Samsung Electronics Canada announced it will make its 3D televisions available to consumers beginning March 26, 2010. 3D technology will be available in the LED 9000, 8000, and 7000 series models, as well as the 750 series LCD televisions, plasma 7000 and 8000 series televisions and the BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray Disc (BD) player.
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Samsung Blu-ray Players and HDTVs Feature BLOCKBUSTER On Demand
Blockbuster Inc. announced that BLOCKBUSTER On Demand will reach millions more homes across America through the latest models of Samsung connected HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and Blu-ray integrated home theater systems. According to the statement, BLOCKBUSTER On Demand is part of the newly-launched Samsung Apps, the first HDTV-based application store where users can download [...]
Content Vital to Sales of 3D TVs
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Entertainment and Technology Center (ETC) at the University of Southern California announced that increased availability of 3D content is vitally important to sales of 3D-enabled TVs in 2010 and beyond. According to the statement, content remains the key component in future adoption of 3D in the home. Two-thirds [...]
LOVEFiLM Streaming to Sony TV and Blu-ray
Sony and LOVEFiLM (Europe) announced an agreement that allows LOVEFiLM members to instantly watch thousands of titles directly through the new Sony BRAVIA Internet Video TVs, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and Blu-ray Home Theater kits.
XpanD Announces Universal Active 3D Glasses
XpanD announced that its latest XpanD X103 glasses are designed to work seamlessly within XpanD cinema and with almost all the new 3D-ready TVs of all brands, allowing XpanD X103 owners to use their personal glasses with their friends 3DTVs, 3D computer monitors and XpanD cinema. The new XpanD X103 active 3D glasses are available [...]
Panasonic Touch the Future Tour Kicks Off
Panasonic announced that its 15-city “Panasonic Touch the Future Tour” will kick off on Monday, March 15 with events in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. The public tour will give consumers across the US an opportunity to see, hear and interact with the latest cutting-edge home entertainment products, including a chance to experience [...]
Panasonic Full HD 3D System Now Available
Panasonic and Best Buy announced the world’s first consumer purchase and retail availability of Panasonic’s Full HD 3D home entertainment system certified under the new Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) 3D standard. According to the statement, beginning today, Panasonic’s Full HD 3D Home Theater System will be exclusively available at select Best Buy Stores via Magnolia [...]
Samsung Announces App Store
Samsung Electronics America Inc. announced that it has launched Samsung Apps, the first HDTV-based application store where users can download applications from select 2010 Samsung HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and home theater systems via the upgraded Internet@TV – Content Service.
Samsung Announces 2010 Plasma HDTV Prices
Samsung Electronics America Inc. announced the U.S. availability and pricing of its 2010 portfolio of Ultra-Slim Plasma HDTVs, with three series ranging from 50 inches to 63 inches. According to the statement, six of the eight models of this year’s Ultra-Slim Plasma HDTV line (8000 and 7000 Series) are 3D-enabled, giving consumers the ability to [...]
Samsung Takes Red Carpet into Third Dimension
Samsung Electronics America Inc. announced it will bring the first ever view of Hollywood’s red carpet arrivals live in 3D to guests at an invitation only viewing event at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on Sunday, March 7, 2010. This exclusive event will feature a special closed circuit 3D feed from [...]
24 Percent of Households Have Internet Connected TV
Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) announced that its research shows 24% of all households have a television connected to the Internet. These connections vary from linking through a video game system, a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, or the TV set itself. While Internet connectivity has become a common built-in feature in many products, consumers are [...]
SES WORLD SKIES to Host 3D TV Tests
SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A., announced that it plans to join leading broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3D TV.
DTS Partners with Samsung on Digital TV Audio
DTS, Inc. announced that it has partnered with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd to integrate DTS audio decoding (DTS Digital Surround) technology into virtually all Samsung digital televisions worldwide.
Cost, Content, and Convenience Important for 3D HDTV
The NPD Group announced that while consumers express some interest in 3D TV they may not be running out to purchase a new TV set just yet.
Plasma HDTV Entering 2010 Stronger Than Ever
The Plasma Display Coalition announced that plasma television is entering 2010 stronger than ever. According to the statement, LG Electronics and Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company are planning more than 30 new models that offer a wide variety of new technologies and entertainment features, highlighted by ultra-thin designs and 3D capability as well as enhanced Internet [...]
Cablevision Service to Display PC Content on TV
Cablevision Systems Corp. announced the development of a new service, called PC to TV Media Relay, that will allow its digital cable customers to relay whatever information or images currently appear on their computer screen to their television in real-time, without any additional equipment in the home, using only the company’s network.
Samsung #1 in U.S. LCD HDTV Market
Samsung Electronics America Inc. announced that it has retained its position as the #1 HDTV manufacturer in the United States for the fourth straight year.
3D TVs and Blu-ray Players to Dominate
Futuresource Consulting announced that, within four years, 50% of US homes will own a 3D-ready display, and the uptake of 3D–ready Blu-ray Disc (BD) players won’t be far behind, with one out of every three US homes owning one.
Class Action Against Panasonic on Plasma Displays
Fischer Goldasich & Aughtman announced that a class action lawsuit was filed against Panasonic by Shane Robert Hughes in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (February 12, 2010, docket number 2:10-CV-00846).
