Not exactly the partnership I was expecting but it was unveiled in Milan these days and we need to keep you informed. Giorgio Armani and Samsung Electronics teamed up to create a 46-inch 100Hz full HD LCD display. Except for the “stylish” remote control and the 4-modes power switch that changes the light of the logos, there’s nothing that relates to fashion and I can’t find special elements.
Maybe the TV emits fragrances?
With all the buzz on HD DVD wars and Blu-ray discs, Dell quietly introduced UltraSharp 2408WFP LCD, the company’s new 24-inch widescreen flat panel display. The specs are great with a 6ms response time, 3000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 400 cd/m² brightness, uses the TrueColor technology with 110% gamut and has a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 to bring you “exceptional clarity and vibrant color”.
Offers a viewing angle of 178° horizontal and 178° vertical.
Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP comes with a lot of input options including HDMI, DVI, VGA, S-Video and composite video but also a 4-port USB hub and a 9-in-2 media card reader. Now you have where to choose from. One last thing, it also supports DisplayPort connectivity for the next-gen graphics cards. That’s great.
The price is $699 on Dell’s website.
I’m not sure about you but I am damn curious to know how is Panasonic going to carry a plasma if they go above the 150-inch size? Apparently a company executive was heard saying “If we get bigger than 150, we might have to go with Airbus”. I wonder what the total cost of having a 150-inch plasma in your home small palace, will be.
What are your thoughts guys?
CES in Las Vegas is very important for so many tech companies and many of them come with products that will get a really good attention from the media and the visitor. However, today Panasonic managed to get a lot of eyes on their biggest plasma we’ve ever seen. Check out this picture below (from Gizmodo).
It’s a Panasonic 150-inch plasma display and if you expected me to say big, that’s not enough. On a 150-inch screen you can easily include an actual sized elephant so consider buying one for your home theater. It sports a 4,000 x 2,000 resolution with 4,000 on 1080p (yes it’s HD) and uses a lot less power using the double luminance efficiency.
Here is the video from Engadget.
This deal is available in France, as part of the Christmas marketing strategy. Sony France has announced that every customer who purchase a Sony Bravia LCD and a Blu-Ray player or a PlayStation 3 will get a discount up to €500.
The holidays offer sounds like this:
If you purchase a TV from this range - KDL40D3500AEP or KDL40V3000AEP or KDL40W3000AEP or KDL40X2000BAEP or KDL40X3500AEP, we will give you in discount the value of a Blu-ray Sony* or of a PlayStation3 which doesn’t pass the €250 amount.
If you purchase a TV from this range - KDL46D3500AEP or KDL46V3000AEP or KDL46W3000AEP or KDL46X2000AEP or KDL46X3500AEP or KDL52W3000AEP or KDL52X2000BAEP or KDL52X3500AEP or KDL70X3500AEP, we will give you in discount the value of a Blu-ray Sony* or of a PlayStation3 which doesn’t pass the €500 amount.
*The Blu-Ray players available for the promotion are the following models: BDPS1E, BDPS300 and BDPS500.
As a matter of fact a 60GB PlayStation 3 retails for no more than €500. And we have a deal! Consequently the Frenchmen who buy a Sony Bravia LCD between November 1 and January 15 will benefit from this offer. They will obtain a Christmas present for free. That’s a tempting deal!
It’s been some time since we talked about some fancy monitors. Toshiba is trying to make us drool with their newest WQUXGA 22-inch monitor they’re working on, which does 3,840×2,400 resolutions. This really sounds interesting, right? But would you be set back if I tell you this little one sports 300:1 contrast ratios? Would you be interested to know that you’d have to pay $18,000 for the monitor itself and another $2,700 if you plan to connect it to your PC? I am sure I can’t afford to pay 20 grand on a monitor and I guess Gizmodo heard me because they found a 22-inch WQUXGA by ADTX which costs only (not sure what contrast rate or resolution) $1,700.
Sharp, the first LCD producer has developed a 2.2″ LCD for mobile devices which is World’s thinnest display. The Sharp Mobile Advanced Super View LCD has a thickness of only 0.68 mm. Sharp guarantees superior image quality with a 2000:1 contrast ratio, wide viewing angle of 176 degrees and 8ms response time.
As technology evolves, the electronic devices become thinner and lighter. Thus, all producers strive to improve the electronic components, like LCDs. Sharp’s display can be used with mobile phones and digital cameras, in fact with all kinds of portable gadgets.
The display can be seen at “FPD International 2007″ exhibition in Pacifico Yokohama from October 24th to October 26th.
Technology advances when it comes to monitors and this time Samsung delivered something great. Samsung LN-52F91BD is a 52-inch full HD LCD display that has LED backlight which is supposed to offer better brightness than what we had a few years before.
This little one is pretty big for me to use for me to watch the Gladiator and feel like one. It sports 3 HDMI 1.3 ports, USB 2.0 and Infolink function that will give you stock quotes and news updates from MSN. My office cries for such, but I should spare 4800 euros to buy one from Korea, because there’s where they have it now.
via Gizmodo
The official announcement saying that Sony PRS-505 eBook Reader will be available in stores and will ship this month for $300, we have updates on that one. Apparently, and it’s been just a few hours, on their store - SonyStyle - it’s for sale for the exact price of $299.99 in silver or dark blue.Sony PRS-505 is an upgrade for their older 500 model, that brings a better contrast in the new electronic paper display. There are a few things I would appreciate if I were to buy one, like USB sync with the PC, both SD cards and Memory Stick Duo, and those 100 Connect eBook Classic titles plus two lines of engraving which are free when you purchase. So yeah, that makes it a good choice if you have use for it.
It looks like today is Samsung announcement day. There are news about the long waited CES announced DLP models in the 76 , 87 and 89 series that are now live. The models we’re talking about are all 1080p with 3 HDMI plugs, are 3D-ready if you get the $100 kit that includes the LCD glasses and are getting refreshed with 10,000:1 contrast ratios. The 87 series also have CinemaSmooth LED Light Engine and the 89 series adds Bluetooth headphone capability. The prices are as follows:
Samsung DLP 76 Series
50-inch : $1,899
56-inch : $2,199
61-inch : $2,599
Samsung DLP 87 Series
50-inch : $2,299
56-inch : $2,599
61-inch : $2,999
Samsung DLP 89 Series
50-inch : $2,499
56-inch : $2,799
61-inch : $3,199
Another news from Samsung is that they are launching a 94 series 1080p plasma HDTV with WiFi. How sweet is this? It has a 15,000:1 contrast ratio, 3 CEC HDMI ports, 18-bit color processing, USB, ATSC / clear QAM tuners and Ultra FilterBright light diffusion. What adds up is the 802.11n WiFi to stream up to 1080i video.
The prices are :
94 series
50-inch : $3,600
58-inch : $5,300 - both to go out during the fourth quarter of 2007
84 series
58-inch : $4,700 - will go live in September.
