XV600A and ZX600A LCD TV buyers get a free $700 netbook
Toshiba has announced a special Christmas promotion, offering a free Toshiba netbook with the purchase of an LCD television from its XV600A or ZV600A ranges.
Bigger is not always better
When you’re in a retail store looking at the giant lattice of televisions, it’s inevitable that the bigger screens will be the ones that catch your attention. When put side by side, who would want to look at a 42in television when there’s a 65in towering above it?
Panasonic's prototype 50in 3D plasma television - is it the next killer app?
Panasonic's unveiling of a 50-inch plasma TV that displays 3D images got me thinking: Is 3D the killer app that will make Blu-ray players popular in the home?
Epson Imaging Devices agrees to pay a $US26 million fine, the DOJ says
Japanese electronics maker Epson Imaging Devices has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $US26 million fine for the company's role in a conspiracy to fix prices of thin film transistor-liquid crystal display panels sold to Motorola, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The deal gives Sony a 34 percent stake in the new factory
Sharp and Sony have agreed to form a joint venture to operate a new LCD plant in Japan, completing a plan that was earlier postponed because of the global economic downturn.
Strong sales of LCD TVs and mobile phones also helped Samsung
Samsung Electronics reported its highest quarterly net profit in over two years on Friday as its semiconductor and LCD businesses returned to profitability.
Canada, the U.S. and Japan are cooperating with European Commission cartel busters
European antitrust investigators believe a cartel in the market for LCD screens extends around the world, a European Commission official said Tuesday.
Better than expected demand from TV makers will lead Sharp to increase production of flat panel displays
The economy might still be in a fragile condition but it seems consumers can't get enough of flat-panel televisions. Sharp plans to increase production of LCD panels by tens of thousands of screens per month after seeing increased demand from TV makers, it said Thursday.
The LCD maker has formed an energy subsidiary
AU Optronics, the world's third largest make of LCD screens, is planning two new investments this year, one in solar panels and another in an LCD module venture in China.
Sharp and Sony have decided to delay the targetted start of a joint venure LCD (liquid crystal display) production and sales venture.
Sharp and Sony have decided to delay the targeted start of a joint-venture LCD (liquid crystal display) production and sales venture.
LG Display won a US$500 million deal to supply LCD panels to Apple.
South Korea's LG Display on Monday said it has signed a five-year deal to supply LCD panels to Apple.
Samsung unveiled its new LD series of monitors at this year's Consumer Electronics Show
Among Samsung's new wares unveiled at this year's Consumer Electronics Show is the LD series of monitors. These monitors are designed specifically with notebook users in mind so they can have a seamless second display.
Sharp's LB1085 super-panel.
Tuesday saw the release of a 108in LCD television by Sharp Electronics. Destined for commercial enterprises, it has a host of features that make it an enticing product. You could probably order one for your home, but at $169,000 you'll need a lot of disposable income.
Three LCD makers agree to plead guilty to price-fixing charges and pay $585 million in fines.
Three electronics manufacturers -- LG Display, Sharp and Chunghwa Picture Tubes -- have agreed to plead guilty and pay a combined US$585 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Samsung has shown a prototype LCD television that's just 7.9mm thin beating the 8mm TV shown by Philips.
A tenth of a millimeter might not seem like much, but in the competitive world of flat-panel televisions it's enough for Samsung to steal the thinnest-TV crown from Philips.