Samsung, LG TVs Updated To Relieve COVID-19 Cabin Fever
As the COVID-19 pandemic increases reliance on digital streaming entertainment to help weather the viral storm, two of the world’s largest television manufacturers announced this week additional new capabilities now available to owners of some of their smart TV sets. On Wednesday, Samsung revealed that…
OMDIA: NA TV Shipments Dropped 3% In 2019
Shipments to North American of flat-panel TV sets declined 3% in 2019 to 42.5 million units, according to year-end numbers compiled by Omdia (the new name of display tech research firm IHS Markit). The firm further forecasts a 0.9% decline for the category (combined LCD…
LG’S OLED Panels Garner UL Verification For Low Blue Light
LG Display revealed Tuesday that its Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) panel technology has received Underwriting Laboratories’ (UL) “Low Blue Light Display (OLED)” Verified Mark for user safety. High levels of blue light emitted by flat-panel displays is considered a safety issue due to its…
LG To Add Apple TV App To Many 2019, 2020 4K Ultra HDTVs
LG Electronics revealed Monday that it is making the Apple TV app available in “compatible 2019 LG smart TVs”. The addition, which was previously announced as coming to its 2020 smart TVs, is now expanding to many existing 2019 models as well as some 2018…
LG Slashes Prices On B9 OLED TVs For Super Bowl
Are you ready for some OLED football? Super Bowl LIV has all of the signs of being one of the greatest shootouts of all time, both from the standpoint of the talent on the Kansas City Chiefs’and the suddenly transcendent San Francisco Forty-Niners’ rosters, and…
2020 LG TV Lineup Adds ATSC 3.0, Film Maker Mode
LG Electronics used CES 2020 to unveil its 2020 TV lineup, which this year will place greater emphasis on very large screen size models (72-inches and up), 8K sets in both NanoCell LED-LCD TVs and OLED technologies, and the actual delivery of the first rollable…
LG Hints At New Soundbar Updates Before CES 2020
LG Electronics’ (LG) corporate office in South Korea revealed Thursday that the company will use CES 2020 (starting Jan. 6th) to launch its new soundbar lineup, which has been designed to integrate easily and visually with the company’s televisions while delivering premium quality audio, easy…
LG Begins 8K OLED TV Pitch In Japan Prior To Olympics
LG Electronics began the retail rollout of its 8K OLED TVs in Japan Tuesday as the country’s broadcaster NHK prepares to present the first 8K video coverage for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The South Korean company has placed its 88-inch LG Signature 8K OLED model…
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