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 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 [...]

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 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

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 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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Here’s more good news and not-so-good news in the form of yet another world’s first for Samsung…they just announced a 3D plasma TV, model PAVV Cannes 450, but to get the 3D effect, the viewer still must wear those goofy 3D glasses.
The Cannes 450 provides 1000000:1 contrast ratio, something called a ‘Down Firing Speaker’ and [...]

Sony just keeps sending those 1seg portable TVs into Japan…must be a reasonably good market for them over there. Last year we made note of model XDV-100, and now 11 months later, we have on offer the new Bravia XDV-D500.
The XDV-D500 has a 3 inch 16:9 LCD screen, is a bit smaller at [...]