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Softpedia Offers Samsung LCD TV Firmware for Free

TV has come a long way since the early days and its resemblance to the "old ways" is close to none. We're now offering you the latest firmware for Samsung's new line of LCD TVs, with 32 to 46 inches diagonal. The new series of Samsung LCS TVs sports 720p resolution for enhanced graphics, no matter whether ...

28 December 2011
09:48 GMT

LCD TVs May Drop in Sales for the First Time Ever in 2011

Even with new display sizes being developed and marketed, there are high chances that 2011 will become the first year when LCD TVs sell less than in the previous one. It appears that oversupply concerns are great enough that some people, market watchers as Digitmes calls them, aren't very optimistic about 2011...

8 November 2011
05:19 GMT

LCD TVs Sell 10% Better Next Year, 2012

Since time is moving along, reports about what has happened or what may come on the IT market are obviously going to show up, and this time it is the LCD TV market that is getting a prognosis.The next year is one that, most likely, will show highly mixed results in terms of IT sales.LCD TVs are one of the industry&#...

3 November 2011
11:56 GMT

Half of Sold Sony TVs Will Have Internet Connectivity

It appears that Sony has very ambitious plans for its LCD TV business outlet, having decided to play hardball on the field of web-connected models, enough so that good things are coming in FY 2011.Being one of those companies that deals in a whole bunch of different product types, Sony has to keep track of many diff...

15 April 2011
10:30 GMT

LED-Backlit LCDs Sold Better Last Year

It appears that tablets aren't the only things gaining profile on the US and worldwide markets, as it is revealed that a certain other type of device has been getting more and more popular, or so sales figures suggest. The display market, like pretty much every other facet of the IT industry, has been recove...

9 April 2011
05:42 GMT

Samsung 55-Inch 3D LCD TV Needs no Glasses, Comes in 3 Years

The problem with 3D technologies is that they haven't really come to a point where they can do without 3D glasses, and it seems that even one of the more promising prototypes on Samsung's side of the field isn't going to become a selling product in the near future.Until late 2009, the 3D display mode ...

17 March 2011
10:45 GMT

Branded LCDs Get 20% Cheaper in China

It appears that things are looking up for those Chinese consumers that want to buy a new LCD TV, as the prices of such products, or of branded ones at least, have apparently been cut by quite a bit, or so reports say.TVs have been evolving quite positively over the past few years, especially over the course of 2010,...

20 January 2011
11:23 GMT

LCD TV Makers hope to Sell 200,000 Units in 2011

Since the year has just started, makers of all sorts of products are setting goals, and it seems that the makers of LCD TVs in Taiwan have figured out how many sales they want to reach before 2011 is out.With the advent of web-connected TVs, and of Internet-based TV content platforms, it is not hard to assume sales ...

14 January 2011
10:02 GMT

LCD TV Prices Reach Their Lowest in Q4, 2010

As time goes by and the end of the year 2010 has almost come, market watchers are, of course, looking back and trying to see just how things look like, and the situation on the LCD TV market is one that seems poised to finally rebound.Like multiple other segments of the IT industry, the LCD TV market has not been go...

27 December 2010
09:36 GMT

US LCD TV Market Not Doing too Well

That there is always a first time seems to have just been proven true now that the liquid crystal display TV market has achieved what it has never before achieved, though one might not see recent developments as part of the encouraging variety.Usually, when talking about a feat first achieved in history, one would e...

8 December 2010
08:49 GMT

3D TVs Account for 10% of Sony LCD TV Sales in 2010, Will Grow to 40% by 2012

3D may not be overly widespread right now, but as the display mode gains traction, so will sales of 3D TVs, and it seems that Sony's own 3D TV business is expected to grow in share by quite a bit over the next two years.As consumers may or may not know, the main characteristic of 3D panels is that they have a r...

6 December 2010
04:28 GMT

2010 Allows Consumer Electronics Market to Recover

It seems that, according to the most recent data gathered by iSupply, now part of IHS, consumer demand was strong enough in 2010 to allow the consumer electronics market to rebound after the difficult 2008-2009 period.As the research firm has it, the CE market in 2010 is projected to grow by 6.2% compared to 2009, f...

3 December 2010
10:57 GMT

LED LCD TVs Get Cheaper for the Holidays

Price cuts are always a welcome news for the consumer market, especially around times when shopping is about to be turned up to eleven, and it seems that the market for LCD TVs is going through this very type of experience.According to DisplaySearch, which is a division of NPG Group, LED-backlit LCD TV prices have d...

