Samsung Kicks Off Labor Day TV Promotions
Samsung kicked off today its 2019 Labor Day specials on a series of top-performing televisions, including both 8K and 4K Ultra HD QLED models. Customers can get a jump on the holiday season and save up to $1,000 off the MSRPs on some of this…
LG Display Begins Major OLED Panel Expansion Plan
LG Display announced Friday the official opening its 8.5-generation OLED panel production plant in Guangzhou, China. The 8.5-Gen plant will produce mother glass OLED sheets measuring 2,200mm x 2,500mm and will “usher in an era of producing 10 million large-size OLED panels a year.” LG…
Sony Adds Pair Of Mirrorless APS-C Alpha Cameras
Continuing to move its expert imaging technologies down from higher-end full-frame cameras to more compact models, Sony announced two new Alpha series APS-C cameras, and two E-Mount lenses this week. The new Sony Alpha series mirrorless cameras include the Alpha 6600 (model ILCE-6600) and Alpha…
Moves Suggest Samsung Ending Domestic LCD Production
According to a report out of Korea last week, Samsung Display, the display panel maker for the giant conglomerate, has halted production of some of its Gen-8 LCD panel operations in South Korea, as it turns to its new Gen 11 LCD fab in China…
Dirac Unveils Live Bass Management System
Swedish sound technology developer Dirac introduced today Dirac Live Bass Management for the residential AV market. Dirac Live Bass Management is a unique room acoustics solution that optimizes a system’s subwoofers and speakers to deliver consistent, accurate bass throughout an entire room. The company plans…
Media Titans Square Off With Streaming Services
The over-the-top streaming space got a lot more interesting this week with further announcements of plans for forthcoming and newly launched streaming services that have their sights set on rival Netflix’s crown for digital market supremacy. Among the recent streaming news makers were Apple which…
TCL Unveils 1st Mini-LED 4K UHD QLED LCD TVs
Signaling its plans to move up market in the U.S. television business, TCL introduced Thursday the world’s first full-array micro-LED backlit 4K Ultra HD LCD TV. The 75- and 65-inch “8 Series” sets, which like all TCL North American televisions, will feature The Roku TV…
Roku, Walmart Agree To Audio Product Deal
It looks like anyone interested in picking up a pair of smart speakers optimized for Roku smart TVs, soon will be able to find them at Walmart under the discount store chain’s “onn” private label brand. The announcement was made somewhat cryptically as part of…
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