Image Property of Robert Scoble – link Sony and Samsung cheap TVs you will find no more. Apparently, 3rd party retailers’ heavy handed price slashing has gotten both consumer electronic giants hot under the collar. So much so, in fact, that both manufacturers are reportedly beginning to enforce minimum pricing. The new minimum pricing scheme will allegedly “protect both the manufacturers’ margins and the retailers’ profits from...
When we gazed upon the slew of gigantor 50″+ OLED tvs at CES, we instantly found ourselves awash in emotion. The most obvious and strongest one was awe. Beautiful doesn’t even begin to describe them. But at the same time, we were also left with a feeling of sadness for even taking scale into account, there was no way we’d be able to afford one of the fancy new sets for at least a couple of years. Reminding us of this fact was Sony’s old 11″...
We love pixels here at Gadgetsteria quite a bit. qHD, Reality, Retina — the list of names goes on. But only one will stand triumphant by the end of 2011/early 2012. A new display technology called QDEF by startup Nanosys claims that it produces the best, most accurate picture. Compared to your standard LCD display whose NTSC color gamut chops register in the 20% range, Nanosys’ QDEF displays are other worldly with their 60+% color reproduction. Most...
And just like that, Samsung has lost their claim to fame as manufacturer of “World’s Thinnest TV Bezel”. Happily picking it up is LG with their latest 37-inch LCD panel that almost defies the laws of physics with bezels measuring a mere 4 mm left/right, 1.5 mm top, and 2.5mm bottom with a paltry 0.16 inches of max separation. Words can only describe so much. In the end, it’s the picture and it’s thousand word punch that truly get the point...
The joint venture between Toshiba and Panasonic, Toshiba Mobile Display, appears to have a $191.6 million failure on their hands. According to statements made by Toshiba Mobile Display spokesperson Masahiro Kume: “The plan (for mass-production) is currently frozen. We’ll review the production plan again from scratch.” The mass production he’s speaking of concerns the $191.6 million investment in OLED mass production the company was gearing up for. Looks like...
