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Sharp Debuts Low Power Solar Powered LCD TV According to about-electronics.eu, Sharp has exhibited a prototype of a 26-inch LCD TV whose power consumption is drastically low at the “Environment Showcase” set by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the recent G8 Summit.

PDPs Face Pressure As LCD Prices Plummet According to digitimes.com, LCD makers are stepping up their pressure on PDP competition in the 32-inch TV segment, which is seeing more robust sales than larger-size segments amid the global economic downturn.

Akai Relaunches In Oz And Audion Gets The Bragging Rights This morning, Audion Innovision has announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Grande Group, which will see the company re-launch well known electronics brand Akai back to Australian consumers.

TV War Gets Brutal & Nasty Only One Winner Consumers A brutal flat panel TV war has broken out with retailers pumping millions into catalogues and vendors tipping millions into TV marketing and below the line giveaways in an effort to entice consumers to buy a new TV system prior to the Beijing Olympic Games.

Philips Give Its TVs A Greener Profile In a conscious effort to be greener, Philips has announced that its new 2008 range of ‘Made in Europe’ Flat TVs will have an energy standby power of 0.2W and will comply with the new voluntary 10-star energy rating system.

Confirmed: Samsung Blu-Ray / Foxtel HD Free Giveaway As reported last week by Smarthouse, Samsung is giving customers that purchase one of their selected HD LCD TVs the choice of either Foxtel HD with the iQ2 set top box or a Samsung Blu-ray player

Internet Ready Sony Bravia TV's And New Content Service Soon Sony is set to roll out a new Internet content service spanning movies games and music however several Hollywood studio's have failed to sign on for the new service which is expected to be launch later this year in Australia. The Japanese Company is also set to roll out several new devices that can be connected to each other over the web. Among those products will be Internet capable Bravia TV's, PS3 consoles, Vaio computers and portable video games devices such as the Sony PSP.

Massive TV War Looming Samsung And Pana Set To Match Sony PS3 Offer Consumer buying a flat panel TV pre the Beijing Olympic Games are set to be the big winners after Sony kicked off what looks set to be a brutal giveaway war between Panasonic, Samsung and Sony with their free 35,000 Sony PS3 giveaway promotion.

Sony To Give Away Tens Of Thousands Of PS3 Consoles Following on from their success earlier this year Sony has decided to giveaway tens of thousands of PS3 Playstations in an effort to boost sales of their Bravia TV range prior to the Olympics.

Flat Panel TV Market To Peak Between 2009 and 2011 Then What? The flat panel TV market will peak between 2009 and 2011 claims research group DisplaySearch however the market in 2008 will be driven by falling TV prices, the DTV transition and the demand for higher resolution,” noted Calvin Hsieh, DisplaySearch’s Director of Research.

UPDATED: Panasonic Set To Be Saviour Of Australian Rugby Union Panasonic is today set to announce a multi million dollar sponsorship deal that could well be the savior for the cash strapped Australian Rugby Union who last year reported a $4.7 million loss.

Panasonic Introduces Energy Ratings Labels Panasonic says it will introduce energy rating labels for its televisions following the Federal Government’s voluntary scheme announcement today.

Feds Call For Discussion On Digital TV Dates Could Be Changed The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today announced the release of a discussion paper covering a legislative framework for the digital television switchover which could be bought forward from 2013 subject to a legislation change.

Ericsson Unveils The Future Of TV Only hours ago, Ericsson unveiled the future, as it sees it, of the humble TV, and if you believe the Swedish tech company, the TV set will be transformed from what is virtually now a dumb terminal to the controlling apex of our home and mobile communications and entertainment.

Pioneer Electronics To Open Three New Stores Pioneer Electronics Australia has not denied that it will open their own retail store in Australia. This week in the USA the Company announced that it plans to open three additional locations this year. The stores, like previous Pioneer stores will showcase and sell the company’s full home entertainment line, as well as several products exclusive to Pioneer’s direct sale program.

Panasonic Leading The World In Plasma TV Development Under the slogan “Built in Genius and Eco Ideas” Panasonic has rolled out an ultra thin 50” plasma display in Sydney that is just 24.7mm thick and weighing in at only 22kg. They are also set to cut plasma power consumption significantly while lifting the brightness that the screens deliver.

