Got A TV As A Present? Extend The Warranty
Tis the season to give or receive a new giant-screen 4K or 8K Ultra HDTV, and as you begin the process of unboxing and setting up that new jewel, we’d like to offer a word of caution: TVs today don’t always make it to the…
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 Kicks Off Black Friday TV Promotions
LG Electronics is celebrating the holidays a little early this year by offering “Black Friday” sale pricing on some of its top-performing televisions, including its 4K OLED and 4K Super UHD LED-LCD TVs, at authorized dealers across the country. The special deals begin today and…
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…
5 Stations Join ATSC 3.0 Phoenix Test Project
The next generation of over-the-air TV broadcasting continues its slow transition to the ATSC 3.0 standard with five stations joining the experimental Phoenix Model Market project. The FCC this week announced that it has granted requests from five commercial and public U.S. TV broadcasters in…
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