realize that monitors and TVs have been going through less than stellar times, not with forecasts about impending Smart TV success, although hearing about t... |
23 November 2011
11:17 GMT |
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Anyone wondering just how much consumers had taken to Smart TVs will get their answer, or got it a while ago but are now getting a confirmation that yes, Smart TVs are quite successful and will continue to be.
According to a new report, Smart TVs are going to snatch a fifth of the worldwide TV market in 2012.
Tha... |
23 November 2011
07:39 GMT |
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VIZIO decided to break apart from the fold and, instead of developing some new, expensive 3D TV that needs special glasses, made a whole series of sets that work with passive glasses like the ones used at cinemas.The M-Series Theater 3D TVs that VIZIO just formally launched are free of the great pitfall of modern 3D... |
17 November 2011
10:53 GMT |
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We already mentioned that Adobe had quit making Flash for mobile devices and, sure enough, things didn't stop there, as Adobe just decided to drop TV flash as well.
Whether or not this is an indication that Flash player will totally disappear eventually, it is clear that TVs won't see much of it anymore. ... |
10 November 2011
09:38 GMT |
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AMOLED is supposed to enable the making of displays that are superior to LCDs in mostly every way, but DuPont didn't have the resources to make the push to the large-size panel market, until now that is.
DuPont just announced that it had secured a partnership with a yet-unnamed “leading Asian manufacture... |
7 November 2011
02:41 GMT |
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Warpia StreamHD may have chased people away with its price, but the StreamHD Value Edition might reel in a few more customers, even if not all the original features are present.
The StreamHD VE from Warpia is a means through which one can stream any media from a PC to an HDTV.
This achieved through use of a wirel... |
28 October 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Sceptre is well known to a lot of our readers for its price friendly HDTVs and computer monitors and now the company has decided to join the two with a new series of colorful 23-inch Full HDTVs that can also be used as a PC display.Sceptre's new creations are part of the company's “24” Series an... |
26 October 2011
08:23 GMT |
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Acer may not be going through its best year right now, but that doesn't mean it is going to lay off on launching new things any time soon, even displays that play things more conservatively and don't jump at LED backlights. The new AT3218MF from Acer is one of the lessening number of panels that don'... |
24 October 2011
10:35 GMT |
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Tired of the old way of controlling the TV, Murata, a Japanese technology company, has developed a new prototype remote that can switch the channels, or adjust the volume, by simply twisting or bending it.Currently a prototype, the device is named the “Leaf Grip Remote Controller,” and is made out of a a ... |
7 October 2011
11:31 GMT |
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The market for TVs is welcoming what is one of the biggest displays ever made, for the consumer market that is, though there is little chance of anyone save the wealthy to actually get it.Sharp is one of the best established suppliers of TVs in the world and, though it accounts for just a small part of its shipment ... |
28 September 2011
05:47 GMT |
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Sceptre has already accustomed us with its budget-friendly HDTV's and computer monitors and earlier today the company announced that it has expanded its product portfolio with the addition of a new 42-inch LED TV, dubbed the X425BV-FHD.Sporting a pretty simple design and construction, the X425BV-FHD is built aro... |
22 September 2011
04:38 GMT |
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Sceptre, a company well known for its budget-friendly HDTVs and computer monitors, has just announced the availability of a new Full 1080P 40-inch LCD television set designed to rival the technology and quality of more expensive units.According to the company, its latest solution is built around a proprietary LCD dis... |
13 September 2011
09:51 GMT |
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There are many things that Samsung is known for around the world, but US users might just know of it best through its presence on the TV front, especially after the first half of this year.
One thing about Samsung is that it has a stake in many of the IT industry's fields, unlike Intel or AMD, who stick to o... |
10 September 2011
03:41 GMT |
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In November of last year, Sony announced that it has lowered the prices of their Internet connected Google TV models by as much as $200, and recently the company took this measure yet again, the entry-level 24-inch model now retailing for $295.When it was first launched in October of last year, this particular HDTV m... |
12 August 2011
03:29 GMT |
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A rich feature set and high performance usually targets equally rich prospective customers, but it looks like Sharp really took things up to eleven by resurrecting the Elide brand of LCD TVs. One would have thought that the 7-inch Sharp Galapagos tablet would be enough of an attention bringer for its maker, but it l... |
4 August 2011
10:20 GMT |
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After being locked in a struggle with Sony over which 3D technology is better for 3DTVs, LG has recently managed to steal the Japanese company's spotlight by announcing that it will be the first display maker to release a large screen OLED HDTV.
