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Article | 1/09/2009 Kodak shows off its flexible OLED prototype underwater

Kodak has released images of a prototype flexible OLED screen that is able to work while submerged in water. OLED displays are generally highly sensit...

Article | 28/08/2009 Half of all Australian households have digital TV

More than half of all Australian households have completed the switch to digital television, according to Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Bro...

Article | 1/08/2009 LG introduces ultra-slim LCD TVs

At LG's fifth annual summer line show in New York City, the company introduced two new HDTV lines, the SL80 and SL90. Both caught my attention for the...

Article | 30/07/2009 Sony, Sharp partner for world's most advanced LCD plant

Sharp and Sony have agreed to form a joint venture to operate a new LCD plant in Japan, completing a plan that was earlier postponed because of the gl...

Article | 10/07/2009 Sony adds Netflix streaming video

Sony Electronics was early to offer HDTVs capable of connecting to the Internet, but the company has been missing one very obvious streaming video pro...

Article | 11/07/2009 Sharp adds LEDs and size to Aquos HDTVs

LED-backlit HDTVs once were an expensive rarity, but that's changing. Sharp Electronics' new line of Aquos HDTVs offer the premium of LED backlighting...

Article | 10/07/2009 Sharp to increase LCD panel production on higher demand

The economy might still be in a fragile condition but it seems consumers can't get enough of flat-panel televisions. Sharp plans to increase productio...

Article | 7/07/2009 LG reorganizes operations in Mexico, shutting factories

LG Electronics plans to reorganize its factories in Mexico, closing one LCD TV factory and ending mobile phone production in the nation, the company s...

Article | 7/07/2009 Panasonic aims a laser at TV tubes to improve recycling

The company's new recycling technology more than doubles the speed with which cathode ray tube can be cut in half.

Article | 1/07/2009 Joost unplugs Web TV service, concentrates on selling tech

Web video site Joost is restructuring, abandoning its hopes to be a successful ad-supported Web TV provider. Instead it will sell its video-serving te...

Article | 2/07/2009 Panasonic aims laser at TV recycling

Panasonic has a new weapon in its recycling arsenal for dealing with cathode ray tubes from old televisions: a powerful laser that can quickly weaken ...

Article | 25/06/2009 US government blocks imports of Sharp TVs

The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a decision Wednesday that blocks the U.S. import of LCD panels and LCD televisions made by Sharp, rulin...

Article | 23/06/2009 Kogan to launch LED TVs this year

At a press event in Sydney today, Australian company Kogan revealed plans to release 19in and 22in LED TVs within the next two months.

Article | 22/06/2009 Au Optronics invests in clean energy, LCD modules

AU Optronics, the world's third largest make of LCD screens, is planning two new investments this year, one in solar panels and another in an LCD modu...

Article | 11/06/2009 LG’s 200HZ LH50 LCD television announced

LG Electronics has announced the launch of its LH50 LCD television, which uses a 200Hz refresh rate for high quality motion handling.

Article | 10/06/2009 Group advocates standard for HDTV-based video surveillance

A recently formed group has proposed a standard for high-definition video surveillance systems that allows HDTV signals to be transmitted digitally ov...

Article | 8/06/2009 Brand-name LCD HDTVs get cheaper

Anyone familiar with LCD HDTVs expects their prices to decrease, and for TVs from established companies to cost more than models from upstarts like In...

Article | 4/06/2009 Targeted ads, more choices in US TV's future

American company Verizon Communications wants to give customers of its FiOS TV service a choice of how to buy and view video, while the carrier focuse...

Article | 3/06/2009 Online spending in the UK to surge despite recession

The UK market's online spending in 2009 will rise by 13.3 percent compared to last year, taking the total spend to £20.9bn, despite the global recessi...

Article | 3/06/2009 First videogame to utilize 3D stereoscopic technology announced

During a day full of new innovations, James Cameron took the stage at Ubisoft's media briefing and gave a lengthy speech about his upcoming sci-fi epi...