FE Technologies 19″ nano-Spindt FED

FE Technologies, a Sony spinoff, demonstrated its 19″ nano-Spindt FED (Field Emission Display) running Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3 at 240Hz. The nano-Spindt screen has more than 10,000 electron sources that are called the nano-spindt emitter. That’s 10,000 nano-Spindt emitters per pixel. To produce light a fluorescent substance is exposed to electrons. FED [...]

Sanyo 46″ LCD TV for $898 at Wal-Mart on Nov.

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 [...]

Sony PSP Outsells Nintendo DS 2-to-1 in Japan in April

According to Enterbrain, a Japan game magazine publisher, in April Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) outsold Nintendo’s DS by more than 2-to-1 in Japan. The PSP sold 380,867 units while the DS sold just 169,911. Capcom’s “Monster Hunter Freedom 2G” was the hottest game for the PSP for the second consecutive month according to Enterbrain.

Image courtesy [...]

Samsung 16″ 1080p LCD for Notebook PCs

Samsung Electronics is bringing a bit of CE to IT with a new 16″ LCD geared for notebook PC applications. The 16″ will have a 16:9 aspect ratio, instead of the standard 16:10. And that means the pixel format will be 1920 x 1080 rather than 1920 x 1200. When watching 1080p content the notebook [...]