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DuPont and Dainippon Screen have announced a partnership deal to develop the next generation of AMOLED (active matrix organic light-emitting diode) display panels. The collaboration will see the latter’s unique nozzle-printing technology, in which AMOLED panels are printed at high-speed, used with the former’s small molecule-based OLED solution materials and proprietary process technology. [...]
Another day, another ultra-slim LCD TV. Right now it’s AUO’s turn to release a super-skinny panel, and their 42-inch TFT-LCD measures in at just 9.98mm deep. It also weighs significantly less than rivals - 44-percent less, according to AUO - and uses LED backlighting to reduce power consumption and make construction more straightforward.
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EchoStar, the company that owns Slingbox will officially announce its latest product next week, the SlingModem, a cable modem with built in Slingbox features. The SlingModem was soft launched in January at CES 2008. SlingModem will not be sold to end user on retail stores, rather it will be sold to cable providers. End users [...]
Samsung will be showing its latest LCD panel with 240Hz image frame rate next week. The prototype Samsung will be demonstrating is a 15-inch panel at the SID (Society for Information Display) 2008 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which takes place in Los Angeles from May 18 to 23.
According to Crave UK, Sony are looking to release their PlayTV digital TV receiver accessory for the PS3 in September this year. The tuner uses the digital terrestrial service, for instance Freeview in the UK or TDF in France, plugging into one of the console’s USB ports and turning it into a PVR. Crave had some [...]
Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV is undeniably awesome, despite being only 11-inches, but owners may have less time to coo and weep over its beauty than they originally thought. According to a report from DisplaySearch, which goes into even more surgical detail than at the Embedded Systems Conference, Sony’s lifespan estimate of around 30,000 hours for [...]
Sony Europe have announced their latest HDTV range, the BRAVIA V4500-series. Featuring an integrated MPEG-4 AVC HD tuner for high-definition DVB-T/DVB-C terrestrial content, three screen sizes will be on offer - 26-inch, 32-inch and 37-inch - with all having WXGA 1360×768 resolution panels. The two smaller sizes also boast a massive contrast ratio of 33000:1.
When it comes to breaking into a competitive market, you can either make your product super-niche and fit into a gap, or you can attempt to smash through rivals like a wrecking ball. Startup Sezmi appears to be taking the latter route: they’re aiming to replace customers’ satellite or cable subscriptions (and the set-top [...]
TG Sambo’s new PMP is noteworthy at least because it doesn’t attempt to ape the iPod Touch’s GUI. The Korean media player also has a larger screen - at 4.8-inches - and aside from audio and video is capable of browsing the internet via a WiFi b/g connection and watching T-DMB digital TV. [...]
Samsung has announced its financial performance figures for the past quarter, and it’s been a healthy three months for the Korean company. Beating analyst forecasts, profit rose 37-percent, with the well-performing LCD and mobile communications arms of the company coming to the rescue of the ailing DRAM flash memory business. For the past [...]
