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COMMENT: Why Smart TVs Are Plain Dumb COMMENT: When the Financial Review recently panned a new so called 'Smart' Sony Bravia TV, using the headline ‘Beautiful but not Smart’ the reviewer touched on a subject that could well have an adverse impact on several TV vendors.
Retail & Gaming Booming Say The Experts General retail sales grew in September by 1.4% while the sale of video and computer games in Australia are poised to outstrip last year's record figure, which fell just short of $2 billion claim research group GFK and the Australian Retail Association.
ACCC Responds To SmartHouse Samsung Story The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission have finally confirmed that they have changed the wording of an original statement concerning Samsung and their recalled LED TV stand.
Feds Boost Digital TV Sales The roll out of a national marketing campaign for the switch over to digital TV is driving consumers into retail stores claims a senior Harvey Norman executive who also claims that consumer sentiment is” significantly better now” than it was 12 months ago.
One Inch Eco Plasma War Looming UPDATED: Samsung is set to do battle with Panasonic as the two companies lock horns with new one inch thick plasma TV's that deliver energy savings of up to 40%.
Panasonic Delivers Full HD 1080p Wireless TV Panasonic who today launched a new wireless TV in Australia is the first manufacturer to achieve full high definition wireless transmission of 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels progressive) in a thin 24.7 mm plasma TV.
Honda Buys Into Pioneer As Big Losses Tipped The Honda Motor Company is set to take a stake in Pioneer Electronics who early next month will announce losses of A$2 billion - less than what was originally projected.
Panasonic Turns On Plasma Market As consumers start to move away from large flat panel TV's plasma sales have come under pressure with the market declining 8% during the last quarter according to research Company DisplaySearch. However the big winner during the last quarter was Panasonic who grew their share to 47 percent, followed by Samsung 26 percent and LGE 20 percent.
Cell TV From Toshiba To Deliver Awesome Capability Privately executives from Samsung and LG who are attending this year’s CES show in Las Vegas are concerned about Toshiba’s Cell processor and their upcoming Cell TV offering. They know that the processor has an enormous amount of headroom and processing capability and that if integrated properly into either a TV or a separate set top box could deliver enormous processing capability for managing TV and online content or gaming.
Olympic TV Coverage In Jeopardy TV networks including Channel Seven in Australia are up in arms with Chinese officals with questions now being raised about the live coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to live coverage bans stringent security and the failure of the Chinese to release broadcast gear shipped into China.
Feds Roll Out New Energy Ratings Scheme The Rudd government today released its new plan to help householders save energy and money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Wireless TV Screens Set To Be Hot In 2008 A new generation of flat screen TVs with built in wireless is set to be rolled out at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. The move if successful could see the removal of device cords in and out of a TV.
The Best & Worst TVs Identified: Consumer Report When it comes to flat screen TV reliability Hitachi is the worst LCD TV and Philips the worst plasma TV. Panasonic's 50" plasma is the best TV overall, according to an Annual Product Reliability Survey conducted by US organisation Consumer Reports.
Samsung And LG Slug It Out In Berlin The two Korean consumer electronic heavyweights Samsung and LG have gone head to head at the IFA trade show in Berlin despite the Korean Government trying to make out the two are working hand in hand in the best interests of South Korea.
Plasma Sales Set To Bleed As LCD TV Takes Hold The Australian TV market is in for a shake up with researchers claiming that plasma sales will be cut to a mere 15% of the market by late in 2008.
