Panasonic to sell $80,000 TV set
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Panasonic said on Thursday it would  start selling the world's largest television set, featuring a  103-inch (262-centimetre) screen, for $80,000.
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Motorola has seen a 'tremendous increase' in sales of set-top boxes for HDTV services.
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Plasma screens just keep getting bigger, with Panasonic on Monday showing the prototype of a new 150-inch plasma display, which the company says is the largest flat-panel display in the world.Measuring 11 feet wide, the Panasonic Life Screen is the size of nine 50-inch plasma screens, said Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of Panasonic AVC Networks during a Monday keynote at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.It displays images at a resolution of 2,160 by 4,096 pixels, four times the resolution of Panasonic&#39;s current high-definition plasma screens, which display images at a 1,080-by-1,920 pixel resolution, Sakamoto said.The 150-inch panel is designed for digital cinema and promotional installations. Sakamoto did not say when the screen would be delivered. In developing the product, Panasonic was encouraged by the sales of 3,000 units of 103-inch plasma TVs, more than the company expected, Sakamoto said.The executive also showed off a prototype 50-inch plasma high-definition, thin TV. The display is 24.7 millimeters (0.97 inches) thick and weighs around 22 kilograms (48 pounds), half the weight of current high-definition TV models in similar sizes, Sakamoto said. This makes for easier installation and wall-mounting of the screen.No shipping date for the 50-inch screen was announced.Panasonic is making an effort to reduce the power consumption of plasma displays, Sakamoto said, and the new designs include new circuitry and designs that cut energy consumption by up to half.The International Consumer Electronics Show will be held Jan. 7-10.
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The new models, capable of storing up to 16 hours of high-definition programmes on a dual-layer, 50GB Blu-ray disc, will go on sale on November 8.
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The electronics maker begins sales of wireless television set as it emphasizes advances in the boob tube.
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Panasonic on Monday announced it was dabbling with technology that makes walls interactive, adding &quot;larger-than-life technology&quot; to home interiors.The company is looking to use screens and cameras to create virtual environments on walls. Users will be able to customize wall space on the fly, said Toshihiro Sakamoto, president of Panasonic AVC Networks, a division of Panasonic, during a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.In a demonstration, facial recognition technology on the wall automatically recognized a human passing by and started a TV program on a flat-screen TV.But for now, Panasonic seems to be focusing more on improving the interactive experience with a TV.During the keynote, Sakamoto announced alliances with Comcast and YouTube that will allow TV users to get better access to multimedia via the Web and cable service.Panasonic&#39;s alliance with YouTube will provide users with one-click access to browse, find, and view YouTube videos on TVs, said YouTube co-founder and chief technology officer Steve Chen. YouTube is working with Panasonic to deliver a better interface, Chen said.Panasonic also announced a tie-up with Picasa for users to view pictures from the Picasa digital imaging site on a television.Access to Internet-based multimedia services will be enabled by Panasonic&#39;s Viera Cast wireless networking features incorporated in Panasonic&#39;s Viera line of high-definition TVs, Sakamoto said.Panasonic and cable company Comcast worked together to develop Tru2way technology, which improves access to Comcast&#39;s cable service. Users will get direct access to live broadcast feeds, video-on-demand, and high-definition sports content. The Tru2way technology will be built into Panasonic TVs or be available as cable boxes, said Brian Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast.A portable digital video recorder, Anyplay P-DVR Model TZ-LC100, jointly developed by Panasonic for Comcast, will be among the first to incorporate Tru2way technology. Combining DVR functionality in a portable DVD player, the system has a folding 8.5-inch LCD screen that can be used to watch recorded movies and programs. When placed on a docking station, the system becomes a DVR and records up to 60 hours of programs that can be viewed on the Panasonic TV. Panasonic officials couldn&#39;t provide pricing information, but said the product will ship in 2009.
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At CES, company and Panasonic unveil co-branded gadget for playing and recording shows from any U.S. cable operator's system.
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Sony said Thursday that it would begin selling eight new television models outfitted with semiconductors designed to produce sharper images, including two with a lighting system that the company says is the world&#39;s first.
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The software giant says it is buying Tellme Networks in a deal believed to be in the range of $800 million.
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Ocean Tomo Auctions, LLC today announced the sale of www.WorldNetCast.com,  one of the world's premier Internet television  networks, with a geocentric TV strategy driven by 775 location-based TV  channels.
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The government will offer households as much as $80 to convert TVs to receive digital broadcasts before the end of analog broadcasts in 2009.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial's  Panasonic unit said on Sunday it developed a system allowing  consumers to send high-definition video to a television from a  video player or gaming console without cables.
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Upcoming set-top box will offer TV, digital video recording, and Internet access in one.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N)  will sell eight U.S. television stations to private equity firm  Oak Hill Partners for about $1.1 billion.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., better known for its Panasonic brand, will soon start international sales of a high-end DVD recorder that offers network connectivity, the company said Wednesday.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.,  the maker of Panasonic brand products, reported a 5 percent  rise in quarterly operating profit, driven by robust sales of  flat TVs, and it kept its full-year outlook.
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Panasonic plans to spend $860 million to expand a Japanese site for manufacturing image sensors, with a new facility opening in 2009.