Headline News To Disappear From Ambient Mode On Samsung TVs
Samsung is at least temporarily ending support for the news headlines service on TV models equipped with its “Ambient Mode” feature, beginning Sept. 30, 2020. Owners of certain Samsung TV models from the past two years equipped with “Ambient Mode headline news”, are now getting…
Samsung Kicks Off Black Friday In July On 2020 QLED TVs
Samsung has kicked off a “Black Friday in July” promotion that is slashing prices on dozens of top-performing 2020 QLED-based 8K and 4K Ultra HD LED-LCD TV models. For a limited time, those interested in upgrading to a new, brighter, higher-performing high-resolution television can get…
Analyst: Samsung To Emphasize QNED Over QD-OLED In 2021
According to a South Korean market research firm, Quantum Dot Organic Light Emitting Diode (QD-OLED) display panels are expected to account for less than 10% of the total large-size OLED panel shipments through 2024. Market research firm UBI Research issued a statement last week saying…
Samsung Eyes 2021 As Start Of New QD-Tech TV Production
Samsung’s display panel manufacturing company Samsung Display plans to begin mass production of new Quantum Dot (QD) based display panels, beginning next year, as a competitive option for higher-margin-producing video display technologies than LCD and OLED panels churned out of China’s new 10-Gen and larger…
Samsung Unveils Its First Outdoor 4K QLED TV Line Called `The Terrace’
Samsung introduced Thursday its first line of 4K Ultra HD QLED TVs designed for use outdoors, called The Terrace. Samsung’s The Terrace outdoor TVs will be available in the 55-, ($3,499 unilateral pricing policy) 65- ($4,999.99 UPP) and 75-inch ($6,499.99 UPP) screen sizes and are…
Analysts Now See TV Sales Growth For ‘Advanced’ Sets
Despite the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, global sales of television sets have seen a significant up tick in demand, according to recent forecasts and sales tracking data services. Texas-based market research firm DSCC recently issued its “Quarterly Advanced TV Shipment and Forecast Report” that…
Samsung 2020 QLED TVs Earn `Eye Safety’ Affirmations
Despite their high brightness and full-array LED blue backlight technology, Samsung QLED 8K and 4K TVs received verification from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in the United States that they present “no photobiological LED hazard” and similarly earned an “eye safety” certification from German-based Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker…
Samsung Health Apps Come Early To 2018, 2019 Smart TVs
In a bit of convenient timing during the COVID-19 crisis, Samsung announced this morning that the new channels planned to be added to the Samsung Heath app on 2020 Samsung smart TVs this summer, are available now as individual fitness apps on 2018 and 2019…
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