14 New TVs From Panasonic And First 500GB Recordable Blu ray An aggressive Panasonic who during the last quarter have often been overall market leader in the flat panel TV market has rolled out an impressive new range of products including a 46” plasma TV the first twin tuner recordable Blu ray player and a new LCD TV range.

Sony & Samsung LCD Price War Helps Plasmas Reports coming out of Asia suggest that Sony and Samsung Electronics will drastically reduced prices for some of their large-size LCD TVs, forcing other vendors to look at plasma display panel (PDP) TVs as a competitive solution.

Panasonic To Launch Web Enabled Plasma Days after LG and Samsung rolled out new LCD TV's Panasonic a major sponsor of the Olympic games in Beijing is this week, set to roll out a new range of web enabled plasma TV's a new generation of home theatre kits and new blu ray players.

LG May See Red But Its All Black To Pioneer Unless you are working over at LG, where the colour of the month is scarlet and bar a smattering of brushed aluminium, black is just about the only colour that you can get in TV’s these days.

GE Money Thugs Bought Into Line By ASIC GE Money who are renown for heavy handed collection practises and massive interest rates has been slammed by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. The Company, who partner with several major consumer electronic retailers, have been known to send in "thugs" to collect payments and in some cases have used "intimidating practises", according to State government sources.

National Scheme Needed For TV Recycling TV manufacturer Panasonic has called for an industry-funded scheme to recycle old television sets, which they say will have a negative impact on the environment.

82" Of Ultra Raw TV Revealed By Samsung Samsung Electronics has cranked up the TV industry another notch with the announcement of a industry's first 82-inch LCD TV panel with an ultra-definition (UD) of 3,840×2,160 resolution at a 120Hz.

Global LCD Shipments Down But Still Top 36 Million Units According to LCD researchers WitsView, global large-sized panel shipments in April reached 36.6 million units, dropping slightly by 1.6 per cent, but equivalent to an annual increase of 29.7 per cent, mainly contributed by the IT panel segment.

LG To Rebrand Samsung LCD TV's Samsung To Buy From LG The Korean Times has reported that LG is set to buy some of their TV panels from Samsung in an effort to be more competitive. The news comes as LG rolls out a new Scarlet LCD TV. It has also been revealed that Samsung is set to buy 37" LCD TV's from LG.

Pioneer Plans Revealed Kuro In LCD TV's Pioneer Electronics engineers believe that by integrating their plasma Kuro display engine into a new generation of LCD panels built by Sharp that they will be able to deliver the worlds best LCD TV's. The new LCD models which are set to be rolled out later this year according to Company insiders will be significantly "superior" to LCD TV offerings from the likes of Sony, Samsung and LG they say.

Major Pioneer Electronics Restructure Confirmed As tipped by ChannelNews Pioneer Australia has announced a major restructuring of their operation in an effort to compete in the TV display, home theatre and sound market. The following statement has just been issued.

Green Is The Hot New Consumer Electronic Colour As TV vendors battle it out over scarlet red TV's it appears that green is red hot with consumers. During the past 12 months consumer electronic consumers in there millions have switched on the green side of their brain in an effort to help the planet.

Samsung Pinches BMW Idea To Fuel TV War Samsung Electronics who are proving to be a power house in the flat panel TV market have taken a leaf out of the BMW marketing manual by naming their new range of flat panel TV as series 5, 6 and 7 as opposed to BMW’s 3,5,6,& 7 series range.

LG In Fantasy Land LG has created an online football fantasy game for NRL and AFL fans to play for a chance to win an LG plasma and LCD TV. The move complements the company's sponsorship of AFL and NRL teams.

Massive TV War Set To Be Played Out COMMENT: A massive TV war is set to break out in Australia as vendors struggle to get share in a declining market.

Sweet Oz Actor In Hollywood Controversy TV Vendor Slammed Australian actor Gary Sweet and former Home and Away star Sharni Vinson have found himself embroiled in a fake TV series controversy involving a global TV vendor desperate to lift their profile in Australia up against the likes of Sony and Samsung.

JVC Says Sionara To Japanese LCDs According to reports from overseas, JVC will stop making LCD televisions in Japan and shift its production overseas in a bid to raise its flagging profitability.

