Premium 2019 LG TVs To Add WiSA Wireless Speaker Support
LG will add WiSA wireless speaker connectivity to 2019 4K OLED and top-end 4K LED-LCD TVs, the company and WiSA technology developer Summit Wireless Technologies revealed Tuesday. LG and Summit, which is a founding member the Wireless Speaker Audio Association that handles the WiSA standard,…
Futuresource: 4K UHD TV Sales To Pass 100M Unit Mark
Sales of 4K Ultra HDTVs are now entering the mainstream around the world, with estimated global shipments surpassing 100 million units for full year 2018, according to a market tracker update just released by U.K.-based market research firm Futuresource Consulting. The analytics firm said shipments…
Sony Slashes Price On Remaining 77″ 4K OLED A1E Models
Anyone interested in getting one of the top performing large-screen 4K Ultra HDTVs on the market might want to quickly jump at Sony’s 77-inch Bravia A1E televisions, now available at a $10,000 savings while supplies last. The company recently introduced a major price break for…
LG Display Reports Profit From OLED TV Panels In Q3
LG Display revealed in its third quarter financial statement Tuesday that its OLED TV panel business “has finally turned to profit” after five years of growth. The unit of South Korea’s LG conglomerate that supplies sister company LG Electronics and other manufacturers with LCD and…
NAD Sends LG’s `Perfect Black’ OLED TV Claim To FTC
LG Electronics has come under fire once again from the National Advertising Division of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council for making claims in promotional materials that its OLED televisions achieve “perfect black” and have “infinite contrast.” The NAD said it has referred the advertising issue made…
IHS: Big Screens, 8K, Advanced TVs Pushing Television Growth
Advanced television sales continue to escalate with Ultra HD TVs on pace to take 50% of global TV shipments for full year 2018, as total television unit shipments rise 3.6% year over year to 226 million units, according to a new IHS Markit report. The…
Sony 65A9F Master Series 4K OLED Wins 2018 ‘TV Shoot Out’
Sony’s new Master Series 65A9F 4K Ultra HD OLED TV narrowly beat out a field of the four top-performing 4K flat-panel televisions for 2018 in voting by a panel of “expert” judges to win the annual “TV Shoot Out” presented by Scarsdale, N.Y. high-end electronics…
LG, Samsung Take First Shots In Coming 8K TV War
Let the 8K war begin! South Korean TV manufacturing rivals Samsung and LG are using the IFA electronics show in Berlin, Germany this week and presumably CEDIA Expo 2018 next week in San Diego to kick off the next chapter in the high-resolution video wars…
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