The latest in Televisions

Corning shares edge higher after upgrade

2010-03-18T10:30:26Z

<div id="subtitle">Corning shares edge higher after upgrade; Thomas Weisel cites improving LCD TV demand</div><div><p>Corning Inc. shares edged up Thursday after an upgrade from Thomas Weisel Partners, which cited healthy demand for the LCD televisions that use Co...

Choose Digital Television and Then Forget About Distorted Video

2010-03-14T09:19:15Z

Today's tech know-how is definitely getting more and more advanced for each day passing. The truth is, technology has given a lot of astounding gadgets which are over and above a persons imagination. The Digital TV is actually a fresh influx regarding development within the field of television. This specific system innovation (generally send as well as receive) all the moving graphics plus audio by way of digital impulses. Using these tools, a person can experience the high-definition standar...

Understanding The LED TV Technology

2010-03-11T22:10:04Z

An LED TV is an LCD TV that uses LED backlighting technology rather than fluorescent lights used in the traditionally known LCD televisions.<br><br>The latest technology and buzz in the HDTV marked is surrounding LED TV?s. LED HDTV?s are known for being super thin and displaying a great image. They tend to have a much great contract than competing flat panels and combine the benefits of LCD TV?s and Plasma TV?s into one. One of LCD HDTV?s downfalls is not being able to display tru...

Sony to launch 3D TVs in June, rivals Samsung

2010-03-09T05:45:44Z

<div><p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry.</p><p>The maker of Bravia flat TVs hopes 3D models to make up 10 percent of more than 25 mill...

Japan Toyota Recall

2010-02-25T09:31:00Z

A man walks past flat-panel TV sets show a news program on Toyota President Akio Toyoda testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform about Toyota on Capitol Hill, in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010. Under ...

Japan Earns Sharp

2010-02-03T04:15:44Z

In this Jan. 28, 2010 photo, a shopper looks at Sharp's popular Aquos series flat-panel TVs at a store in Tokyo, Japan. Sharp Corp. said Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, the Osaka-based electronics company booked its second straight profitable quarter in October-December, its cost-cutting efforts bringing it back ...

Bang for the Buck: Consumer Reports Rates TVs

2010-02-22T12:25:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Advice on what to splurge on and what to skip</div><div><p>With the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics just days or weeks away, this could be a great time to buy that new TV you've been thinking about, especially since prices are continuing to fall.</p><p>In fact, you may be able to find a set with a screen size ranging from 46 to 50 inches for as little as $600. The March issue of SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is cutting prices on high-definition TVs ahead of the U.S. Super Bowl championship game, looking to entice shoppers to spend now that the holiday season has ended.</p><p>In its U.S. ...

Samsung jumps back to profit in 4th quarter

2010-02-22T13:38:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Samsung returns to profit in Q4 as flat screen TVs, mobiles help push sales to record high</div><div><p>Samsung Electronics Co. returned to profit in the fourth quarter as demand for flat screen televisions and mobile phones helped push sales to a record high, underlining Samsung's rise to the top tier of global technology companies.</p>&a...

I Said LED Not LCD?

2010-02-22T16:22:49Z

If someone were to ask you what television range provides the strongest contrast, the thinnest frames and the best in energy efficiencies, what would you say? For most people, the answer is likely to be LCD TVs. But like so many things in the 21st century, while this was once correct, technology advancements mean it?s now no longer the case.<br><br>Just as we had all begun to feel familiar with the concept of LCD television ? what it means and how it works - techno...

HDTV Technology - Why Buy?

2010-02-22T20:36:50Z

By far the most common and advanced form of digital television at its best is HDTV. It can display almost anything including standard TV (now digital), progressive-scan DVD, blu-ray and high definition TV signals.<br><br>With the introduction of amazing TV technologies like the Plasma, DLP (Digital Light Processor), rear-projection units, LCoS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon), and LCD (liquid crystal displays), the world of television entertainment heard a bang. Televis...

"Widgets" are hot at gadget show

2010-02-22T22:36:54Z

<div><p>Spend a lot of time on the Web while watching television? Maybe not. But a lot of companies are betting you will. All of the top television manufacturers at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here are offering Internet-enabled TV sets and most of the popular Web brands have built the programs known as "widgets" to run on them.</p><p>Amazon,

LG confirms LCD TV sales target, eyes more market

2010-02-22T22:54:48Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 2 TV brand, said on Sunday it aimed to increase its global market share in LCD TVs to 15 percent this year from 11 percent last year by boosting unit sales by 54 percent.</p><p>

Latest Technology Innovations Introduced At 2010 Consumer Electronics Show

2010-01-08T03:30:45Z

LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Bravia HDTV screens on display at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2...

TV makers bet big on 3D, payoff uncertain

2010-02-22T23:57:24Z

<div><p>LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Television manufacturers are banking on 3D TVs for their next sales boost, with sets capable of adding that extra visual dimension expected to hit U.S. store shelves in force by the middle of 2010.</p><p>Top TV makers including Sony Corp<...

TV makers bet big on 3D but payoff uncertain

2010-02-23T00:32:57Z

TV makers ready to test depths of market for 3-D

2010-02-23T00:35:24Z

<div id="subtitle">TV makers bet 3-D is on the verge of popping out, but will the reception be flat?</div><div><p>This is supposedly the year 3-D television becomes the hot new thing: Updated sets and disc players are coming out, and 3-D cable channels are in the works. But it's not clear the idea will reach out and grab mainstream viewers.</p><p>Besides having to spring for expensive new TVs, people would have t...

What is the Best TV to Buy?

2010-02-23T00:09:07Z

It sits in the corner of your living room, it talks to you, it comforts you, and sometimes it curses at you. We're talking of course, about your television. It is the centre of most homes, whereas in previous years that role was taken by the radio. The television was first introduced in the 1950's, and since then it has evolved from the standard black and white television, to the color picture tube. Nowadays there are three basic types of television that you will need to consider when you are...

Samsung set for strong 2010; chip business improves

2010-02-23T00:24:28Z

<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd &lt;005930.KS&gt; is headed for a robust year after October-December profit estimates came above market forecasts as the company rides a recovery in memory chips, its cash cow business.</p>&a...

The Television For Your Home Theater

2010-02-23T00:19:45Z

Technology regarding home electronics has indeed come a long way, be it the fields of need like washing, heating and cooling or the needs of entertainment like a home theater for instance. A home theater system consists of a combination of well placed speakers and an appropriate video display unit. In order to choose the appropriate video display unit that will be perfect for your home theater, you would need to know a little about the options of televisions that you have at your disposal tod...