Entries Tagged as '4K Flat Panel'

Review: Seiki SE50UY04 4K Ultra HDTV (it’s $1,400!)

May 6th, 2013 · 4 Comments · 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, Product Reviews, Review

Yep, the Seiki SE50UY04 is an Ultra HD TV for $1,400. Don’t believe it? Here it is for sale on Amazon. It’s a 50-inch, 3,840 x 2,160, LED LCD, for the same price as a mid-range plasma or LCD. Since the only other Ultra HDTVs we’ve seen have been of the $20,000 variety, to call [...]

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First Look at the Seiki SE50UY04 Affordable Ultra HDTV

April 16th, 2013 · 7 Comments · 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, LED LCD Flat Panels, News

Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV, or “4K”) packs four times the resolution of regular HDTVs. Until this week, they also came with ultra high prices. The first models, introduced late last year, cost $20K-$25K. Samsung is offering an 85-incher for $40K. Sony’s 55-inch UHDTV is $5,000. This week, Chinese TV maker Seiki (pronounced SAY-key), began [...]

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Seiki 50-inch Breaks the Ultra HDTV Price Barrier

April 13th, 2013 · 1 Comment · 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, News

Less than one week after Sony announced its 55-inch Ultra High Definition TV will retail for $5000, Chinese TV maker Seiki Digital  just introduced a 50-inch UHDTV that is street priced at $1299.99. It is available now for purchase. The Seiki UHDTV has an LED LCD edge lit panel with a rated 120 Hz refresh.  [...]

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New Sony and Sharp Ultra HDTV Product Information Revealed

April 8th, 2013 · No Comments · 3D HDTV, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, Digital Media Receivers, LED LCD Flat Panels, News

Updated 4/8/2013 Sony confirmed this week it will be shipping its 4K( UHD TV) media player now called the FMP-X1 at a retail price of $699. First announced at the 2013 International CES in Las Vegas, the FMP-X1 provide UHDTV owners access to true 3840 x 2160 content. It will come pre-loaded with 10 Sony [...]

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What’s UPP? More HDTV Makers Join a One-Price Program

February 27th, 2013 · 20 Comments · 3D HDTV, 4K Flat Panel, Connected TVs, News, Plasma

A disturbing new trend is sweeping across the TV industry, and it affects what kind of deal you can get on your next television. It started with Samsung, which in 2012 announced a Unilateral Pricing Policy (UPP), which legally permits them to set the minimum price its dealers charge for HDTVs. The program covered all [...]

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OLED TV Begins to Show Some Signs of Life

February 18th, 2013 · 3 Comments · 3D HDTV, 4K Flat Panel, Connected TVs, News, OLED

  OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) TVs have been promoted for years as the ultimate display technology. They’re wafer thin, light weight, bright, very energy efficient, creates rich saturated colors, have no motion blur and  a very wide viewing angle. However, until a number of new announcements last week, the technology appeared to be unable [...]

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Ultra HD Television Roundup

February 7th, 2013 · 1 Comment · 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels

If you read any CES coverage, you know the big buzz was around Ultra HD, or “4K,” televisions. There are a few models out now, with even more due out in the next few months. Here’s what’s here, and here’s what’s coming.

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CES Wrapup: 4K, OLED, 4K OLED, and some other stuff

January 15th, 2013 · 5 Comments · 3D HDTV, 4K Flat Panel, 4K LED LCD, LCD Flat Panel, LED LCD Flat Panels, OLED, Plasma

Surprising no one (or at least, no one who was paying attention), the big news at CES 2013 was the resolution formally known as 4K: Ultra HD. Big screens, bigger screens, and even some not-so-big screens all sported the new fancy buzz word. Of course, no one was talking about the real issue…

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