News tagged with lcd televisions

Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) television - it's all done with mirrors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Californian company Prysm has unveiled a high definition television with a "laser phosphor display" based on their patented method of using lasers reflected off a bank of mirrors to excite pixels on the television screen in a similar way to cathode ray tubes. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Organic light-emitting diode screens ready to go mainstream

It's not yet lights-out for LCD and plasma, but OLED displays are finally ready to begin pushing those technologies out of the limelight.

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (22) | comments 6

Sharp, NHK develop 85-inch direct-view LCD display (w/ video)

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) and Sharp Corporation have jointly developed an 85-inch LCD compatible with Super Hi-Vision, a next-generation television broadcast format. This is a world first for a direct-view display.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

LG Display claims world's thinnest TV panel

South Korea's LG Display said Monday it has developed the world's thinnest LCD television panel, measuring 2.6 millimetres (0.1 inches).

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 8

SKorean TV giants tout differing technologies

The world's top two makers of flat-panel televisions are stressing the energy-saving virtues of different display technologies in their race to dominate a huge global market.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Private equity firms win battle for bankrupt Polaroid

Bankrupt Polaroid Corp. has been bought by a pair of private equity firms after a judge threw out the acquisition of the iconic inventor of instant photography by another investor.

Technology / Business

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Energy Saving Televisions Have Come a Long Way

(PhysOrg.com) -- With consumers being more cost sensitive, TV manufactures are coming out with innovative ways to cut power consumption on their television sets. Even when a television set is turned off, they ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1 weblog

Taiwan company, execs guilty of fixing LCD prices

(AP) -- A Taiwan company and two of its top executives have been found guilty of working with competitors to inflate prices of liquid screen display screens used in computer monitors and televisions.

Technology / Business

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Samsung, Sharp in LCD price-fixing settlement

South Korea's Samsung, Japan's Sharp and five other Asian firms have agreed to a $553 million settlement for illegally fixing liquid crystal display prices, New York state's attorney general said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Moody's lowers Sony rating outlook

Ratings agency Moody's Tuesday lowered the outlook for Sony's A3 long-term debt rating to "negative" as the global electronics giant faces weakening demand for LCD televisions.

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung, Sony book profits but wary of road ahead

(AP) -- Three of the world's biggest names in electronics - Samsung, Sony and Panasonic - are bracing for weaker global demand and a rocky road even as they reported stellar quarterly profits Friday.

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Taiwan LCD maker to pay $30 million fine in US case

A Taiwanese maker of liquid crystal display panels has agreed to pay a 30-million-dollar fine for its role in a price-fixing conspiracy, the US Justice Department said Tuesday.

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created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Electronics makers face shortage of LCD panels for TV: Sharp

Electronics makers worldwide face a shortage of liquid crystal displays used for large-screen televisions due to soaring demand, particularly in emerging markets such as China, Sharp said Monday.

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created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Samsung aims to quadruple LED-backlit TV sales

South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Sunday said it aimed to quadruple its sales of LED-backlit flat panel televisions to 10 million units this year.

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created Jan 03, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Japan's Sharp sees deeper net loss

Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corp. said that it had fallen deeper in the red than expected in the past year, suffering its first-ever loss due to the economic downturn.

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