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LCD TV

Cheap LCD TVs for China: Single-Sided Edge-Lit LED BLU

March 1, 2010

Regular LCD TVs with edge-lit LED backlights have a strip of LEDs on all four sides. Slightly cheaper versions have just two strips. Now, to get these LED backlit LCD TVs even cheaper, new designs are using just a single strip of LEDs. Lower prices are absolutely critical if you are playing the LCD TV [...]

Samsung C7000 Series 3D LCD TV

February 12, 2010

The C7000 Series 3D LCD TV from Samsung sports an edge-lit LED backlight, a 1.1-inch profile and comes in three sizes: 40-, 46-, and 55-inch. There are many features: 1920×1080 pixel format, 240Hz Clear Motion Technology, 2D-to-3D conversion, Samsung Apps, Internet@TV, Skype, AllShare DLNA media streaming, etc. The C7000 Series is compatible with the newly [...]

CES 2010: Toshiba CELL TV

January 13, 2010

POWER: Toshiba’s CELL TV blurs the line between TV and computer with unheard amounts of computing power integrated into an LCD TV. The top end XZ900 Series makes use of the company’s KIRA2 Super Local Dimming LED Display sporting a brightness of 1000 cd/m2, 512 controllable zones (5x that of previous local dimming models), and [...]

CES 2010: Samsung 9000 Series “LED TV”

January 8, 2010

I guess Samsung was a few days late with its 9000 series but the company is showing them off at CES 2010. The 9000 Series ultra-thin LCD TVs sporting direct-lit LED backlight technology from Samsung is really quite thin. But just being ultra-thin isn’t going to cut it since LG put ultra-thin, local dimming and [...]

LG LED LCD HDTV: LED, LED Plus, Full LED Slim

January 7, 2010

That’s a lot of acronyms in the title but the one to remember is Full LED Slim. That’s the top-of-the-line LED technology from LG. At the low-end is simply LED, which is an edge-lit LED backlight without local dimming. That makes it slim and energy-efficient. Next up is LED Plus that adds local dimming to [...]

LG LE9500 Series LCD TV

January 6, 2010

NO BEZEL, ALMOST: The bezel on the LE9500 is almost non-existent! Just 8.5mm to be exact. The LE9500 series LCD TVs from LG sports a fantastic external industrial design. LG coupled the ultra-simple design with some heavy duty technology: LED backlight with local dimming, 3D, optional wireless HDMI, 480Hz, THX certification, NetCast (VUDU, Netflix, DLNA, [...]

VIZIO XVTPRO720SV: 72-inch 3D WirelessHD LCD TV

January 5, 2010

SEVENTY TWO INCHES: VIZIO will be bringing out its 72-inch XVTPRO720SV LCD TV in August. The 480Hz LCD TV will be feature 3D, WirelessHD, VIZIO Internet Apps, WiFi N but for not so much: US$3499. 3D technology will make use of SENSIO technology and Bluetooth-synchronized active shutter XpanD LCD glasses. A VIZIO XVT Pro Wireless [...]

Vizio Plans 3-4 Million “LED TVs” in 2010

December 22, 2009

BIG BET ON LED: Vizio is planning to ship 3-4 million LCD TVs with LED backlights in 2010. The company is betting big on “LED TVs” in 2010 with shipments at around just 100,000 in 2009. According to William Wang, CEO of Vizio, LED-backlit LCD TVs will comprise less than 5% of the company’s total [...]

LG Display World’s Thinnest 42-inch LCD Panel

December 21, 2009

LG Display’s 42-inch LCD panel is just 2.6-mm thick (0.1 inch) and sports an edge-lit LED backlight, 120Hz, 1080p and weighs a little under 8.8 pounds. Imagine a large LCD TV that is almost flush with the wall… tantalizing. Of course we’ll need the other boxes to become very thin very fast to complement these [...]

“LED TV” Sales Top 4 Million in China

December 18, 2009

China’s potential to become the largest market for TVs is real and will be coming soon. According to the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce, “LED TV” (LCD TV with LED backlight) sales will top 4 million units in China in 2010, a quadrupling from 2009. During the Lunar New Year holiday, Suning Appliance, the largest [...]


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