Wal-Mart will be holding a special in-store sale on Saturday, November 8, 2008. The sale will begin at 8AM and will include a Sanyo 46″ LCD TV for just $898. There will be a minimum of 2 per store with a per customer limit of just one. There is also a Compaq CQ50-139WM 15.4″ notebook [...]

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO), Taiwan’s second largest LCD manufacturer barely behind AU Optronics (AUO), will be unveiling a lot of new LCD panel technologies at the FPD International 2008 show in Japan. Here is the list:

240Hz: Twice as fast as 120Hz and with motion interpolation you can add 3 extra frames to make motion picture [...]

LG Display (NYSE: LPL), one of the largest LCD manufacturers in the world, announced Q3′08 shipment results. LPL is shipping quite a bit more, but due to intense downward pressure on LCD prices the company’s revenues declined 8% Q/Q and 2% Y/Y to KRW 3861 billion from KRW 4211 billion in Q2′08 and KRW 3953 [...]

AU Optronics (AUO), the largest LCD manufacturer in Taiwan, announced September and Q3′08 shipment results and they are not very good. Due to “uncertainties of the current macro environment” the top Taiwan LCD supplier saw both revenues and unit shipments decrease in September and Q3′08. This is not a good sign as Q3′08 should see [...]

Westinghouse Digital LTV-46W1 Specifications
Display: 46″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1336 x 768
Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
Brightness: 500 cd/m2
Color Gamut: 72% NTSC
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Response Time: 8ms
Connectivity: HDMI, VGA, Component (2), S-Video, Composite
Tuner: NTSC, QAM, ATSC
Dimensions: 46.0 x 31.5 x 9.0″ (w/stand), 46.0 x 29.3 x 5.5″ (w/o stand)
Weight: 73.9lbs (w/stand), 70.0lbs (w/o stand)
Price: US$799.99 at TigerDirect

There have [...]

Toshiba 46ZF575D Specifications
Display: 46″ TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Contrast Ratio: 30,000:1 (dynamic)
Response Time: 6ms
Frequency: 100MHz Active Vision M100 (European version)
Video Processing: Resolution+ (Cell-based processor)
Connectivity: HDMI (4), Component, VGA, Composite

Toshiba’s Resolution+ technology that sharpens details, smoothes edges, upscales to non-1080p video content to 1080p and a host of other wizardly that makes sure [...]

Samsung announced Q2′08 results on July 24, 2008. Of particular interest was the LCD division.

Revenues: Up 9% Q/Q and 41% Y/Y to KRW4.71 trillion
Consolidated Net Sales: Up 8% Q/Q and 30% Y/Y to KRW3.94 trillion
Operating Profit: Down 1% Q/Q and up 244% Y/Y to KRW1.00 trillion
Consolidated OP: Down 3% Q/Q and up 239% Y/Y to [...]

Samsung LN46A650 Specifications
Display: 46″ Wide TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Contrast Ratio: 50,000:1 (Dynamic)
Viewing Angle: 178/178
Response Time: 4ms
Frequency: 120Hz (Auto Motion Plus)
Video Processing: DNIe
Connectivity: HDMI (4), Composite, VGA, S-Video, Component (2)
Other: Energy Star
Dimensions: 44.5 x 30.5 x 11.0″ (With Stand), 44.5 x 28.1 x 3.7″ (Without Stand)
Weight: 58.6lbs (With Stand), 49.2lbs (Without Stand)
Price: [...]

Mitsubishi LT-46149 Specifications
Display: 46″ TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
LCD Panel: 10-bit
Frequency: 120Hz (Smooth120Hz Film Motion)
Color Gamut: x.v.Color
Video Processing: 12-bit Plush1080p Digital Video Processing
Speakers: 16-speaker Integrated Sound Projector
Connectivity: HDMI, Component, Composite, S-Video, PCM
Dimensions: 42 x 28.2 x 4.8″
Weight: 72.8lbs
Price: US$3,299

Mitsubishi’s 149 Series LT-46149 is the follow up to its 148 Series LT-46148. The LT-46149 is [...]

Sony KDL-46XBR8 Specifications
Display: 46″ 10-bit LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Pixel Format: 1920 x 1080
Backlight: TRILUMINOS RGB LED
Contrast Ratio: (Dynamic, Local Dimming [Advanced Contrast Enhancer PRO - ACE PRO)
Video Processing: 10-bit, BRAVIA Engine 2 PRO
Frame Rate: 120Hz (Motionflow - motion interpolation)
Color Gamut: x.v.Color
Option: BRAVIA Internet Video Link
Input: HDMI (4, 1080/60p, 1080/24p, HDCP), Component (2, 1080/60p), VGA (1080/60p), Ethernet, [...]