Sharp To Launch Brand New LED & LCD TV Technology EXCLUSIVE: Sharp who make Sony?s high end Bravia TV?s will launch a new range of TV?s including 3D models that incorporate brand new LED TV technology, in the second half of 2010 according to Mark Beard who recently moved from Samsung to Sharp as their new Marketing Manager.
Panasonic Enhances Learning With Interactive Whiteboard Giveaway SPC and Goulburn Valley, in conjunction with Woolworths, are giving parents the opportunity to win one of 100 Panasonic fully installed Interactive Whiteboards for their child?s primary school.
3D Glasses Eliminated in New Toshiba TV Assault EXCLUSIVE: Toshiba Australia is set to be the first vendor in Australia to deliver 3D TV without the need for 3D glasses. They are also set to mount a major assault on the Australian flat panel TV market with a new range of ?Technically advanced? TV?s which will include their new Cell TV, which is capable of recording 8 TV channels at once it will also upscale 2D movies to 3D.
Harvey Norman To Use 3D To Drive Profits Mass retailer Harvey Norman is set to use the release of new 3D flat-panel TV technology to drive profitability back into the consumer electronics sector after months of discounting out old stock. The move comes after Harvey Norman Chairman Gerry Harvey slammed the discounting of goods.
Skype Coming To A Samsung LED TV Weeks after LG and Panasonic announced that they will include Skype in their new 2010 flat-panel TV offering, Samsung has announced that it is set to launch two LED TVs that will allow users to make voiceover-IP telephone calls and video conferencing using Skype technology.
Digital TV Now On 61 Per Cent Of Oz Households The latest results of the Digital Tracker has found that 61 per cent of Australian households had converted to digital TV by the end of 2009.
Sony Slumps To 4th Spot In TV Market EXCLUSIVE: New January 2010 GFK sales data that was leaked to ChannelNews reveals that Sony has slumped into 4th spot in the Australia flat-panel TV market, with Samsung, Panasonic and LG now ahead of the struggling Japanese company.
Sony TV Sales Slip Further New sales data reveal that Sony Bravia TV sales have slipped during the past 12 months in the giant US market, despite overall growth for the category reaching 23 per cent. According to new iSuppli data, Sony lost 1 per cent market share behind both Samsung and Vizio, a brand that is not sold in Australia.
Samsung Devours TV Market Share Samsung now has a massive hold on the TV market, according to recent data released by research company DisplaySearch.
Panasonic, 23% Surge In Plasma Sales And $308M Profit Panasonic, the world's largest maker of plasma TVs, has reported a profit of $360 million. In the same quarter last year, the company made a loss. It is the second quarter of profits for the Japanese company, which recently acquired a 50.2 per cent share in Sanyo.
LG Tries To Get Traction In OZ TV Market LG Australia, which is struggling to get traction in the flat-panel display market despite a new 'borderless' TV and a multimillion-dollar BMW giveaway promotion, is set to launch a new range of flat-panel TVs, including a new 15-inch OLED model, in time for the 2010 World Cup in June.
More Free TVs From LG Following its Christmas bonus campaign, LG has announced a new promotion where users who purchase selected TV models this month will receive a bonus 32-inch Full HD LCD TV valued at $999.
Loewe TVs Score Design Award Loewe has announced that its Art SL and Connect TVs have been honoured with the Good Design Award 2009 from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.
TV Market To Grow 10% Says GFK GFK claims that 244 million flat-panel TV sets will be sold in 2010 and that the TV market will grow over 10 per cent.
Samsung Cuts Ties With Struggling Sony Samsung Electronics has parted company with Sony in the development of a new LCD manufacturing plant, after the Japanese manufacturer struggled to commit to half of the $1.5 billion needed to build the new 9th-generation plant.
Soniq To Release LED And IP TVs 2010 is going to be a big year for Soniq, with the company launching a new line of products including LED, IP-enabled, and outdoor TVs.
Predictions For TV And Display Market In 2010 Prices for flat panel TVs are set to rise in 2010, claim leading analysts at this year?s CES in Las Vegas. They are also tipping that we'll see a new generation of TVs in time for the 2010 World Cup in June. David Hsieh Vice President, Greater China Market, for DisplaySearch has tipped the following for the display market in 2010.