A high-ranking company official recently stated that the company... |
25 July 2011
10:08 GMT |
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As some may or may not have expected, it appears that what can be called the authorities on the display industry believe that the number of 3D display shipments will be about a fifth of the total sold in 2011.3D may not be the rave right now, but this doesn't mean that the future won't see a change in the ... |
12 July 2011
10:55 GMT |
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It appears that the DM50D is not the only display solution that LG has put together, as the outfit has also finished a 23-inch 3D TV, one that is already up for sale in South Korea.There isn't really anything that could stop LG from filling out its role as wold-class supplier of display solutions, save bankrupt... |
29 June 2011
09:48 GMT |
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LG is one of those companies with multiple business outlets and it seems that, in this particular instance, it chose to further its cause on the display market by revealing a new 3D monitor.The market for liquid crystal displays has been seeing new additions more or less every day, or at least every week, something ... |
29 June 2011
05:45 GMT |
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Motorola may be best known for its mobile devices, but there is nothing stopping it from showing its cards on the multimedia market, in this instance a set-top box with upgradeable features.
HDTVs have been gaining PC-like capabilities like web connectivity and even their own storage devices, be they of the optic... |
28 June 2011
07:55 GMT |
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Though it already had all the capabilities that a good HDTV is expected to possess, the REAL LCD-22BLR500 from Mitsubishi was given some extra assets to set it apart from most of its kind.
The idea of Smart TVs is not a new one, but neither are such products very common in any area of the world.
Then again, wi... |
27 June 2011
07:28 GMT |
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With a certain wireless streaming technology getting steadily more widespread, although it still is in its beginning stages, Belkin figured it may as well offer an adapter specifically designed for it.When enjoying multimedia, one needs not just the content and the broadcast system, or a PC with all the files, but a... |
21 June 2011
08:40 GMT |
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It appears that Westinghouse decided to play as many sides of the display industry as possible when it put together its newest collection of HDTVs, as it has 24 to 60-inch models with or without 3D, among other things.It seems that Westinghouse is doing what other companies sometimes do, namely unveil a whole bunch ... |
20 June 2011
03:57 GMT |
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One reason plasma displays haven't been able to actually turn into a stronger rival to LCDs is that the way they rendered the color black was imperfect, with color levels worsening as time went by, but Panasonic claims to have surpassed this issue at last.
When it comes to TVs and monitors, the LCD (liquid c... |
27 May 2011
02:50 GMT |
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One would think that, at the rate LED displays are getting cheaper, they would be selling better, but it looks like, even though shipments are, indeed, good, oversupply concerns still ended up appearing.Something happened on the display market over the past couple of years, something that probably had to do with the... |
24 May 2011
10:00 GMT |
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It appears that Sony is definitely keeping an active presence in the display industry, as its recent activities have included not just flexible screens and the like, but also the completion of significantly enforced BRAVIA LCDs.
Those keeping track of such things on the IT market will know that this week was the ... |
20 May 2011
08:22 GMT |
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It may not be aimed at consumers and it might have been even more extraordinary if it had a better resolution, but there is no question that a certain Panasonic HDTV is so big that the phrase “over the top” definitely applies.
Nowadays, HD (high-definition, 1,366 x 768 pixels resolution) is basically ... |
14 May 2011
05:39 GMT |
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Whether intentional or not, it looks like makers of displays are locked in a sort of contest to see who gets to make the largest model, and it looks like the most recent company to get the top position is Samsung.The thing about high-end displays, as with all other sorts of IT products, is that they can only really ... |
9 May 2011
05:24 GMT |
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Sceptre has just announced the introduction of a new 46-inch HDTV which supports Full HD resolutions and features a thin design as well as the SRS TruSurround HD and TruVolume audio technologies.
The new HDTV is dubbed the X460BV-FHD and is significantly slimmer and lighter than the previous Sceptre models as it m... |
21 April 2011
04:55 GMT |
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While HDTVs used to have, as upper size limit, the diagonal length of 65 inches, it seems Sharp broke well through that barrier when it built the LC-70LE732U LED-backlit TV set which, surprisingly enough, is intended for the mainstream, not high-end market.Monitors may be very widespread among consumers, but TVs pre... |
18 April 2011
10:33 GMT |
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Philips may be one of the oldest TV makers in history, but it looks like history alone is not enough to keep it in the race now that its HDTV division is losing more than it is making.It is a common thing on the IT industry for a company to shut down or sell business ventures when they happen to no longer fit with t... |
18 April 2011
09:01 GMT |
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Sony seems to be living up to its reputation as purveyor of many sorts of different goods, as its most recent move seems to have been in the field of LCD HDTVs, and it was a big move indeed.Sony definitely seems to be getting its boots on as far as its TV business is concerned, or so it would appear.One might thing ... |
18 April 2011
08:32 GMT |
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