Sony’s 36-Inch XBR HD Monitor Paces Industry
When it comes to direct-view HDTV monitors, Sony has an early lead even before its models hit retail floors, and the added weight of...
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When it comes to direct-view HDTV monitors, Sony has an early lead even before its models hit retail floors, and the added weight of...
According to Hitachi, demonstrably superior picture quality was the primary reason its UltraVision 53UWX10B HDTV monitor was ranked the top selling rear-projection digital television...
Looking to extend its leadership position in the budding LCD TV marketplace, Sharp took the wraps off of a number of new LCD TV...
As cable and satellite operators fight for dominance in the digital entertainment market, it has become increasingly clear that standardization is critical for the...
New lower price points on Samsung’s just-unveiled 2002 DynaFlat direct view DTV monitor lines are expected to help analog big-tube TV customers make the...
Hitachi unveiled an expanded assortment of widescreen HDTV rear-projection displays for the press, including three fully integrated HDTV sets, which marks the company’s return...
KYOTO, JAPAN – Mitsubishi is preparing to restart a plasma display panel (PDP) factory here, after halting PDP production more than three years ago,...
Sampo America recently began shipping a $4,999 suggested retail 42W-inch plasma display panel focused on home theater enthusiasts. The aggressively priced PME-42S6 is billed...
With many of its 2002 video products starting to ship, JVC invited members of the press to its headquarters for the first formal line...
As promised at January CES, DirecTV launched the third HDTV channel on its DBS platform, now offering Showtime’s HDTV channel. The channel began transmitting...
Citing the growing number of hours of high-definition television programming, Samsung is preparing the release of three next-generation ATSC decoder boxes to support its...
Samsung announced it has reached an “exclusive” arrangement with Warner Home Video to offer two free DVD movies with select Samsung DVD players as...
Soliciting grassroots support for their prosposed merger, EchoStar and DirecTV recently reached out to consumers through a local information campaign. The effort focused on...
Some of the nation’s largest cable television interests revealed a new proactive approach to HDTV delivery in recent weeks with announcements that Comcast and...
EchoStar and the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association filed petitions asking the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision upholding satellite must-carry, but...
The much awaited May 1, 2002 deadline for all commercial broadcasters to begin digital television transmissions was turning out to be less spectacular than...
Jeff Bewkes, Home Box Office chairman, will be the keynote speaker at the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association’s (SBCA) SkyFORUM financial satellite symposium on...
Hitachi recently announced it will stop producing direct-view TV tubes for North America and will phase out manufacturing operations at its CRT plant here,...
CBS announced it reached a sponsorship deal with Sears to broadcast the 2002 NCAA men’s basketball Final Four championship games in HDTV, with expanded...
PARK RIDGE, N.J.– Despite the inclusion of Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connectors on 15 new HDTV monitors, Sony Electronics is expected to continue to...
Despite a looming mega merger between DBS suppliers, the home satellite TV industry continued to register “dramatic growth” in 2001, according to subscriber figures...
Denon and Meridian have adopted separate proprietary digital connections to transport audio, but not video or control signals, from a DVD-A/V player to other...
St. Louis — Noted primarily as a vendor of promotional portable audio products and accessories, GPX recently announced it is expanding into TV/DVD combo...
Orlando, FLA.— Thin is in for the camcorders at this week’s PMA show, here. Following their ever-diminishing digital still counterparts, the new mini DV...
With the once-futuristic promise of being able to link all of a home’s electronic equipment and systems with each other and with the outside...
A new copy protection format skirmish has erupted around the recent launches of HDTV-level D-VHS recording decks from JVC and Mitsubishi. At issue are...
Toshiba indicated it is working on a number of new technological innovations including a blue laser optical disc recording drive and Liquid Crystal on...
TiVo unveiled at CES plans for its Series 2 digital video recorder (DVR) platform that will enable a broad range of additional services and...
Apex Digital, the Ontario, Calif.-based vendor of aggressively priced DVD players, announced it has expanded into a multi-step television line including rear projection HDTV...
A category that has started taking on a new meaning over the past three years is the TV combination system, which previously identified a...
Television manufacturers traveling to CES continue to push new display devices optimized for the increasing HDTV source material expected from broadcasters this year, while...
In addition to LCD, manufacturers are turning toward greater adoption of other fixed-pixel display engines to drive HDTV sets with greater brightness and clarity...
A growing trend among TV set makers is the use of LCD panels or varies sizes and types to drive either stylish direct-view ultra-thin...
Haier America will exhibit during the International Consumer Electronics Show a flat-screen direct view TV line incorporating “Green Technology.” The company explains the line...
Even though the economy reeled and consumer confidence plunged, DVD remained a strong category for retailers last year. “The bad news is that sales...
Charlie Ergen and company are faced with a dilemma. The chairman of EchoStar has built his business on the backs of the small, independent...
With the Consumer Electronics Show as a backdrop, discussions will continue this week between cable providers and equipment manufacturers about how to best advance...
Since its inception in 1994, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) television has been one of the fastest growing consumer electronic products of all time. In...
NBC and HDNet, the all-high definition television network started by visionary owner Mark Cuban, said they would carry select portions of the 2002 Winter...
Announcements of next-generation digital television sets and monitors, multi-featured DVD players, DVD recorders and HD-level VCRs appeared likely to dominate video and television news...
Toshiba recently started shipping its first front-screen video projector based on Texas Instruments Digital Light Processor. Model MT5, which appeared at the recent Comdex...