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Panasonic will produce LCD TV's in Russia 2007-05-25 08:17:00 Matsushita Electronic has signed a contract with Kaliningrad-based electronics firm Baltmikst to produce
300,000 LCD-TVs per year.
The first Panasonic
LCD TVs will be assembled during this summer. Panasonic's output will be about 300,000 units per year, local media reported. Matsushita hopes to increase Panasonic's LCD-TV production in Russia
five to ten times. Samsung and LG have set up
New LCD plant for Sharp 2007-05-25 08:00:00 Sharp Corp. has reported its new plan for a new LCD facility. The world's third-largest LCD TV maker said on Friday it would likely build a new LCD panel plant in Sakai, Osaka prefecture, and the final decision will be made by the end of July.
Sharp is ready to invest $410.68
King size Fujitsu plasma screens 2007-05-25 04:16:00 Fujitsu Plasmavision UK has announced the availability of two new additions to its high-performance, 51 series custom install range. The latest 55 inch and 63 inch panels, the £4,495 P55XHA51WSb and £6,495 P63XHA51WSb, feature an array of enhancements that includes; two HDMI inputs, upgraded AVM II video processing technology, latest generation Plasma Display Panel (PDP) glass as well as improved Read more:Fujitsu
Matsushita and Hitachi sign plasma TV deal 2007-05-24 11:04:00 Japanese electronics companies Hitachi
Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will supply each other with plasma display panels, the two companies announced Thursday.
Under the deal, Matsushita, maker of Panasonic brand consumer electronic products, will start to supply Hitachi with 103-inch plasma panels this fiscal year, the companies said. Hitachi will start to supply Matsushita with 85-
Australian consumers prefer plasma 2007-05-23 08:22:00 A recent Synovate survey shows that Australianconsumers
prefer plasma displays over LCD one.Results state that 69% of viewers preferred the overall image of plasma TV sets over identically-sized LCD ones, with black level, motion clarity and contrast all cited as key differentiators.Findings reveal: 7 out of 10 consumers thought that plasma had the more natural colour reproduction; four times as
Samsung: No. 1 in HDTV sales 2007-05-23 06:54:00 Samsung sold more High-Definition TV's worldwide in the first quarter than any other TV maker.
The company was number one in unit sales and revenues in North America and Eastern and Western Europe while it finished either first or second in those categories in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East/Africa.
Sony was second in 720p/1080i unit sales worldwide, Read more:Samsung
, HDTV
Toshiba and Canon delay launch of SED display flat TV 2007-05-27 04:51:00 Canon Inc. and Toshiba
Corp. Friday announced their decision to postpone the launch of flat-panel SED TVs from their latest target of later this year.
The Japanese companies cited problems in cutting costs and a prolonged legal dispute in the US over a patent. Production costs would have to be trimmed in order to compete with LCD and plasma TVs, the company added. The companies did not announce Read more:Canon
Samsung LCD TVs at SID 2007 2007-05-27 04:47:00 Samsung Electronics is exhibiting two of its leading display products, as well as a few highly promising concept prototypes at the 45th annual Society for Display (SID) 2007 exhibition being held here May 22-24.
Samsung is exhibiting the 40” LCD TV with LED backlight that has been awarded this year’s SID Gold Award for Display of the Year. The 40-inch LED-backlit display delivers a contrast ratio Read more:Samsung
Thin display that bends by Sony 2007-05-27 04:33:00 Although flat-panel TVs are getting slimmer, a display that's so thin it bends
in a human hand marks a breakthrough. In the race for ever thinner displays for TVs, cell phones and other gadgets, Sony
may have developed one to beat them all, a razor-thin display that bends like paper while showing full-colour video. Sony Corp posted video of the new 2.5 inch display on its web page on Friday. In
Samsung delivers LCD screens to Nokia 2007-05-26 02:46:00 Samsung Electronics Co. will start supplying liquid crystal display screens to Nokia
, the world's largest maker of mobile phones.Samsung will start selling them as early as the second half of this year and is expected to initially provide more than 20 million units a year, the Electronic Times said, citing an unidentified Samsung official.Last year alone, Samsung sold 92 million small-sized LCDs. Read more:Samsung
Toshiba presents HD DVD 2007-05-25 13:38:00 Toshiba has shown off some auto-related products at the Automotive Engineering Expo 2007, including a mobile HD DVD player and a fresh take on touch panels. The company is currently co-developing the automotive HD DVD player with Alpine Electronics, Inc. with the aim of releasing a product in fiscal 2008. Toshiba demonstrated the player by actually streaming video at the show.
