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Which is better: plasma or LCD?

News Old CRT televisions are quickly becoming obsolete as high-definition LCD and plasma televisions turn heads with high-definition images. Plasma TVs dominate the market for flat-panel televisions larger than 40 inches, while LCD televisions reign...

23 March 2006, 9:41

Samsung LCD TV tech goes mobile

News The company is applying several tricks it learned making those 40-inch and 82-inch LCD flat-panel screens, as well as those jaw-dropping 102-inch plasma televisions -- to handheld displays that measure 51mm (2 inches) on average.

14 November 2005, 11:18

LCDs outsell CRT TVs in Europe

News LCD TVs outsold conventional CRTs in Europe for the first time in the third quarter, according to data released on Monday by research firm DisplaySearch. Worldwide, LCD TV shipments were up 99 per cent compared with the same period last year.

28 November 2006, 9:03

Sony: TV prices dropping too fast

News Prices for LCD TVs should drop between 25 per cent and 30 per cent this year. While Glasgow's comments can be attributed in part to the natural disinclination of a manufacturer to cut prices, analysts agreed that the big drop in prices for LCD and...

12 December 2006, 10:24

US retail gets a holiday boost

News Promotional pricing on LCD monitors caused unit sales to increase by 36 per cent in US retail stores during Thanksgiving week and set an overall record, according to research firm Current Analysis. Overall, the average price of an LCD dropped from...

9 December 2005, 9:37

How about a 20-inch laptop?

News How about a massive 19- or 20-inch wide-screen LCD model? LG.Philips is also touting its 20-inch LCD displays for laptops, Shim said. The other downside would be a potential glut of LCD panels in 2006, Shim said.

25 October 2005, 10:57

Plasma TVs making a comeback

News Given up for dead less than a year ago, plasma TVs are making a comeback, with manufacturers boosting sales forecasts amid a continued shortage of LCD TVs and surging demand in developing countries. But only months later, LCD makers ramped up large...

Tags: consumers, high definition, american, demand

10 January 2008, 10:24

Toshiba's SED TV will be a no-show at CES

News SED, which stands for surface-conduction electron-emitter display, will provide a better picture than LCD or plasma TVs, say Toshiba and its partner, Canon. Prices for LCD TVs and plasmas have been dropping rapidly over the past few years and often...

22 December 2006, 8:09

Photos: Phone fun in Japan

News A Sharp LCD TV mobile phone is shown here. The service is free, but you have to buy a fancy phone (with TV tuners and a good LCD) to watch. KDDI, Japan's second-largest mobile-phone operator, has opened its Designing Studio in Tokyo's Harajuku area.

19 October 2006, 9:57

Photos: Cameras aplenty at Photokina

News Kodak, for its part, announced the Kodak Z710, a 7.1-megapixel camera with a 51mm (2-inch) LCD. The FinePix S5 Pro digital SLR unveiled at Photokina on Monday takes Nikon F-mount lenses and has a metal alloy body and a 64mm (2.5-inch) LCD.

26 September 2006, 10:07

Photos: Displays of the future

News Philips is selling 3D LCD monitors to the commercial market and will try to bring the technology to consumer TVs by 2008. The TV is a standard LCD with an additional layer of lenses aligned in rows. The screens consume far less power than standard...

8 June 2006, 11:02

Photos: LG serves up more Chocolate for Christmas

News New televisions include the 32LB1D (available in September), a 32-inch HD-ready LCD with a new, understated design. The 15-inch LCD television in the right-hand door is balanced by a drinks and ice dispenser on the left, so you'll be able to stand...

20 July 2006, 9:52

Panasonic to emphasise plasmas

News While analysts have predicted that plasma would begin to see its market share erode during the second half of the decade as LCD TVs get larger, plasmas will in fact become more popular as the average screen sizes increase, according to Yamada.

10 January 2006, 8:58

Photos: Ceatec's consumer electronics

News Dolby, which just officially opened a Japanese branch, is showing off technologies for 3D cinema and for bringing greater contrast to LCD TVs. Sharp is also showing off prototypes of a thin LCD. A bank of LCD TVs.

4 October 2007, 9:32

LCOS TV maker gears up for comeback

News Although the image of the technology still needs to be burnished, it's far from vanquished, said Vince Sollitto, the CEO of Syntax-Brillian, the result of a merger between Brillian and the fast-growing, low-cost LCD television maker Syntax.

12 August 2005, 9:26