If you've checked through our most recent TV Ratings and don't see a model or series you're considering, we might be checking it out right now. Here are the HDTVs currently being tested in our labs. Among the notable models is the Sony ...
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Demand for LED backlighting rebounded in the first half of 2013, but firms expect demand to slow down after mid-June because China's energy-saving appliance procurement subsidy program is close to an end. Despite the possible demand drop ...
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Samsung TVs will be able to play movies streamed directly from PCs running Intel's latest processors by the end of this year. Intel and Samsung announced a tie-up on Tuesday under which the chip maker's Wireless Display technology will be ...
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A low-power Thunderbolt interconnect for smartphones and tablets is in the works, but the wired technology may not thrive if consumers prefer products using the wireless WiGig specification for data transfers. There is a need for faster ...
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BulbAmerica, America’s largest online and wholesale retailer of light bulbs and lighting fixtures, has announced the launch of an LED support system. LEDs are all set to make more efficient street lights with less light pollution and ...
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Nvidia's CEO showed an updated version of the company's Shield portable gaming device at the Computex trade show Tuesday, and said it will start shipping the device later this month to customers who pre-ordered it. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang ...
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Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S4 mini smartphone, which has a larger screen and a better camera than its predecessor, the Galaxy S III mini. The introduction of a pared down version of the Galaxy S4 is in line with Samsung's ...
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Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, has become the latest company to back Mozilla's Firefox OS and is developing more than five devices running the mobile operating system for its customers. The Taiwanese ...
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Taiwan-based high-power LED packaging house Edison Opto plans to provide products for TV backlight applications in 2013. According to industry sources, Edison Opto's TV backlighting products passed verification in the second quarter and ...
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Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has set up a Japanese research center devoted to display and touch technologies that could end up hiring staff away from Sharp. The new center, called Foxconn Japan RD Co., represents a major ...
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Japan's public television broadcaster, NHK, is working on technology that will allow people to watch TV with their fingers. NHK is developing a system that maps objects shown on the TV screen in 3D space. "Viewers" place their index ...
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GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA has launched a new family of 802.11ac power amplifiers (PAs) optimized for WiFi infrastructure and multimedia applications, including ...
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The use of radio frequency tech in remote controls for everything from smart TVs and BluRay players to gaming devices will see a huge uptick compared with infrared-based controls. Fewer people will have to point their remote controls at ...
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A Japanese streaming content provider will launch the country's first cloud-based gaming console, a small modem-like device that plugs into a TV and offers subscription access to titles from $5 per month. Broadmedia, a Tokyo-based company ...
SONY last night announced it would sell another two ultra-high definition TV’s in Australia – 55 and 65-inch models to complement the giant 84-inch set released last year. Instead of costing around the price of a car, some ...
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