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In Japan, Sharp has made the official introduction of a beastly liquid crystal display, one that almost puts LG's new 3D, glasses-free monitor to shame as far as pricing goes.
Sharp's new liquid crystal display TV set is a large and high-quality product that, even without featuring support for 3D, has a p... |
14 February 2012
04:46 GMT |
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Of all the companies that deal in large TVs, Mitsubishi has turned out to be the most efficiency-minded and has the recognition to prove it.
The company's 75-inch LaserVue TV, a beast of a flat-panel television set, has earned the Most Efficient ENERGY STAR designation for 2012.
The reason for this is that, e... |
8 February 2012
11:26 GMT |
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Samsung has a clear idea of how it wants its TV business to progress this year, and the numbers are quite ambitious.
For the entirety of 2012, the company wants to reach flat-panel TV shipments of around 50 million, half of which will be smart TVs.
As a reminder, smart TVs are TVs which also have Internet connectiv... |
8 February 2012
10:19 GMT |
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It wasn't long ago that Vizio first unveiled its massive series of CinemaWide TVs and, now, it looks like the time when sales begin is drawing closer and closer.
Vizio was present at this year's edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2012, so it put a few things on display in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2 February 2012
08:19 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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2012 is bound to see the appearance of at least several display product lines with resolutions that go beyond the Full HD image quality, and Toshiba is proving to be quite fast on its feet, so to speak.
Toshiba has begun mass producing its series of 3D TVs that feature glasses-free technology and a native resolutio... |
1 February 2012
03:29 GMT |
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After years of being the underdog, LED backlights have finally taken the leading position among the lighting technologies most used on the US TV market. LED backlighting is a technology that gets talked about very often nowadays, thanks to its low power draw and higher image quality compared to CCFL. Nevertheless,... |
19 January 2012
09:45 GMT |
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Looks like Green House has finally gotten around to unleashing a new multi-purpose display, one that should already be shipping to customers.
Green House has just finished revealing a display that may end up acting as a TV or a monitor, depending on who buys it.
Dubbed GH-TV22JLHDK, it is not so much a Smart TV, b... |
16 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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We may have spoken of Sharp's 80-inch TV, the one at the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, but it so happens that the item in question is actually a gnat compared to Sharp's 85-inch panel.
One would probably be tempted to say that, with 80 inches being already massive for a TV, adding five mo... |
13 January 2012
05:00 GMT |
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Looks like Samsung has finally made the live introduction of a large Super OLED display, putting an end to LG's short-lived monopoly in this field. LG may have been the first company to formally reveal a 55-inch OLED TV, but Samsung has just done the same. No name was given to the model demonstrated during Sa... |
10 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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At this year's Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas, Panasonic and MySpace announced a joint venture in launching a web TV social service under the name of MySpace TV.
The service will be launched in the first half of 2012, and will be available on Panasonic's VIERA Connect platform.
The VIERA Conn... |
10 January 2012
12:42 GMT |
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LG is not going to cut any corners at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, not on the display market at any rate. In fact, it would be safe to say that the company is more than ready to humble most every other display maker out there. We already saw how the company is ready to show off a 55-inch OLED display a... |
29 December 2011
10:51 GMT |
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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 |
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Television sets, those with flat panels at any rate, used to have quite hefty prices back in the second quarter of 2011, but that situation no longer applies.
In fact, not only does the situation no longer apply, but one might say it made a 180 degree-turn.
Due to a combination of economic uncertainty and frantic ... |
21 December 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Microsoft has just announced that eleven new TV and entertainment applications are now available for download from Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 console, following the ones that already appeared last week when the new console dashboard appeared.The Xbox 360 is being converted into an entertainment hub by Microsoft, so, ... |
14 December 2011
04:27 GMT |
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Samsung is just about ready to reinforce its position as the greatest supplier of TVs, the same way it has done it since 2006. At least, this is what the sales level of November appears to suggest. The total is said to have reached 5.7 million, a fair bit above the 5 million of October, which were a record in the... |
8 December 2011
10:16 GMT |
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Of all things, combining the concepts of a chair and a satellite dish would not have occurred to us, but SatPlus went ahead and made just this sort of, well, chair.
Contrary to what some may think, this wasn't purely for the sake of audacity.
While some may not be aware, there are certain apartment buildings, ... |
7 December 2011
10:51 GMT |
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There are 3D TVs and there are high-end 3D TVs, and then there are things like Toshiba's REGZA 55X3, which have no qualms about blowing all competition out of the water.
Certainly, the TV itself is not news on its own, not after it was announced two months ago (back in October).