New AV Brand Launches In Australia Australia’s newest AV and consumer electronics brand, owned and distributed by Natcomp, will shortly launch its range of quality audio visual products to Australian consumers.

Pioneer To Announce Major Restructure Pioneer Australia is set to announce a major restructure of their operation according to Company insiders. The news comes as the Company struggles to get traction in the Australian market due a lack of an LCD TV range which the Company is set to roll out later this year.

Samsung Outsources LCD Orders As Price War Brews Samsung Electronics will be sending its LCD TV OEM orders to Taiwanese companies TPV Technology and Qisda, in a bid to stay competitive in the LCD space as rumours of a price war with rival Sony gather pace.

Is Samsung Chairman A Crook & Unfit To Run The Company? Investigators are set to charge senior Samsung Group executives with corruption. Not adverse to illegal actions the executives which include among them the Chairman and his son are set to face massive fines, repayment of back taxes and possible jail terms.

Vizio Say No To OZ After Bad Experience Senior executives of flat panel TV brand Vizio one of the most successful TV brands in the USA have said that they are not interested in Australia after a disastrous experience with husband and wife team Stefan Wisniewski and his wife Theresa the operators of PRO AV distributor Digital Video Technologies. They were also directors of Vizio Pty Ltd that a Company that had criminal links.

Vizio Say No To OZ After Bad Experience Senior executives of flat panel TV brand Vizio one of the most successful TV brands in the USA have said that they are not interested in Australia after a disastrous experience with husband and wife team Stefan Wisniewski and his wife Theresa the operators of PRO AV distributor Digital Video Technologies. They also use to run Vizio Pty Ltd that had criminal links.

Sony Upbeat About Transition To Digital TV Regardless of what is said about digital TV in Australia, every vendor knows that its full adoption is only a matter of time- and none is happier about that than Sony.

60% Of Consumers Need To Buy A HD TV Soon Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, today met with the Industry Advisory Group, charting the transition to digital television. “Digital switchover will be finalised by the end of 2013, however we still need to convert the nearly 60 per cent of Australians who currently do not receive digital free to air broadcasts,” Senator Conroy said.

Its Offical 42% Of Consumers Now Watching Digital TV 42% of Australians are now watching HD TV according to research released today by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. This is just over two out of five Australian households. However the big shock is that 64% of Tasmanians have become avid watchers of HD TV.

Successful Channel Selling 101 A number of leading international and local ICT analysts will speak about the shifting technology marketplace and how this affects vendors at IDC's annual Directions conference on May 6th in Sydney.

Stupid Consumers Try To Stop Sony Sharp TV Deal How stupid can you get. A bunch of whinging consumers in the USA are now trying to stop Sharp from producing Sony LCD panels. They claim that it will artificially result in higher prices, less innovation and fewer jobs.

International Dynamics Responds To Losses In a formal press released issued to ChannelNews and SmartHouse International Dynamics have responded to our exclusive story re the restructure of their business saying that will be refocussing their activities following changes to their distribution arrangements in relation to Klipsch Synergy, InFocus and Loewe.

Philips Gets Right Up the Noses Of Greenpeace Only days after announcing an Eco TV Philips have got right up the noses of Greenpeace activists who claim that the Company is not doing enough to manage the consumer electronic waste that their products generate. Philips say this is the responsibility of consumers not the likes of Philips.

Radio Rentals To Quit Stores For Online EXCLUSIVE: Radio Rentals is set to do away with bricks and mortar retail stores that sell CE products and appliances, instead the Company is investing millions in a new online operation according to Company Managing Director John Hughes.

Beijing Olympics Driving LCD Production Sky High In its latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report, DisplaySearch has reported that China FPD TV shipments reached a record high of 9.6 million units in 2007, including 8.8 million units of LCD and 0.8 million units of PDP (Plasma) TVs.

TV Supply Market To Fall Short By 10% The burning issue for both retailers and vendors selling flat panel display is whether the market will continue growing following two interest rate rises and a fall out in the bottom end of the property market. Also set to impact the Australian market is the supply of flat panel TV’s with researchers forcasting a supply shortfall of 10%.

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