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Vizio to Demo 3D Blu-ray Player and HDTVs

Vizio announced that it will showcase active and passive-type 3D TVs and a Blu-ray 3D player at CEA Line Shows, June 22-23, 2010 in New York City.
According to the statement, on display will be two 3D televisions that demonstrate active and passive 3D HDTV solutions. The 55″ TruLED Active 3D HDTV incorporates a frame sequential [...]

LG Goes Commercial With 3D

LG Electronics announced that it is demonstrating a 3D projector, 3D HDTVs and 3D gaming monitors this week at InfoComm 2010.

3D-Ready DLP Projectors On The Rise

Texas Instruments announced that Digital Light Processing (DLP) products are gaining additional market traction with the global deployment of 3D-ready data projectors.

Panasonic Launches Ultra-Large 3D Pro Plasma Displays

Panasonic Corporation announced it will start taking orders for its professional-use ultra-large Full HD 3D plasma display panels (PDPs) on July 1, 2010.
According to the statement, the displays include 152-inch (TH-152UX1) as well as 103-inch (TH-103VX200) and 85-inch (TH-85VX200) models. Shipments are scheduled to start in the Japanese and American markets in autumn this year [...]

Panasonic 3D Hits Canadian Stores Today

Panasonic Canada announced that, beginning today, its Full HD 3D Plasma Home Theatre Suite of products are available at Future Shop, Best Buy and independent VIERA Studio retailers nationwide, with full roll out expected by the end of June.
According to the statement, this includes Panasonic’s VIERA VT25 Plasma 3D HDTV Series consisting of the TC-P50VT25 [...]

Vizio Pleased With Q1 Results

Vizio announced that many of its newest high performance products and technologies found greater success in Q1 2010.
According to the statement, notable among these are the growth in LED and large screen (50″+) HDTVs that resulted in an average selling price that grew 27% for the quarter. Vizo, which sold 1.066 million LCD HDTVs in [...]

Insignia TVs to Integrate TiVo Software

TiVo Inc. and Best Buy Co., Inc. announced that development is underway to integrate TiVo’s software and television services into broadband-connected Insignia televisions.

Google TV Coming to a Living Room Near You

Google announced at the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco that leading industry players are working on Google TV — an open platform that adds the power of the web to the television viewing experience.

Panasonic to Demonstrate 3D at 2010 Cable Show

Panasonic announced that it will demonstrate its Full HD 3D VIERA Plasma displays as well as its latest cable technologies this week at the National Cable & Telecommunications Cable Show, today through May 13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Consumer Reports Tests 3D HDTVs

Consumer Reports announced that it tested several new 3D HDTV sets in its labs and found that the sets live up to their advance billing, but the average consumer shouldn’t rush out to buy one.
According to the statement, Consumer Reports evaluated two 46-inch Samsung LCD sets (UN46C7000 $2,600 ; UN46C8000, $2,800) and a 50-inch Panasonic [...]

Starlight to Manufacture and Market Polaroid LCD TVs

PLR IP Holdings, LLC, the owner of the Polaroid brand, announced the signing of a 6-year licensing agreement with consumer electronics manufacturer and distributor, Starlight Marketing Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Starlight International Holdings Limited.

Panasonic 3D Plasma HDTVs Shipping in May

Panasonic announced pricing and retail availability dates for its VIERA VT25 Series of Full HD 3D Plasma TVs.
According to the statement, the first VIERA VT25 models will be available in early May in 50-inch class ($2,599.95) and 54-inch class ($2,999.95) sizes with 58-inch class ($3,399.95) and 65-inch class ($4,299.95) sizes to follow in June.

Hon Hai Precision to Produce LCD TVs for Sony Europe

Sony Corporation announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. (Foxconn) for the production of LCD TVs for Europe.

Sharp Develops Four-Primary-Color 3D LCD TV

Sharp Corporation announced that it has developed the world’s first four-primary-color 3D LCD featuring the industry’s highest brightness with extremely low crosstalk (undesirable double-contour “ghost” images).
According to the statement, in general, 3D LCDs use a system based on time-sequential display technology with special active LC (liquid crystal) shutter glasses. In this system, images intended for [...]

DisplaySearch Updates 3D TV Forecast

DisplaySearch announced that it has increased its 2010 forecast for 3D-capable TV shipments.
According to the statement, DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly TV Design and Features Report forecasts the market to grow from 2.5 million 3D-capable TVs shipped in 2010 to 27 million sets in 2013.