Are Cheaper Flat-Panel TVs On The Way?
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IFire aims to displace LCD TVs with its lower-cost display technology.
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JVC (6792.T) on Sunday unveiled an  LCD TV less than 3 inches thick, calling it the world's  thinnest flat-screen television, as the Consumer Electronics  Show began.
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Will Sears shoppers go for the high-definition television? Stay tuned.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Televisions and laptops with wide screens are quickly becoming the standard - making standard-format screens seem awfully square. Researcher IDC predicts that almost 100% of new laptops will be widescreen by 2008. Most flat-panel TVs larger than 30 inches already are widescreen.
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Sharp and Toshiba plan to closely cooperate in the flat-panel TV business, buying screens and semiconductor chips from each other, they said Friday.Toshiba will turn to Sharp for the 32-inch and larger flat-panel displays used in its LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions while Sharp will procure from Toshiba the chips used in its TVs. The cooperation will begin during the year from April and will slowly build towards 2010 when two goals are expected to be reached: Sharp will supply Toshiba with 40 percent of its LCD modules and Toshiba will sell to Sharp 50 percent of the chips it needs.The deal provides both companies with a steadier supply of vital components for LCD TVs. The market for such televisions has grown from 161 million units in 2003 to an estimated 192 million this year and is expected to keep on rising on the back of strong demand and competition.Some of the display panels headed for Toshiba will come from a state-of-the-art &#165;380 billion (US$3.36 billion) LCD manufacturing plant Sharp is building in Osaka&#39;s Sakai City. Production is scheduled to begin in 2009. The plant will handle mother glass -- the large sheets on which several display panels are made -- of 2.85 meters by 3.05 meters. This size, dubbed 10th generation, is larger than that used by any other display manufacturer and will make the Sakai plant the world&#39;s most advanced LCD production center.The large glass sheets also bring a cost advantage for Sharp. The per-inch price of LCD panels drops with increases in the size of mother glass, so the panels are likely to be more competitive than those from rivals. That&#39;s especially important in the TV market, where strong competition has made price a key to success.Toshiba currently holds a stake in IPS Alpha Technology, an LCD manufacturing joint venture created with Panasonic and Hitachi. The IPS line uses an older 6th-generation technology and will need substantial investment if it is to remain competitive in the market.
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Sony has a 27-inch OLED TV prototype. Didn't we see this last year?
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Gadgets OLED displays (organic light-emitting diodes) are bright, sharp, and can be made flexible. They can also be expensive. But you can still be the first on your block with an OLED display. For about $100, you can pick up one of the smart looking OLED video watches at ThinkGeek.com.
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Samsung and Sharp are trying web TV, but a cheaper version that what people have done in the past.
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This yearâs crop of flat panel TVs features rounded edges, clear plastic frames, and, in the case of LG and Samsung, dark red accents burned into the bezel.
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OLED TVs are thin and have a great picture. But most manufacturers will hold off for several years.
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NEW YORK -- Flat-panel TVs look lovely on a wall _ the cords hanging from them, less so. After a few years of false starts, the industry finally seems close to tackling that problem. At least three dueling wireless technologies for high-definition TVs will be on display at the Consumer Electronics...
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Sony and Samsung are showing off super-thin, super-expensive OLED TVs--one on sale now.
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High-definition TV is great, but just how many people watch it?
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A new device that costs a couple hundred bucks can turn the home office into a high-definition media center. It's a start anyway, and far less expensive than coughing up for a television setup.
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A new generation of OLED displays, which are thinner and more energy efficient than LCDs, is working its way to market. But it could be years before they're cheap enough to displace LCD screens.
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Why is the government paying for our consumer electronics? A contrary opinion on the voucher program for mandatory analog TV conversion. In Gadget Lab.
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Canon Inc. and Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday they will start selling large-screen flat-panel TVs next year that boast better images and consume less power than plasma display panels and liquid crystal displays.