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Panasonic plays the DVD maker to push the next generation format

News Panasonic will open a technology centre for producing DVDs based on the next-generation Blu-ray Disc format. The plan, however, is temporary -- Panasonic is one of the leading consumer electronics makers and has no intention of permanently getting...

6 May 2005, 11:10

News.blog: Panasonic to debut 150-inch plasma

News Panasonic is expected to unveil a 150-inch plasma television during a keynote speech Monday by Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of the Panasonic Audio Visual Networks Company (Panasonic is owned by Matsushita Electric).

Tags: speech, inch, panasonic, electronics

4 January 2008, 8:36

Panasonic developing lower-end dSLR

News Beefing up its attempt to penetrate a high-growth segment of the camera market, Panasonic plans to release a second digital SLR camera this year. The new lower-end model will be a geared for a more mainstream audience than the company's debut model...

12 March 2007, 10:36

News.blog: Panasonic exec calls Blu-ray Christmas win

News CHIBA, Japan--The decisive battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD is at hand, says a prominent Panasonic exec.Blu-ray manufacturers are going to start cutting prices and go out on a promotional binge this Christmas, Matsushita Electric

Tags: money, disc, christmas, ray

3 October 2007, 11:19

Panasonic beams Blu-ray to your home

News Panasonic wants to remodel your entertainment centre around Blu-ray. Panasonic will promote these components alongside its plasma TVs: the company will deliver a 65-inch plasma TV to coincide with the Blu-ray launch.

23 June 2006, 10:34

Panasonic to emphasise plasmas

News Yoshi Yamada, chairman and CEO of Panasonic North America, has three words for you: plasma, plasma and plasma. The push on plasma and other products is part of an ongoing rebirth at Panasonic. One of the giants of consumer electronics in the '70s...

10 January 2006, 8:58

Photos: Hitachi and Panasonic's DVD tech

News Panasonic's Blu-ray recorders. Panasonic's future high-definition video camera. In January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Panasonic showed off a wood block carved to look like a high-definition camera.

4 October 2006, 10:57

Photos: Toyota's Panasonic kit at the British Grand Prix

News The FZ30s has an 8-megapixel sensor, 12x optical zoom and what Panasonic calls Extended Optical Zoom, which is supposed to minimise the image degradation that normally occurs with digital zooming, for up to 19.1x close-ups in 3-megapixel photos.

12 June 2006, 15:48

Tech leaders join for home-network standard

News Instruments and Panasonic have formed an alliance to promote home networks for films, music and pictures using domestic wiring. Instruments and Panasonic -- who will serve on the board of directors -- said they were recruiting additional members...

Tags: wireless, entertainment, market, networks

30 April 2008, 10:24

News.blog: Blur beware

News Panasonic unveiled three new additions to their FX Series LUMIX collection of cameras, signalling a bold move in the company's ongoing quest for fuzz-free photography. These latest additions to their Sleek & Slim Line feature some of the earliest...

20 July 2006, 10:07

Blu-ray DVD players to use Java

News The Blu-ray Disc Association, the standards body for the format, has decided it will adopt Java for the interactivity standards," said Yasushi Nishimura, director of Panasonic's Research and Development Company of America, speaking at Sun's...

29 June 2005, 10:03

Which is better: plasma or LCD?

News LG, as the world's leading LCD company through its joint venture with Philips, and the second-largest plasma TV company behind Panasonic, is in a unique position to evaluate the competing technologies, he said.

23 March 2006, 9:41

Toshiba and Canon delay SED TV to 2007

News Yoshi Yamada, CEO of Panasonic North America and a strong proponent of plasma, said in an interview earlier this year that the decline in the price of plasmas and other technologies occurred much faster than SED backers anticipated.

9 March 2006, 10:20

Do more megapixels mean better photos?

News Historically, you really had to make a choice between reducing image noise or preserving image detail," said Richard Campbell, vice president of imaging for Panasonic Consumer Electronics. However, Panasonic has made drastic improvements in...

Tags: pixel, digital cameras, resource, digital camera

8 February 2007, 8:00

Sharp unveils 108-inch LCD TV

News Sharp said it chose to go with the powerline networking standard crafted by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance rather than try to figure out a wireless system or adopt a powerline system developed by Panasonic.

8 January 2007, 9:05