Nowadays, 1080p HD resolution has become an integral part of most of the LCD TVs. Complementing the much adored feature Evesham has come up with its 47-inch LCD TV featuring, apart from 1080p HD resolution, a standard analogue tuner as well as a built-in Freeview tuner. Presenting a screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a contrast ratio of 1600:1, the LCD TV comes with one full Scart, one half Scart, an S-VHS and Myriad input that includes HDMI connection for next-gen consoles or DVD players as well. One downside of the TV its in-built speakers that support output Nicam Stereo as a substitute to Dolby. You may own the 47-inch LCD TV for £1900.
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LG. Philips 100-inch LCD TV to hit the market soon
LG Electronics has decided to go for mass production of its much-hyped 100-inch LCD TV. The model is world’s largest LCD TV and will get its name registered in 2007 Guinness Book. Along with big wide screen, it also features a maximum 3,000:1 contrast ratio, color reproduction of 92%, viewing angle of 180 degrees and response time of 5ms. The TV will be able to offer you a great deal of entertainment with all these features. The launch price has not been decided but be ready to offer a good amount for this masterpiece.
Humax IDTV range goes wider with HD-Ready 32in LCD TV
Following its early launch of latest 20′, 23′ and 26′ LCD TVs in August and September this year, Humax widened the range of IDTV with new LU32-TD1, a HD-ready, 32in LCD TV, featuring a 32in flat display and a built-in digital tuner, means no additional set-top box. Presenting digital text and interactive services, and Dolby Digital output, the LU32-TD1 only offers single HDMI slot for HD presentation beside four AV inputs to facilitate viewers to connect the TV to a camcorder, digital camera, PC, satellite or cable set-top box. The new model comes in a black finish and an 8-day Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) as well. You may own the LU32-TD1 for £749 but if you are an online buyer you may get it discounted.
Matsushita to develop Unleaded Plasma displays
Matsushita Corp., better known for its brand Panasonic has claimed that it has successfully removed lead from its plasma display panels and has made them eco-friendly. Lead was used in the form of Lead-oxide glass which was widely used in the plasma display panel to adjust the softening points of several different materials. Matsushita has teamed up with Hitachi and Pioneer to make the plasma panels more eco-friendly. Matsushita has moved from the Lead Oxide material to a led-free material for the dielectric layer, electrodes and other components. They will be using materials like Bismuth as it is comparable to lead oxide glass. Matsushita spokesman commented that “Matsushita has completed the elimination of lead from print-circuit boards and in-house components,” Matsushita will market the eco-friendly panels in European market and other regions and will continue to remove lead from other panel components as well.
37LD8600: A Low-budget HD-ReadyTV from Hitachi
The Hitachi 37LD8600 is £900 giant screen HD budget TV. With a whole range of passable features. In comparison to Bush and Goodmans the TV looks robust and has a good feel to it. As you will find after reading this story that in today’s world if you want the best you are required to pay for it. The more you pay better are the features and the quality. First thing that will strike you is that this TV has just one HDMI input hardly acceptable in a world where we are fast moving to Blu-ray and HD-DVD. But you can find an additional HDMI plug for a cost of £100. There is no digital tuner in the TV and the analogue Tuner is a bit to harsh on pictures. Analogue tuner produces lack-luster colors, murky smeared movements and is unusually dark in dark scenes (To view what’s happening you have to increase brightness to unusual levels). Only two Scarts slot and no CI slots itself indicate the absence of Digital Tuners. The HD ready status gives TV compatibility to 720 p and 1080i HD formats with a high pixel count of 1366×768. But if you feed it with high definition signal you will see a mark difference in picture quality and colors which again stresses the need of a digital tuner in this TV. Why would you like to buy this TV will depend on the requirements that you are looking for if you are getting your TV feed from Sky Digital and Digital cable Broadcasters then you might consider it as TV gives a pretty decent performance but if you will end up watching whole of the content on Analogue tuner then my friend this is not what you are looking for.
Trinity: A single silicon slab that can process MPEG-2, VC1 and H.264
The Ittiam Systems has announced the availability of a ‘High definition Multi Format Video Decoder Engine’. This engine is a single silicon slab solution for decoding the three video signals i.e. MPEG-2, VC1 and H.264. The new system is called ‘Trinity’ and it can be a solution to the on going war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Ittiam demonstrated a variety of high definition content on a 48-inch flat panel Liquid Crystal Display screen. Commenting on their product CEO of Ittiam Systems Sirini Rajam said ‘The challenge was to squeeze all the associated electronics into smallest possible area – while giving our customers, the freedom to create a variety of devices be they HD TV sets, HD DVD players or interactive set-top boxes using the same basic chip. Trinity will enable DVD player-recorder manufacturers to turn out models for both competing disk types Blu-ray and HD-DVD’.
Fujitsu to present new Aviamo range LCDs and Plasmas
Making its new Aviamo range public, Fujitsu showcased two new plasmas as well as one new LCD. As far as the 37-inch LCD and the 65-inch plasma are concerned, they will appear by January 2007, whereas, the 50-inch plasma will be launched in the later half of next year. Featuring 1920 x 1080 resolutions with two HDMI connections, integrated stands complete with B&W stereo speakers and framed in black piano gloss, the new Aviamo range will use AVM III, a new generation of video processing technology, which includes full 1080p processing to the potential of the original AVM II processor, in addition to superior color organization with a fresh menu variety for gamma modification, 24p/30p film mode to improve motion smoothness and contour alteration to diminish uneven borders. The new Aviamo range 37-inch LCD will price about £3000, whereas the massive 65-inch plasma will cost around £12,000.
Will there be players to play Blu-ray as well as HD DVD
Will there be players and PCs, in future, which will play both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, is one of the hot considerations among different consumers. Chipmakers, including Broadcom, NEC and STMicroelectronics are looking forward to put such components that will let consumer electronics makers to produce functional products. If you consider a story published in EE Times, Machines capable of playing both Blu-ray and HD-DVD disks will emerge next year to short-circuit the format war in next-generation DVD. Christos Lagomichos, general manager of the Home Entertainment Group, is of the view, A significant volume of high-definition-capable optical-disk players in 2008 will be universal players. It was just an overview, but if we go to the core, we find that the main obstacle is the politics of different creators or producers. They don’t want to loose the handsome royalties that they earn if their set-up emerges as a top contender. Maybe this is one of the reason that forced LG and Pioneer gave up the idea of coming out with a dual-format player in the relatively near future? And this format war is one of the major grounds that have strained buyers to keep distance from them. Customers couldn’t do much about thus, but wait to stop the ongoing scuffle.
POWERLAB’S 46-inch LCD for commercial purpose
The POWERLAB, Korea is all set to release their 46-inch LCD display in the Korean market. The LCD is being released tentatively in the month of December and has 178-degrees of viewing angle which makes it suitable for display in public areas or in shopping malls. It has a contrast ratio of 5000:1 and has brightness of 500cd/m2. The price of this LCD is not known as of now.
Indtek to release premium lineup 46-inch LCD TV
Aiming the European market, Indtek has come up with its premium lineup ‘LC-46IEA3′ 46-inch LCD TV featuring 16:9 WXGA (1366 X 768), 600cd/m brightness and 1200:1 contrast ratio as well. Presenting photo album, video playback with smart card and incorporated digital tuner, the LC-46IEA3 also includes NEV Engine, 25W X 2 Output (RMS) and 3D Combo Filter. Encouraged by the popularity of LC-46IEA3 among consumers, Indtek have plans to discharge a new all-in-one TV merging digital tuner and DVD player, early next year, in Europe market.