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Archive for the 'TVs & Monitors' Category

NEC MultiSync LCD8205 82-Inch Monitor

Monday, September 15th, 2008

NEC introduces the LCD8205, an 82-inch LCD monitor intended mainly for digital signage…or very large/sturdy desks.
The LCD8205 is deemed professional-grade, which means that you pay more, but in return, get the following features for free: supports video walls up to 4×4 displays, color temperature adjustment, temperature sensors, burn-in protection, etc. Great for airport departure lounges, [...]

Sony XR1 W1 ZX1 X1 Series of Bravia LCD TVs

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Sony’s alphabet soup method of naming products continues with the pending launch of the XR1, W1, ZX1 and X1 series of LCD TVs with a total of 8 models.
The top of the line is the 55-inch KDL-55XR1. The 55XR1 has 1000000:1 contrast, Triluminos RGB LED backlighting for 122% NTSC in 1080p. Image massaging, er processing, [...]

Sony and Their New 240Hz LCD TV

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Sony just introduced an LCD TV that generates an astonishing frame rate of 240Hz - by comparison most TVs operate at a lowly 60Hz. This quadrupling of frame rate is thx to Sony’s MotionFlow software which interpolates 3 new frames from each old one and so creates very smooth motion.
The model is called the Sony [...]

Samsung OLED TVs at IFA 2008

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Samsung showed off 2 nice OLED based prototype TVs at IFA 2008, one at 14-inches the other at 31. The 31-inch model has a resolution of 1920×1080, brightness at 550 cd/m, contrast at 1M:1 and an outstanding pixel response time of 0.1ms. Extra thin at under 4mm. Due in 2010 … we’re saving up.
A very [...]

SED TV Resurfaces?

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

At Gigazine, someone with sharp eyes spotted a help wanted ad from SED Inc. looking for operators of clean room manufacturing equipment.
While the advertisement might mean nothing at all, it could also mean that SED Inc. is at long last ramping up for production of the elusive SED TV … having put their lawsuit with [...]

Sony XDV-W600

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Sony intros their Bravia XDV-W600 4-inch 272×480-pixel compact lightweight waterproof TV for your bathing enjoyment.
The TV reception is based on the 1seg system, which means you’re out of luck unless you reside in 1 of either 日本 or Brasil.

Sony Bravia XDV-W600 - Sony press release, 2008年9月2日

World’s Largest LCD TV - Still 108 Inches

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Sharp showed off their 108 inch-world’s largest LCD TV way back in January 2007, and it’s just now becoming available.
The TV has been given a model number, LB-1085, a price of about $101,000 and subsequently consigned to the industrial/commercial market because of it.
1080p resolution, 1200:1 contrast, 6ms response.
The world’s largest industrial 108 [...]

LG XCanvas LCD TV David Series

Monday, May 26th, 2008

LG updates its XCanvas family of LCD TVs by announcing the ‘David’ series. ‘David’ improves on ‘Scarlett’ by halving the pixel response time to 2ms, improving the contrast ratio to 60,000:1 etc. The 52-inch model 52LG70ZD is expected to sell for about 4.8 million won, or about $4,600.
LG Electronics, the extras LCDTV ‘David’ - LG [...]

Hitachi Wooo TV

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Hitachi is letting loose with their new Wooo family of LCD and Plasma TVs.
The Plasma version is called Wooo Series 02 and about $5000 will buy you the high-end model P50-XR02. It features a resolution of 1920×1080, 30,000:1 contrast ratio and a 250GB HDD recorder.
And in the LCD-based Wooo UT Series, the [...]

Mitsubishi LaserVue Laser TV

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Laser TV looms larger with Mitsubishi’s recent renaming of its new laser-based line of DLP TVs from LaserTV to LaserVue and a firming up of the ship date to 3rd Quarter of 2008.
Mitsubishi showed off the laser’s performance last week at a dealer’s conference via a side-by-side comparison of (see pic) of plasma, LaserVue [...]