The reason it is getting atten... |
7 December 2011
10:14 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.
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23 November 2011
07:39 GMT |
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It so happens that DRAM products aren't the only ones suffering from oversupply, as DisplaySearch discovered that 3D LCD TVs are in a similar bind, though perhaps not as tight.
3D LCD HDTVs may have been among the candidates for the most convenient holiday purchases, if they'd been closer to the mainstrea... |
23 November 2011
04:52 GMT |
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The end of the year is nigh, so, naturally, companies, Samsung and LG in this case, are getting ready for that event that happens every year in Las Vegas.
CES 2012 (Consumer Electronics Show) will take place between January 10 and 13.
This report says that Samsung will use that opportunity to launch an OLED TV wi... |
21 November 2011
08:05 GMT |
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Things have been getting more expensive all around the IT market (well, except RAM, but that's a different problem, although a big one) and TVs are taking their turn, and it's all the fault of football.
Whether or not you like sports, if you're from North America, be ready for a nice big jump in TV p... |
14 November 2011
07:48 GMT |
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Google has never been one for advertising, at least not in the traditional sense. It's more than happy to take your money for the ads it runs though.This has changed very recently as Google started running some TV commercials. It focuses on long ads, 90 seconds sometimes longer that it only airs a few times.The ... |
12 November 2011
10:51 GMT |
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In the perfect world, YouTube estimates the platform could have 6-7 million advertisers. Unfortunately for Google, YouTube currently attracts around 200,000 advertisers per quarter, meaning just 0.8 million per year.At the Monaco Media Forum, Lucas Watson, YouTube's Vice President for Global Sales addressed the ... |
11 November 2011
10:57 GMT |
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A New York-based technology company focused on enhancing the television viewing experience today unveiled its first consumer product - Umami, a companion TV app for the iPad.Umami says the synchronous, content-driven iPad app should be available now in the App Store, yet it’s still to show up. Not to fear, Appl... |
8 November 2011
09:54 GMT |
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The television set industry seems to be going through quite the episode of refreshment, so to speak, or at least Samsung's share of its North American sector is.
Whether because older ones are wearing down, or because the new ones are just so much better in every way, TV sales are on the rise.
Samsung is rev... |
7 November 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Acer released monitors and TVs before, but it looks like it went for some sort of combination between the two concepts when it built the M2 Series of displays.
The new displays that Acer created are called M222HQML, M242HML and M272HML.
In that order, they measure 21.5 inches, 24 inches and 27 inches, respectively... |
27 October 2011
06:02 GMT |
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It seems that YouTube is very close to unveiling its big media initiative. It's been working with several companies and partners to debut a series of much better produced and better defined 'channels' with shows more akin to TV ones rather than web series.YouTube is now said to be revealing its big new... |
27 October 2011
04:12 GMT |
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Twitter has gotten remarkably well with TV, but, to date, the relationship has been a casual and ad hoc one. Twitter is making it official with a new partnership with hit show The X Factor. Twitter users will be able to vote on their favorite would be star via direct messages, a first for Twitter and a TV show."Thing... |
26 October 2011
07:10 GMT |
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Whether or not it bears implementing now that our eyes can't really tell the difference, ultra-high definition television appears to be the next goal of display experts.
Some might be wondering what the point of higher resolutions is in everyday television, since the difference isn't really all that not... |
20 October 2011
03:46 GMT |
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LG, being one of those companies that likes to have a big name on the display industry, released a new LCD that has an advantage in a certain area, even if consumers aren't going to enjoy it directly that often, in the short term at least.LG has proven that it has made it something of a personal quest to create... |
18 October 2011
08:17 GMT |
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3D displays are getting more widespread, thanks to to companies like Leowe, whose research and development efforts took them in the direction of ever improving display solutions.Not many TV programs are in 3D nowadays, but that doesn't mean that companies can't make TVs that can convert them into that form... |
18 October 2011
07:39 GMT |
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The display market was one of the more well off parts of the IT industry at some point, but it looks like not everything is rosy even there, at least according to analysts' financial findings.
The latest research from iSuppli revealed that the performance of flat panels, marketing-wise, during the second qua... |
14 October 2011
18:01 GMT |
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TVs have become quite versatile nowadays, getting called Smart TVs for a reason, but some of them still can't keep up with the newer products out there, like external HDDs, so Buffalo decided to make their lives easier. External hard drives are well past the point where they only work with computers, since oth... |
13 October 2011
05:27 GMT |
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Fire hazards sometimes show up in faulty devices, and Sony seems to be going through such an episode after 11 incidents of smoking or melting were reported in Japan.
