Archive for January, 2006

Samsung is targeting a market share of around 50 per cent in the fast growing flat panel market in India.
Samsung India has introduced its new, advanced LCD range in the country that coincides with the worldwide launch. The company has launched six new LCD models in the screen sizes between 20” to 46”, taking its [...]

While in a previous post I wrote about the closing of two CRT factories of LG.Philips (LG Philips closes two subsidaries; Eindoven and Aachen) another factory has difficulties today. The production has temporary stopped in Hranice (Czech). In this factory work 1300 employees.
The problem is that there is a shortage on components to build the [...]

LG.Philips Displays Operations in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and Two of its Subsidiaries File for Insolvency Protection. Operations in Asia, Brazil, and certain European facilities are expected to continue as normal, representing 85 percent of total capacity
LG.Philips Displays Holding B.V. announced today that due to worsening conditions in the cathode ray tube (CRT) marketplace and unsustainable [...]

Dell compares LCD and Plasma

Use the chart below to compare some of the benefits and features of LCD tv, Plasma tv, CRT and Rear Projection televisions.
LCDs, are thin and lightweight. Previously plasma was considered the superior technology, but advances in LCD have brought the two closer together. Plasma technology, while providing rapid refresh rates and great contrast ratios requires [...]

Waterproof LCDs

What would you do with a waterproof television? Of course there is already the Philips Miror TV, so you can watch the news while shaving. But you can also watch the news or as a matter of fact any other show while under the shower or in the bath.
This is really a cool idea!

Reviews Philips’ LCD 42PF9830A

42″ LCD flat HDTV Pixel Plus 2 HD
* High-definition LCD WXGA display, 1366 x 768p
* Integrated HDTV and CableCARD for unrivalled picture quality
* Enjoy HDTV that’s truer than anything you’ve seen before
* Pixel Plus 2 HD improves details in [...]

Samsung, the company again proved that yes they are really BIG as the word Samsung means. The launch of LN-S8297DE, an 82” LCD TV was at the Consumer Electronic Show, 2006 once again rally round to lead the race by Samsung.
By enlarging the color reproduction area by more than 33 percent compared to conventional LCD [...]

Top CE event IFA to be held annually

This news has already been released earlier but with the finished CES 2006 and comming ISE 2006 I thought it was a good moment to remind you of yet another important Consumer Electronics Show in Europe the IFA 2006. The dates of the upcoming IFA, the world’s leading consumer electronics event, are 1 to 6 [...]

Norcent LT-2090WPL another LCD TV

Norcent introduced its latest LCD TV, the Norcent LT-2090, at the recently concluded CES 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This 16:9 widescreen 20″ model comes in black and pearl white packages.
The LT-2090WPL includes ATSC/NTSC tuners and supports inputs from various video sources thanks to composite, component, S-Video and PC inputs provided with it. [...]

Westinghouse Digital Electronics announced at the CES2006 one of the largest monitors with 1080p HD resolution on the market, model LVM-42w2. It is featuring two 10-watt speakers, one 10-watt subwoofer, six HD inputs and advanced video processing, for an full multimedia entertainment experience.
The versatile LVM-42w2 functions as a television when hooked up to an external [...]