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Flat Panel TV Market In Freefall Prices Crash 66% The flat panel TV market is in a volatile state claims a senior GFK executive with vendors and retailers facing a potential crash due to falling prices and saturation demand.

Changhong Launches TV Promotion From today, users who purchase selected Changhong LED and plasma TVs may be eligible to receive a bonus LCD TV.

A 46" Full HD Sanyo TV Was Last Years Most Popular Fathers Day Purchase Dick Smith is looking to bulk up sales by spruiking Father’s Day purchases that are often made at the last minute versus days out for mothers. In 2009 the most popular item was a 46" Sanyo TV claims the retailer.

New Federal Election Could Hurt TV Sales Claim Retailers TV sales in Australia are flat with some vendors including Panasonic reporting a slowdown in demand due to the recent Federal Election and a “reluctance” by consumers to part with savings said a leading research Company.

0.29cm 3D TV & New Broom Herald Changes at LG OZ EXCLUSIVE: It’s a case of new broom sweeps clean at LG Electronics as senior management set about establishing new consumer electronics marketing programs in an effort to take TV and appliance market share away from a surging Samsung and a struggling Sony.

Forget About The NBN The Battle For Fast Broadband Is In Retail Stores EXCLUSIVE: A broadband battle of a different sort to the current NBN fight is set to break out in consumer electronic stores, as retailers like JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman get set to spruik a new generation of Internet enabled TVs, tablets, receivers and Blu-ray players.

Cranky Gerry & Harvey Norman Slammed As Rude & Overpriced When the boss of Harvey Norman, Gerry Harvey, decided go around with Ruslan Kogan, the CEO of Kogan Technologies web site over the quality of their respective TV offerings, I don’t think that he banked on consumers coming out in force to slam his own operation.

$9m Loss & $201m Slump In Sales For Sony OZ EXCLUSIVE: Sony Australia has reported a $201 million dollar slump in sales during the past financial year, profits have gone from $49 million in 2009 to a loss of $9 million in 2010.The fall has been attributed to aggressive marketing by Samsung, LG and Panasonic that forced Sony to start discounting across their entire product portfolio.

Gerry Harvey Slams Kogan As A Con Who Sells Inferior Products He’s a loud mouthed, 26 year-old publicity seeker who’s already attracted the attention of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission for misleading advertising, now Ruslan Kogan, the CEO of the Kogan web site has been labelled “a con”, a fly by night retailer and a person who sells “inferior products” by no other than Gerry Harvey, the head of Harvey Norman.

Netgear & Panasonic To Deliver IPTV Capability Netgear Australia and Panasonic is set to announce a deal that will see Netgear's USB wireless networking dongles certified for use with their IP enabled HDTVs.

Online Vendor Takes Cheap Shot At Harvey Norman Pricing Ruslan Kogan, founder of Kogan Technologies is again trying to drum up publicity for his online store which was recently described by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission of offering misleading savings, by taking on Samsung, LG and Sony with the release of a new TV range.

Panasonic Responds To Wii Promotion Ruling Panasonic has today issued a statement regarding its Wii Promotion in 2008.

Panasonic Guilty Of Misleading Consumers In Bonus Wii Promotion The Federal Court has found Panasonic guilty of deceptive advertising and misleading consumers under section 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974, for its 2008 Christmas Bonus Wii promotion.

Federal Election And No 3D Content Hurting TV Sales As digital TV sales hits 73percent penetration in Australia, TV manufacturers are starting to witness a slowdown in sales with several retailers claiming that the Federal Election and a lack of 3D content is hurting sales.

Panasonic Embraces Parental Lock Scheme Following the announcement of ACMA that integrated digital televisions, set-top boxes and personal video recorders must have parental locks beginning 4 February of next year, Panasonic has confirmed that its current products are already compliant.

Parental Locks Coming To Digital TV Receivers Parents can soon be able to determine which digital television programs can be watched by their children, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority issuing a technical standard to make parental lock a required feature of digital television receivers sold in Australia from 4 February 2011.