Owners of Sony Bravia liquid crystal displays might find the product information option in the Set-Up menu of their Bravia LCDs very useful during t... |
12 October 2011
07:23 GMT |
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US TV network Univision has reached a non-exclusive content agreement with Hulu for most of their prime time TV shows and movies.The announcement got lost in many news rooms after Apple announced the death of their legendary and highly respected founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs.The deal's financial detai... |
6 October 2011
10:51 GMT |
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Prysm managed to make an impression last year, when it revealed the revolutionary LPD display technology and it looks like it finally got to announce the first Middle East broadcast installation.
The Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) technology from Prysm is something that can take any shape, size and resolution.
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6 October 2011
03:40 GMT |
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Microsoft has just announced 40 TV content partners that will be bringing their entertainment options to Xbox 360 owners from all around the world, including cable operators like Comcast, as well as large channels like HBO, SyFy, or the BBC.Microsoft revealed at this year's E3 2011 conference that TV on Demand w... |
6 October 2011
03:21 GMT |
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3D, though it flourished, faced with much controversy over the past year, more than it did when it was a minor niche, but it has finally won over consumers, according to the latest research on the subject.If one were to ask anyone on the street what they thought of 3D TVs, chances are they would get a very favorabl... |
23 September 2011
10:55 GMT |
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The market for large-size TFT-LCD displays could be seen as similar to that of DRAM, as far as marketing evolution is concerned, even though its decline isn't as sharp and hasn't been going on for quite as long.
The revelations on the part of market analysts that keep track of developments on the IT mar... |
17 September 2011
05:56 GMT |
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One might have expected the advent of web-based multimedia to more sharply impact TV services, but it looks like the overall industry is still going strong, according to analysts.Users have heard much about how the tablet segment has been threatening the overall notebook market.By all accounts, the fact that slates ... |
10 September 2011
06:32 GMT |
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When getting their homes outfitted with multimedia elements, users can go for complete solutions like HTPCs, or they can invest in multiple, smaller things, like the ones from Belkin, so as to distribute things better across the house and get away with less costs, should they not want too great an array of features.... |
8 September 2011
07:21 GMT |
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It appears that LG is thinking big at this year's IFA trade show, as its collection of displays now welcomes what an official announcement dubs the largest FULL LED 3D TV in the world.
The 2011 edition of the IFA trade show is underway, with many new products, and even some older ones, put on show for all to... |
3 September 2011
05:52 GMT |
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Those that read about LG's new TV and would have liked to get a better idea of what they can actually do with it now have that wish fulfilled, as we managed to shoot a video of the PenTouch technology in action.
Since the IFA trade show is underway in Berlin, Germany, there are many companies there, showing ... |
3 September 2011
03:51 GMT |
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Once in a while, a company or another will make such an announcement that something close to shock will settle over the IT industry, and Toshiba may have just accomplished something of the sort.Toshiba has definitely not been idle, especially with this year's IFA trade show, but its releases, so far, have been ... |
2 September 2011
10:21 GMT |
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TVs are normally used as a means to tap into the wealth of multimedia channels available worldwide, but LG went one or two steps further when it built the PenTouch plasma line.That LG would release a new series of plasma TVs is definitely not shocking in and of itself, since this happens on a fairly regular basis.Wh... |
2 September 2011
06:25 GMT |
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Eager to grab a slice of what is still a relatively small market segment, Research in Motion (RIM) developed what is known as the BlackBeryy media Box, or BlackBerry Cyclone media hub.Media hubs might not be nearly as new an invention as TVs and multimedia players, but they definitely have been getting attention, es... |
15 July 2011
05:45 GMT |
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It seems that yet another analyst firm report has made its way to the web, in this case focusing on the status of one specific segment of the US display industry, that of flat-screen TV sets.The worldwide IT industry seems to be doing more or less well, financially-speaking, if all the earnings announcements are any... |
14 July 2011
05:47 GMT |
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Portable TVs aren't particularly widespread, but they nonetheless have a faithful following, one that can now test out a new idea from Panasonic, that of a TV powered by the Android OS version known as Eclair.The Android OS may have started out as a software for mobile phones, but it quickly evolved into someth... |
7 July 2011
05:16 GMT |
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It looks like Sony is starting to make the news for good things for a change, though this latest report regarding its popularity might come across as something of a surprise after all the woes that plagued it over the past few months.The now ended first half of 2011 was defined by several things as far as the IT ind... |
5 July 2011
08:55 GMT |
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