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Saturday, October 28, 2006

More Sony Playstation Network Details  (LCD TV)


More Sony Playstation Network Details 
Sony issued a press-release with some details on the Sony Playstation network launch on November 11th in Japan. The icon for Playstation Network on the PS3 will look like the image above. It features the four iconic Playstation action button symbols...

KGBT 24/7 Weather Channel - Only Local Weather Channel Serving the Valley 
Rio Grande Valley television viewers now have access to up-to-the-moment local weather information and severe weather coverage around the clock. Action 4 News 24/7 Weather debuted last year. The new local channel offers cutting-edge weather technology and the convenience of 24/7 access.

Must Have: Talking Cartman Action Figure 
The South Park kids still rule after all these years. The super star is of course Eric Cartman. The talking Cartman action figure is uttering political incorrect phrases like: "I took a crap in the principal's purse, 7 times...", "Yo...

Techwell Presents World's Most Advanced 3D Video Decoder for HDTV Applications 
Techwell, Inc. today announced the release of their most advanced 3D video decoder, the TW9919. A result of years of concentrated research and development, Techwell initially introduced 3D video decoding in 2004 and has spent the last two years of R&D advancing it's 3D comb filtering algorithms for NTSC and PAL. With the new TW9919, Techwell will better address the needs of the growing HDTV

Friday, October 27, 2006

Midday Business Report: Service members gain more loan protections  (Plasma TV)


Midday Business Report: Service members gain more loan protections 
This week President Bush signed into law a provision that caps interest rates on loans to service members and their families at 36 percent.

2-Minute read 
Caterpillar Inc. on Friday said its third-quarter profit rose 15 percent but sharply reduced its forecast for the full year and said it expects a slowdown in 2007.

MARKET ROUNDUP 
NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended a record-setting week mixed Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials falling to close inches above 12,000 after a lackluster profit report and forecast from Caterpillar Inc. prompted many investors to retreat.

The Smallest LED Wristwatch from Japan 
You know already the cryptic LED watches from Japan that Tokyoflash is selling world-wide. Now Tokyoflash informed our Watch site Wrist Dreams that they sell now the world's smallest LED watch. The Retsu by Saishin watch has 10 LED dots to tell time...

HDTV ? NOW ON YOUR LAPTOP (Plasma TV)


HDTV ? NOW ON YOUR LAPTOP
Sanyo develops 7.1-inch HDTV price, date, model or exact specs at present, but it is interesting that whilst many manufacturers are pushing the upper size boundaries of HDTV, there's also The lowdown on HDTV "Can I please have one? Can I, can I?"Needless to say, we have not made [...]

Vizio GV46L HDTV
Vizio GV46L HDTV The bottom line: The 46-inch Vizio GV46L HDTV costs less than the big-screen LCD competition, but its picture quality isn't up to par with the company's other Justice HDTV Review Sure, movies look great blown up on an HDTV, but the true glory of the new technology [...]

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Pioneer Wins POPULAR MECHANICS Award with Breakthrough Picture (LCD TV) Quality 


Pioneer Wins POPULAR MECHANICS Award with Breakthrough Picture Quality 
NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- The Pioneer Elite(R) PureVision(TM) 60" PRO-1540HD plasma television was honored with a POPULAR MECHANICS Breakthrough Award at an awards ceremony held at the Hearst Tower in New York City last night.

Mervyns opens in citys northern shopping district 
October 14, 2006 - Brownsville finally has its Mervyns. Months of anticipation ended for anxious local shoppers as the retailer officially opened its store with a grand opening on Friday.

Head of Municipal Labor Council Arrested in NYC 
A seven-term Democratic state assemblyman who also is president of the nation's largest municipal labor council was arrested on federal racketeering charges Tuesday.

Caregiver Sentenced 
A caregiver accused of cheating an elderly woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars is facing five years in prison and has been ordered to pay restitution.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Plasma TV - Cathode-Ray-Tube TV Format Dying Slow, Quiet Death (Fox News)


Cathode-Ray-Tube TV Format Dying Slow, Quiet Death (Fox News)
Regular tube television sets, even high-definition ones, look ready to go way of vinyl LP as LCD, plasma screens crowd them out of retail stores.

Samsung SyncMaster 193P (Silver) 19" LCD Monitor

L.A. area gets flat-screen TV maker (AP via Yahoo! News)
Syntax-Brillian Corp. has made a splash with its Olevia brand of flat-panel TV sets, marketing them as high-quality, low-cost alternatives to the offerings of larger competitors such as Samsung and Panasonic.