27 November 2010
03:29 GMT

US Market to Experience LCD TV Shipment Growth

Since the third quarter of the year is long over and Q4 doesn't have long to live either, analysts are, naturally, trying to see how the different market segments will turn out, and it seems that one of the recent reports deals with the US LCD TV segment.It seems that the market for liquid crystal displays, at ...

26 November 2010
06:33 GMT

Half of all Sold LCDs in 2010 Belong to Samsung, LG and Sony

With liquid crystal displays having become the main presence on all segments of the display market, shipments are expected to reach many hundreds of millions, and LCD TVs alone should go as high as 220 million.With the Full HD image quality becoming mainstream and with 3D movies and TV broadcasts emerging, the displ...

23 November 2010
03:36 GMT

Troubling Finances Make Sony Outsource LCD Production

Even though some parts of the world are, more or less, over the recession, there are still areas where finances aren't doing as well as they could, prompting companies like Sony to possibly consider enlisting the assistance of other manufacturers.Apparently, Sony has been having trouble with its LCD TV business...

18 October 2010
10:25 GMT

Demand for LED LCD TVs Soars in China

Though some parts of the world, such as Europe, are supposedly fraught with uncertain marketing conditions, others are apparently exhibiting a positive evolution in terms of demand, as is the case with LED-backlit LCD TVs in China.Once again, iSuppli looked into the current marketing situation, and it seems that 201...

25 September 2010
03:54 GMT

LG Won't Meet Its Goal of 30 Million LCD TV Shipments

Back at the start of the year, IT companies seemed to be a fair bit more optimistic about their chances to outdo themselves in terms of shipments than they were the previous year. LG, for one, intended to ship about 29 million flat panel TVs by the end of December, out of which 25 million were going to be based on th...

21 July 2010
10:24 GMT

Acer's M0 Family of LCD TVs Bound for Europe

Even as it busied itself with filling the consumer market with newer computers, Acer still managed to throw in a few things other than netbooks, DirectX 11 notebooks, ultrathin laptops and desktops. The H4 series of liquid crystal display monitors are among the most recent LCD releases. Those will exclusively cater t...

25 June 2010
07:18 GMT

ViewSonic's 23-Inch VT2300LED Sells for Only $399

With the current popularity of High-Definition (HD) and Full-HD video content, consumers, especially those from the entry-level and mainstream markets, are always on the lookout for affordable LCD solutions that will allow them to fully enjoy such image quality. Seeking to cater to this need, ViewSonic has been devel...

14 April 2010
03:41 GMT

LED BLU to Gain 8% of LCD TV Market by 2011

According to Displaybank, LCD TVs equipped with LED BLUs (backlight units) will reach 8% of the total market by 2011, in the detriment of CCFLs (cold cathode fluorescent lamps) TVs. Allen Ji, a senior researcher at Displaybank, stated that LED-backlit LCD TV would experience a rapid increase in market penetration, fr...

7 July 2008
07:05 GMT

The HANNspree Time Square LCD TV Looks Funky, Does A Lot More Stuff...

I have to admit it's the first time I see such a weird-looking TV. Why? First of all, the device reveals two relatively small speakers that were placed on each side. This makes the Time Square TV look like it has two Mickey Mouse-like ears.HANNspree are the manufacturers of the time Square item and they claim th...

21 August 2007
02:45 GMT

BenQ Rolls Out Their New SH4241 42-inch LCD HDTV

It would seem that the BenQ company has managed to solve most of its financial problems and has begun the long road towards reclaiming its former position as one of the world's most important manufacturers of consumer electronics. And one of the devices that might really help it along the way is the SH4241, a 42...

18 July 2007
06:26 GMT

1080p Is Not Necessary

If you want to have the best viewing experience, then you need a wide-screen TV. This is what you constantly hear in commercials, everybody is "bragging" about their product being the best, and if you want quality, you will want their product, and nothing less. Well, what can I say, when placed in front of such state...

5 April 2007
09:09 GMT

LCD Monitors Could Replace the LCD TV Market

Back in the days, having a monitor which could represent more than two colors was considered the coolest thing you could have. Now people have developed a certain seventh sense, not sixth sense, that usually refers to the paranormal part of the deal and that's not what I've had in mind. This seventh sense i...

3 April 2007
06:43 GMT


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