WA Has The Grumpiest Consumers And Panasonic Plasma Is King Panasonic Hisence and Virgin Mobile are among the most trusted brands in Australia whilst the “grumpiest” CE consumers live in WA according to a new consumer survey.

Would you Believe It Sony Has Finally Made A Profit Would you believe it? Sony has finally made a profit selling flat panel TVs and Blu ray players. The profit comes after the company slashed over 20,000 jobs, and closed 18 major factories. Also contributing to the company's success is a move to third party manufacturers to make Sony products.

Samsung Profit Makes Sony's Look Like Petty Cash As Sony struggle to make a mere US$289 million dollar profit for the quarter, arch rival Samsung Electronics has delivered a whopping US$3.6 billion for the quarter.

Panasonic And Sanyo Set To Merge In OZ As Pana Take 100 Per Cent Panasonic is planning to take 100 per cent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works for an outlay of around $10.5 Billion; the move could result in the two companies merging their operations in Australia, said Bill Crichton Vice President of Sanyo Asia Pacific.

Internet TV Set To Be Mainstream Before 3D Claims Experts Internet-enabled TV's are proving more popular than 3D TV's claims a leading research Company they have also tipped lower shipments of 3D enabled TV's. They also claim that IPTV will become mainstream ahead of 3D TV.

Harvey Norman Sales Fall IT & CE Hit Harvey Norman, who earlier this month paid $55M for Clive Peeters, has reported a 4 per cent drop in sales. What is not known is how far sales on consumer electronics and IT products fell in the last quarter.

Consumer Electronics Market Continues To Grow Rapid sales of new gadgets such as Apple's iPad and ebooks coupled with a new generation of TVs have prompted the Consumer Electronics Association to project an increase in global sales of consumer electronics goods.

Which CE Retailer Is Close To Doing A Clive Peeters? According to the CEO of Woolworths, another Australian consumer electronics retailer is in the same financial position as Clive Peeters was in before they went broke.

GFK TV Sales Data Not Accurate Say GfK who are having to second guess their consumer electronics and IT research data in Australia after JB Hi Fi and Retravision WA refused them access to sales data has estimated that 140,000 large screen TVs were sold during the World Cup period of May to June 2010.

LCD TV Proving Popular, Price High Due To Component Shortages LCD TV manufacturers have been suffering from key component shortages related to LED backlights in the first quarter of 2010, resulting in higher prices, according to a new report by DisplaySearch.

Samsung Launch $10,000 Premium LED TV Samsung is set to target the top end of the premium LED TV market with a new $10,000, 55” TV that comes with its own touch screen remote and discreet pop down menu.

Sony Boss Spends $500M Promoting 3D TVs He Doesn’t Have Sony CEO, Sir Howard Stringer, believes that those “silly” 3D glasses needed to view 3D TV is helping reunite families by bring everyone together for TV events. He has also taken a stab at the performance of past Japanese management at Sony and is now claiming that Sony is not staking its future on 3D TV's.

Simon Baker To Front Samsung Campaign Samsung Electronics Australia has turned to Australian actor Simon Baker, star of the Channel Nine series The Mentalist, to communicate its Turn on Tomorrow brand campaign.

Sharp Extends Topfield PVR Promo Sharp will extend its PVR promotion for another month following growing consumer and retailer demand.

Samsung Hurting Sony As They Chase 32 per cent TV Growth Samsung Electronics who yesterday tipped a record US$4.1 Billion profit is set to hurt the struggling Sony claim analysts as the Korean giant looks for further growth in the highly competitive consumer electronics market.

Secret Samsung TV With 1TB Of Storage To Be Launched In OZ EXCLUSIVE: A brand new HD TV is set to be launched in Australia that includes a 1 terabyte hard drive, IP connectivity, built-in Foxtel, Telstra BigPond movies as well as 3D TV technology.

3D Plasma Set To Be Hot As Panasonic Cranks Up LED Capability Panasonic who has made a name for itself selling plasma TVs, is set to take on Samsung and LG with a new generation of LED and LCD TVs following their acquisition of Hitachi’s entire stake in an LCD TV manufacturing business.