Sony Bravia TVs To Be Made By Sharp Sony, which is struggling to make a profit from selling Bravia TVs, has acquired a 7.04 per cent stake in a Sharp TV factory that will manufacture and assemble display panels for selected Bravia T's. The rest of the range will be made by low-cost manufacturers in China and Taiwan.
Apple Issue Fix for 27-Inch iMac Display Following several consumer complaints in Australia, Apple has finally released a firmware update for all 27" iMacs. The fix will eliminate corruption to the display screens, such as flickering and ghosting.
Polaroid Boss Facing 30 Years In Jail For Industry Scam Tom Petters, the former owner of Polaroid, is facing 30 years in jail after being found guilty of money laundering, wire fraud and mail fraud. He was also found guilty of conning several leading consumer electronics companies as well as retail chains.
Laser TV Company Forced To Sell Assets To Sydney Uni for $1 ASX-listed Arasor International, the company that 3 years ago told the world that it was set to launch Laser TV in partnership with Mitsubishi, is today offloading a broadband asset to Sydney University for $1 in an effort to reduce the company's 'burn rate'. It has also failed to lodge any financial reports for the last financial year.
Secret New Sony TV Technology To Take On Samsung Sony is secretly working on a brand new TV technology, which, insiders claim, could be the saviour of the company. The technology is not LED or OLED but a spin-off technology that insiders claim is easier and cheaper to manufacture than current display technology.
Sony Blames Samsung For Their Bravia TV Problems Sony who has failed to deliver any profits selling their Bravia LCD TVs is now trying to blame Samsung for their woes. They have also admitted that they are having problems producing large screen OLED TVs which is why the company is focusing on 3D TVs.
CEDIA Attacks TV Power Plan Federal and State Authorities in Australia who are keen to push for tougher power management regulation, for plasma and LCD TV?s are watching with interest the decision by the California Energy Commission to introduce mandated regulations for flat panel TV?s.
OZ Takes To Digital TV Say Minister More than 56 per cent of Australian households have made the switch to digital free-to-air television, according to a Federal Government survey.
Sony Bravia TV Struggles Up Against Strong Samsung Sony who is struggling to resurrect their Bravia LCD TV brand got some more bad news overnight, when it was revealed that they have been pushed into third place in the US market behind Samsung and the Vizio brand.
New Sony OLED TV Range To Be Shown At CES Sony is set to launch several new OLED TV's at the 2010 CES Show in Las Vegas. According to internal Sony documents sent to one of their International marketing partners, the Japanese Company is set to use OLED technology to try and resurrect a dominant position for Sony in the flat panel TV market.
Millions In Gifts Will Boost Flat Panel TV Sales Say GFK HD TV vendors are hoping that their new flat panel TV offerings fly off the shelves during the next few weeks with many of them now giving away millions of dollars worth of 22? and 26? flat panel TV?s to Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles to BMW motor cars to home theatre kits and Blu ray players.
Large OLED TV's Closer Say LG & Samsung This time last year Sony was bragging about their OLED TV technology, however it is Samsung and LG who have made all the running with both Korean Companies set to launch new wafer thin models at the 2010 CES Show in Las Vegas.
Flat Panel TV Sales Entering Twilight Zone Claim Samsung The flat panel TV market that is currently booming is set to enter a ?twilight? zone and then start declining say Samsung executives. Others say there is at least two years growth left inthe market.
Commercial Display Market Booming Foxtel Set To Help As Samsung and Panasonic go head to head in the commercial display market, new research shows that the Pro AV market is booming with LCD and LED display screens starting to get traction.
Ultra HD TV To Replace HD TV Just when you are getting use to HD TV a brand new TV technology is set to burst forth called Ultra HD that delivers a TV picture at up to 16 times the resolution of 1080p.
Sony A Broken Brand With Little Upside COMMENT: As we predicted, Sony has made yet another billion dollar loss, with the Company struggling to not only make a profit but find direction in a brutal consumer electronics market, which is now dominated, by the likes of Apple and Samsung and new kids on the block like Google and Vizio who are now licensing their LED TV technology to Sony.