The LCD is an Read more:Toshiba
HP takes HDTV to 2.0 level 2007-05-25 12:15:00 Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to offer a new line of networked flat panel televisions, something Vice President and General Manager Jim Sanduski called “HDTV
2.0”, designed to make the television the hub for the family’s digital entertainment.(Via Dealersope)
HDTV 2.0 is supposed to be adding support for place shifting, enabling content derived from Internet-connected PCs or media servers to be Read more:level
Exclusive Philips PC and HDTV package from PC World 2007-05-31 11:25:00 PC World
is enthusiastic because it is offering the first mass-market marriage between PC and TV.
The exclusive home entertainment package
consists of a 26-inch Philips
HD-ready LCD TV and a compact Philips EasylifeLX2000 PC. The PC is supposed to take the place of a dedicated PVR, allowing you to record, pause, and rewind live TV, as well as doing all the other things that any PC does - via your Read more:Exclusive
, HDTV
Four More Vizio LCD HDTVs at Wal-Mart 2007-05-31 11:15:00 Flat-panel TV manufacturer Vizio has announced that it will ship four new LCD HDTV models to Wal-Mart stores as part of the retailer’s continued effort to expand its electronics offerings and values, the company says.
Well-reviewed for its combination of quality and value, Vizio will make available new LCD models that include the VW26LHDTV, VW32LHDTV, VW37LHDTV and the VW42LHDTV, of sizes 26,
LG 22-inch LCD hybrid monitor 2007-05-31 11:05:00 LG has announced the availability of its M228WA 22-inch LCD computer display that can also be used as a compact high definition TV.
It has one HDMI input and the TV is supposed to handle 1080p signals. It comes with a built-in analogue tuner so it's ready to go as a TV. Features a 6W stereo speaker system, analogue inputs, and USB video support.
The panel features 3,000:1 contrast ratio,
New ViewSonic HD ready LCD monitor for gamers 2007-05-31 06:03:00 ViewSonic push out high definition displays with the introduction of their VX2435wm 24 inch HD ready
LCD monitor.
The main target of the display is the HD gamer or those wishing to use the screen with their PC for viewing high definition disc content. It does come with the full complement of HDMI, component, S-video, composite, audio, and PC connectors.
The display offers a contrast ratio of Read more:ViewSonic
Industry Info 2007-05-31 01:46:00 UDC signs agreement with LG.Philips LCD for PHOLED materials and technology
Universal Display Corporation (UDC) recently announced the company has entered into an agreement to supply its proprietary phosphorescent OLED (PHOLED) materials and technology to LG.Philips LCD for use in the company's manufacture of commercial active-matrix OLED (AMOLED) display products.
LG.Philips LCD expects tight 22
Foxconn Electronics to Invest US$3 Billion in LCD Monitor, DSC, and LED Production Facility 2007-05-30 03:01:00 Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) of China is expected to invest US$3 billion into LCD monitor, digital still camera (DSC), and LED production facility.
The facility will be constructed on more than 10,000 acres in Wuhan, Hubei Provence, China, according to an article in Digitimes and China Finance Information. The article indicated that the facility is expected to Read more:Monitor
, Production
, Facility
IDC says that Taiwan will grab 35% of global LCD TV market in 2011 2007-05-30 02:53:00 Taiwan ODM/OEM makers will have 35% of the global LCD TV market in 2011, according to today's Chinese-language Commercial Times, citing figures from International Data Corporation (IDC). According to IDC, shipments from Taiwan-based ODM/ODM LCD TV makers totaled three million units in the first quarter of this year, accounting for 17% of the global market, the paper reported.
Worldwide LCD TV Read more:Taiwan
LG Opens European LCD Cluster in Poland 2007-05-30 02:24:00 LG.Philips LCD, LG Electronics, LG Innotek and LG Chem (collectively “LG”) today held an opening ceremony for its European
LCD cluster in Wroclaw, Poland
, the company’s third LCD cluster worldwide.
