Posted on March 10th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
London based New Medium Enterprises (NME) has developed an HD DVD format that they claim to be the “world’s first low-cost True High Definition solution utilizing today’s Red Laser Technology.”
NME markets the new HD technology under the name HD VMD.
The company states that, “VMD technology is designed to create a disc with many information layers. [...]
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Posted on March 7th, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Japan’s Pioneer Corp said Friday it will stop making plasma panels amid intense competition and will instead outsource the production of plasma panels for its television sets.
The Japanese maker of car navigation systems and audio equipment said it will start buying plasma panels from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd (NYSE:MC) , the world’s largest consumer [...]
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Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by ElectroGeek
Japan Inc. will put on the hard sell at the Consumer Electronics Show next week.
Panasonic is expected to unveil a 150-inch plasma television during a keynote speech Monday by Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of the Panasonic Audio Visual Networks Company. (Matsushita Electric goes by Panasonic in the U.S.) Sakamoto, a new speaker to the CES keynote [...]
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Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by ElectroGeek
As the format war wages on, it will wage on with cheaper players.
According to Home Media Magazine, a new study reveals that the price drops for HD DVD and Blu-Ray players will likely continue through the year 2011. The study, conducted by Understanding & Solutions, reveals that the prices for high-def players will be below [...]
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Posted on December 14th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
However, the company has yet to begin production on the set.
A top Samsung executive says the next wave of High-Definition TVs will offer eight times the picture resolution.
That’s according to an article by The New York Times.
Scott Birnbaum, a Samsung vice president for LCD sales, says his company expects to produce displays that offer a [...]
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Posted on December 14th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
The lawsuit is an example of how fierce competition is forcing Asian technology companies to focus on intellectual property to maintain an edge.
Sharp on Wednesday sued Samsung Electronics, accusing the Korean company of infringing on three Sharp patents related to liquid crystal displays used in high definition TVs.
The Japanese company filed the complaint in the [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
THE ultimate couch potato’s dream could soon be a reality, with the development of a TV that changes channels when you think about it.
Japanese electronics giant Hitachi is working on a “brain-machine interface” that analyses slight changes in the brain’s blood flow and translates brain motion into electric signals.
The technology was on display last week [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by ElectroGeek
I’ve calibrated several sets in Mitsubishi’s Diamond line for clients, so already knew that while they might not win every category in an RPTV shootout, they would be a top contenders in a few of the most important ones. I knew for sure they could make an excellent HD picture. Several months ago, however, I [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2007 by ElectroGeek
Reviewing Sharp’s ‘62 and ‘92 series AQUOS sets has been an amazing experience- and I’m not even talking about image quality yet. As soon as web entries came up here and at our sister site for Home Theater magazine, declaring these reviews on the way, the emails started. The response to [...]
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