Sharp In The Red As LCD TV Prices Fall Sharp, has posted a loss of $196 Million, this is 1 billion less than what Sony who is set to use Sharp to manufacture display panels for their Bravia LCD TV's reported on Friday.
Sony Posts Massive Losses CE Income Falls 84% Sony has reported a massive loss of $1.1 billion dollars, after sales in their consumer electronics division crashed 36.5%. In Comparison Samsung earlier in the day reported profits for the quarter of $3.5 billion dollars and a 24% increase in sales of TV's and home theatre gear.
Sony Starts HD TV Price War Desperate to regain lost market share in the HD TV market, Sony is this weekend offering a 40? Sony Bravia 200Hz TV for $1,895, according to advertising in national newspapers. The deal also includes a free $499 Slim Sony PS3.
Samsung Teaches Sony A Lesson $3.5 Billion Quarterly Profit Today, Samsung came of age. Five years ago Sony was the King Pin of the consumer electronics industry and Samsung was an up and coming Korean manufacturer struggling to get traction, up against the mighty Japanese brand. Five years on it is Samsung who has delivered a whopping $3.5 billion dollar profit Vs Sony who is tipped to report over $1.3 Billion in losses later today.
Bravia LCD TVs More Sony Badge Than Sony Technology Sony who has resorted to using third party manufacturers in China and Taiwan to make their Bravia LCD TVs, has now licensed LCD TV technology from Vizio a US TV manufacturer for use in some of their LCD TVs in an effort to avoid being sued.
More TV Problems For Sony As Bravia TV Sales Fall Despite free PS3 consoles, big discounts and a 3 year Bravia TV warranty in Australia, new research has revealed the extent of Sony's TV woes after with Display Search said that Sony's global market share in LCD TVs fell to 14.7 percent in April-June from 16.5 percent a year earlier.
Millions In Gifts As HD TV War Escalates A massive HD TV war has broken out in Australia with Sony who earlier this week announced a free PS3 worth $499 being trumped by Panasonic who today announced a free $1,099 Blu-ray home theatre kit, or $1,099 PVR or a $643 Lumix camera with any plasma TV purchase.
Wanted By B&O Australia's Biggest TV Poser Last week we got a story wrong. Bang Olufsen will not be launching their new 103? plasma TV for $175,000 as reported in our exclusive story; instead it will be $181,000 with the Danish Company now searching for Australia?s first TV poser.
Screen Size, Picture Quality & Online Key To TV Purchase Picture quality and screen size, are the two most important issues for TV buyers when they walk into a retail store. Also playing a role in the purchase decision is the research they do online prior to making a purchase.
Mobile TV Set To Take Off In 2010 Mobile Digital TV's, including full HD models, are set to take off around the world as several vendors get ready to launch new models however one stumbling block in Australia is the allocation of spectrum by the Federal Government and the adoption of a mobile TV standard.
Portable TVs Set To Take Off Apple Will Have One Soon Handheld TVs that also include a digital FM radio service are set to take off in Australia with several Companies including Apple now planning launches. Among the first is the Laser Corporation who earlier today announced three new TVs including one with a touchscreen for under $250.
Dodgy TV Dealers Slammed By Federal Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has today warned consumers to look out for door-to-door salespeople offering digital conversion equipment and falsely claiming to represent the Government.
Samsung Flies As Sony Wallows While arch rival Sony wallows under a mountain of losses, Korean Manufacturer Samsung Electronics has seen sales rise 19% and profits climb to $3.5 Billion dollars.
Retailer Rev Heads Targeted Panasonic is once again giving retailers the chance to join the company for an exclusive VIP Panasonic Toyota Racing Team weekend in Melbourne with its Viera Team Racing 100 Challenge.
Sharp Gives Away Xbox 360 Elites Following the success of the Sony Playstation 3 giveaway to promote Bravia, Sharp have followed suit, this time with Xbox 360.
Why Samsung Is Hot And Sony Not New Research Study Retail sales staffs are recommending Samsung over other consumer electronic brands a new research study by JD Power has revealed. They have also said that the Sony brand is becoming less relevant and recommended by less than 25% of retail sales staff.
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