LCD TVs score as well as plasma sets (Lawrence Journal-World)
Plasma sets used to be the only flat-screen TVs larger than 40 inches. Now, LCDs come in big sizes, too. With the price gap between plasma TVs and big-screen LCDs narrowing, more buyers are choosing the liquid-crystal-display sets — and finding that recent technological advances have improved picture quality.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Big Boys Toys Expo in Guam


Big Boys Toys Expo in Guam
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia - Oct 20, 2006... GGEFCU will also be giving away a 42� Plasma TV and Nissan 2006 Titan Truck that includes $1,200 in detailing by Tropical Shine Detailing on Sunday, Oct. ...

Matsushita Electric plans production base in Russia
The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - Oct 10, 2006... and production scale. Matsushita has a total of six plasma TV assembly plants in Japan and other countries. Currently, the company ...

Four Seasons looks strong in Thailand
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Oct 22, 2006... ''It is almost like a new hotel and will be good for another 10 years,'' Mr Ghielmetti said. A key upgrade was the installation of 42-inch plasma TV screens. ...

Laser TV billed as �death of plasma TV�
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (press release), Malaysia - Oct 13, 2006Australian company Arasor International and its US partner Novalux have unveiled a laser television, which they say could make plasma screens obsolete. ...

Monday, October 23, 2006

Kiplinger - Editor's Query: For consumers, what are the best (Flat Screen TV)


Kiplinger - Editor's Query: For consumers, what are the best
Retail Wire - Lately, club stores have done rather well at offering large plasma and LCD television monitors. The prices are competitive, but customers who need installation help may have to hire it separately. Finally, clubs may offer very favorable prices on

'Mount' Up to the Challenge of Hanging Flat-Panel TVs
PR Newswire - Make your wall-mounted plasma or LCD television more aesthetically appealing. Few things look worse than a flat-panel television with cables dangling underneath. While most mounts enable you to hide cords within the mount itself, others may

Mixed earnings send Dow lower
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Investors heard from other companies Friday to cap off a busy week of earnings reports. 3M Co. shares rose after posting a 6.4 percent increase in its third-quarter profit amid renewed strength in its business of making films for LCD television and

Unlocking the riddle of LCD re-use
PhysOrg - Some 40 million LCD television sets were sold worldwide last year with expected sales likely to top 100 million by 2009. Now scientists in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York have won a major DTI competition to investigate ways of

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Gamasutra - Aided by a weaker yen, the company saw robust sales of its Bravia line of LCD television and Cybershot digital cameras, and gains in its mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson, with the company’s life insurance and games division highlighted as

Richmond Int'l Raceway to Host Blood and Marrow Drive November 19
Who Won - Additionally, many prizes will be given away, including a 20-inch LCD television donated by the FUNAI Corporation, two Ride-Along Experiences from Richard Petty Driving Experience (visit www.1800bepetty.com for details), a one-year membership to

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Technology Briefing  (Plasma TV)


Technology Briefing 
Nokia completes purchase of Loudeye Corp. of Seattle ... 2 private investor groups to buy Open Solutions ... Tech-industry job cuts rose sharply in the 3rd quarter

High-definition TV maker based in Tempe opens factory in China 
Syntax-Brillian Corp., a Tempe-based maker of LCD and high-definition televisions, has opened a new production facility in Nanjing, China, under a joint venture agreement with six other companies.

LRSmedia Announces LEGENDS OF JAZZ ''SHOWCASE'' on Blu-ray Disc 
CHICAGO, BUSINESS WIRE -- LRSmedia today announced that it will release the critically-acclaimed LEGENDS OF JAZZ "SHOWCASE" on Blu-ray Disc . "SHOWCASE" features 13 stunning performances from the TV series LEGENDS OF JAZZ hosted by GRAMMY(R) award-winning pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis and produced by award-winning music producer and LRSmedia co-chairman Larry Rosen.

NBC Universal plans cost cuts, layoffs 
NBC Universal said Thursday that it will cut 700 jobs and streamline its news operations as part an overhaul aimed at exploiting new forms of electronic distribution. NBC, a unit of General Electric Co., said it expects the revamp to save $750 million in operating expenses by 2008. The job cuts would represent about 5% of its workforce.

Liberty Media Going Orbital? 
At an e-commerce conference currently under way in New York, Liberty Media Capital (Nasdaq: LCAPA - News) CEO Greg Maffei said his company might exchange its $11 billion holdings in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. (NYSE: NWS - News) for that company's controlling share in satellite TV provider DirecTV Group (NYSE: DTV - News).