Approximately 500 people attended the complex’s opening ceremony, including LG executives, Polish government officials, journalists and citizens. Elżbieta Dorota Wilczyńska, Polish Deputy Minister of
Consumer LCD TV Growth Faces Challenging Future 2007-05-29 14:25:00 Driven by strong demand for TFT-LCD screens, the market for flat-panel, projection and CRT products will hit $104.3 billion in revenue in 2007, up eight percent from $96.5 billion in 2006, Paul Semenza vice president of display research for market analyst iSuppi, said during the Information Display 2007 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition last Tuesday in Long Beach, Calif.
“LCD-TV has Read more:Consumer
, Growth
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LG Electronics launches Full HD LCD and plasma television sets 2007-05-29 01:52:00 Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics, a leading player in the global flat panel display market, launched its new 2007 line of premium Full HD LCD and plasma TVs in the Middle East and Africa.LG’s new Full HD TV range — comprising the LB7 series LCD TVs and the PY3 and PY1 series plasma TVs — all deliver natural-looking and incredibly lifelike images with resolutions of 1920 x 1080p
Researchers Craft HDTV's Successor 2007-05-29 01:45:00 High-definition TV may still be far from the norm in many countries, but that isn't stopping engineers at Japan's public broadcaster from pushing ahead with development of Super Hi-Vision, a system they hope will eventually replace HDTV
. Last week engineers at NHK's (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) Science and Technical Research Laboratories showed off their most recent work on the technology.A Super Read more:Craft
, Successor
Kaliningrad Plasma TV Plant Could Cut Prices 2007-05-29 01:16:00 Electronic giant Samsung is to start production of plasma television sets in the Kaliningrad region, a step that will likely bring down prices for Russian consumers. The South Korean firm will begin production at the Telebalt factory in Kaliningrad in July, Kommersant said, producing several thousand sets monthly.Plasma
television sets are a ubiquitous sight in the country's electronic retailers, Read more:Plant
, Prices
Mass Retailers Turn To LCD TVs Direct From Taiwan 2007-06-03 10:09:00 Several mass market retailers who are currently selling LCD TV directly sourced from maufacturers in Taiwan
and China are expected to attend this weeks Computex trade show.
Advertisement Read more:Direct
, LCD TVs
Samsung expects 23% growth in Mena business 2007-06-03 02:39:00 Samsung's overall business in the Middle East and Africa is expected to surge 23 per cent in 2007 to $3.2 billion from $2.6 billion in 2006, says company official. "Audio visual sales turnover is expected to touch $750 million, a growth of over 49 per cent compared to $505 million in 2006. The major contributor to the growth will be Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) TVs," says Kwang Hyun Lee, general Read more:Samsung
, expects
All-weather outdoor SunBriteTV's 46-inch 4600HD LCD 2007-06-02 16:03:00 SunBriteTV have completed their wather resistent LCD series with a top end 46-inch model that brings the nature resistant features of it smaller siblings to a much larger screen area.
The SunBrite 4600HD, which will debut at InfoComm in the second week of June, has a corrosion resistant enclosure that protects the internals from the elements. It has a built-in filtered fan system for Read more:weather
, outdoor
LG.Philips LCD Decides on Subsequent Investment 2007-06-02 09:43:00 LG.Philips
LCD announced that its board of directors decided at a meeting to maximize capacity at existing production lines rather than invest in a new 5.5 generation plant.
<!--/td/table--> LG.Philips LCD’s board of directors also decided that the company would build a new facility at a later date, with mass production slated to begin in 2009. No
BenQ aims to ship 100.000 LCD TV's in Taiwan 2007-06-01 07:13:00 BenQ ships 100,000 LCD TV's in Taiwan
in 2007, to roll out digital photo frames and mobile TV's.BenQ aims to ship 100,000 LCD TVs in Taiwan this year, with new products to be launched in Taiwan in the second half, according to Hank Hung, general manager of Taiwan at BenQ, as quoted by the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN). The paper also quoted Hung as saying the company will roll out
At Computex 2007, Proton highlights new range of LCD TVs 2007-06-01 07:05:00 Proton Electronic Industrial will showcase new series of LCD TVs
ranging from 32- to 57-inch models at Computex Taipei 2007 (June 5-9), according to the company.
The 32-, 37- and 42-inch models will hit the market soon after Computex while the launch time of larger-size TVs such as 52- and 57-inch models will depend on the LCD panel supply side, said the company. Proton is not available to Read more:Proton