Sharper Image Still Dull
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The novelty retailer falls to two-year lows after announcing a grim outlook.
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(InfoWorld) - Sharp raised the bar for high-definition LCD (liquid crystal display) screens this week with the demonstration of 64-inch prototype with a resolution of 4,096 pixels by 2,160 pixels -- four times higher than current high-definition displays. The screen, the first such prototype developed by Sharp, was on display this week at the Ceatec exhibition in Chiba, Japan. While projection display systems have been developed that can match the resolution of Sharp's latest prototype, this is the first time that an LCD has been produced with a resolution this high, said Toshiyuki Matsumara, a company spokesman. The Sharp prototype's resolution tops that of a screen demonstrated last year by Taiwan's Chi Mei Optoelectronics. That display, unveiled last year in Yokohama, Japan, measured 56 inches across the diagonal and had a resolution of 3,840 pixels by 2,160 pixels. Sharp developed the prototype display to keep up with changes in the motion picture industry, Matsumara said. As studios move from film to digital media, resolutions will go higher and displays will need to keep up, he said. Prototype display technologies have been a highlight of this year's Ceatec exhibition. Toshiba Corp. and Canon Inc. demonstrated a television with a 55-inch SED (surface-conduction electron-emitter display) screen. The screens, which offer higher contrast and lower power consumption than other flat-panel technologies, will enter production next year. Japan's public broadcaster, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), showed a system it calls Super Hi-Vision that offers a 16:9 aspect ratio picture with 4,320 horizontal lines -- double that of Sharp's prototype. The NHK system, which has been demonstrated before, is still under development.
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Kodak says digital cameras will work better in dim conditions with a superficial but significant change to image sensors.Photos: Kodak's highly sensitive sensor
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Printing with Lightroom on Leopard...getting Photoshopped for Christmas...cell phones with 5x optical zoom...the optical triangle illusion
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The Camera Raw plug-in improves noise reduction and sharpening.
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A new Nikon DX lens?...Flickr hopes to revamp its user interface...price pressure on Shutterfly...A Nikon gear splurge
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As you may recall from my last entry, I exchanged my cable box from a Scientific Atlanta 8000HD to a Scientific Atlanta 8300HD.  The latter, new box continues to output a signal from the cable connection even if I have it in HDTV mode.  It probably also continues to output AVI and S-Video.  This finally opened up a way for me to use my cable box with a MythTV box.   Thanks to a serious (and mysterious) spinal injury (I say mysterious because I haven't figured out how I did the damage), I can only work on the project for a half hour at a time, at most.  I have discovered some interesting things in those short segments.
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Dark-field x-ray imaging could make for more-accurate mammograms and better security screens.
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Google buys a mapquest of its own. Also: Sharp takes us to the future of television in 3-D & hellip;.  PayPal finds a way to make amends for mistakes & hellip;. and more.
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Sharper Image Corp.  said on  Monday it restated financial results for the last three fiscal  years up to the one ended in January 2006, and that it would  delay filing its quarterly report due to an ongoing review of  its stock option practices.
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Device can improve the image quality of standard and high-definition images.
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Sharper Image Corp., a retailer of personal and home electronics, posted a third-quarter loss Thursday, saying same-store sales slipped and that the presidential election campaign hurt business.
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Specialty retailer Sharper Image Corp. lowered its earnings estimates on Monday after reporting weaker-than-expected holiday sales.
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My relatives have become accustomed to me brandishing the latest digital gizmo at family gatherings, so when I started snapping photos recently with a new, slightly unorthodox bytecam, they barely expressed casual interest -- until I mentioned the camera's resolution: seven megapixels.
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Shares of Sharper Image (SHRP:Nasdaq - news - research) were under pressure Friday after the company unexpectedly predicted it will lose money in its third quarter and was downgraded by JP Morgan.
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When Polaroid users pulled a picture out of their cameras, an image would slowly appear before their eyes. Now, like the process in reverse, the image of the Polaroid instant camera -- dimming for years -- has finally gone black.
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Specialty retailer Sharper Image Corp. (SHRP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) lowered its earnings estimates on Monday on weaker-than-expected holiday sales, sending its shares down 17 percent.