Analogue Broadcasts Switched Off Today Although many Australians are not ready for it, analogue television services are being switched off today for the start of the new digital-only television service in Australia.

Teac Gets New Brand Ambassadors Teac announced that it has signed partnerships with Mark Winterbottom of Ford Performance Racing and Darren Lockyer of the Brisbane Broncos. The two will now act as brand ambassadors and help build consumer awareness of the brand.

New Custom Colour 3D TV brand Launched In OZ A new premium TV brand that allows consumers to choose custom colours such as Ferrari red has been launched at this year’s CEDIA Expo in Melbourne. The NuVision range which is being distributed by Advance Audio Australia comes with a 3 year warranty.

Sanyo Backs New AFL Team Sanyo announced that it will take the role of major campaign partner to Team GWS, the first AFL team for Greater Western Sydney.

Panasonic Ready For Digital Switchover Panasonic announced that its new Viera televisions, Blu-ray players and recorders, as well as DVD players and recorders will carry a digital ready high definition label to help consumers make the switch.

Topfield Contestants Beat Guinness World Record Topfield announced that Joanne and Alanah Argyrou, soccer loving sisters from Sydney’s inner west, have broken the current Guinness World Record of 86 hours for a non-stop TV watching marathon.

Drug Smuggling Samsung Heiress Controversy Samsung has been forced to issue an official denial after a Beverly Hills resident, caught with 230 kilos of marijuana on her Gulfstream jet claimed she was part of the Korean family that own Samsung.

South Australia And Broken Hill Get Digital TV Assistance Senator Stephen Conroy announced that contractors were able to install and demonstrate digital set top boxes for eligible households in regional South Australia and Broken Hill as part of the switchover to digital TV.

Ultra HD TV Is Coming With 7680 X 4320 Pixel Just when the market has got use to HD TV a Japanese research lab has shown Ultra HD running on a plasma TV which delivers a 7680 X 4320 pixel image.

Staff Demand Apology After Gerry Harvey Catches Them Out Harvey Norman staff is up in arms after billionaire boss Gerry Harvey donned a disguise to expose poor service in his stores, now they want him to apologise after he described one employee as being "Terrible" and in need of retraining.

Samsung Revenues Surge As Profits Hit $24M Samsung Australia, who five years ago were struggling to get traction in the Australian market is now outperforming most other consumer electronics Companies including LG, Apple, Google and Sony.

New 3D Sanyo Projectors Deliver Big Screen Experience Sanyo who is now working closely with Panasonic Australia in the Pro AV and education markets, has introduced two ultra short-focus projectors with 3D capability. Ideal for the booming education market the new models uncorporate a smaller DLP engine and reduced optics system.

Correction: Kogan Technologies On 20 May 2010, this website published an article written by me titled, “Dodgy Online Retailer Takes a Swipe at Clive Peeters & Harvey Norman”. Kogan Technologies claim that article contained a number of errors.

3D TV Launch Fibs & Lack Of Stock Haunt Sony OZ Sony Australia who last night launched their 3D TV offering in time for the FIFA World Cup is refusing to say whether they have stock problems or how much 3D TV stock they have in Australia. They have also refused to answers questions about why they lied to journalists about the launch date of their 3D TV offering.

Samsung OZ Rips Up The AV Market With 27% Growth After spending millions of dollars building their brand in Australia Samsung is starting to reap the benefits with the Company outperforming the market in several categories including audio visual, telecommunications and appliances.

3D TV vs 2D Live Sport Coverage Review Queensland may have won last night’s State Of Origin game, but it was 2D TV that scored all the goals when it came down to 2D vs 3D coverage of the NRL blockbuster.

$300 32" HD LED TV And $800 50" HD Plasma By Xmas, Say Experts The price of LED TVs is set to fall by up to 25 percent, however, a slide in the Australian dollar may negate the price cuts being passed on to consumers, several vendors have told ChannelNews.