Omdia: 4K UHD TV Shipments Defied Q3-2020 Forecasts
Shipments of television sets continued to defy expectations for the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter of 2020, with overall global unit volume up 15% from the same period a year ago to 62.9 million, according to recently released Global TV market data. A recently…
Reports: Samsung Moving Forward With QNED Display Plans
According to reports out of Korea, Samsung Display (SD) is expected to start investing in production equipment for its version of quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) display panels in 2021. Citing UBI Research, The Elec, a Korean technology business news site, said this week that…
Review: LG SN9YG Dolby Atmos Soundbar Dazzles For $700
In recent years, LG has really stepped up its game when it comes to developing high-fidelity soundbars for both home theater and music listening. The LG 2020 SN9YG Dolby Atmos step-up model we review here is another fine example of that continuing direction. The unit…
Samsung, LG Expected To Bring MiniLED TVs In 2021
A diagram of a TCL MiniLED TV panel stack for the TCL 8 Series.
Samsung Guidance Shows Big Q3 Sales, Profit Gains
The COVID-19 pandemic might be hurting some businesses, but it seems to have significantly helped Samsung Electronics, according to the company’s Q3-2020 earnings guidance statement Thursday. The South Korean consumer electronics giant reported a Q3-2020 operating profit of 12.3 trillion won (approximately $10.6 billion) and…
Marantz Unveils 2-Ch. Integrated Amp, SACD Player
Sound United announced Tuesday the beginning of a new era for its high-performance Marantz brand by introducing a newly designed 2-channel integrated amp and matching high-performance SACD disc/integrated network media player, each designed to offer next-level performance in a package that evokes the legacy of…
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 Sets Up COVID-19 Testing Center In Korea
Samsung Electronics Co. is getting pro-active on containing COVID-19 among its workers by setting up an in-house virus testing center as part of its on-going efforts to keep the pandemic from further disrupting production. According to a report Monday by the Korea Herald, Samsung opened…
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