Philips’ new Essence, FlatTV and Aurea LCD sets
While our primary drool allotment will be directed at Philips’ new 8mm LCD concept, Philips additionally has some new for-realsies LCDs here at IFA potentially worth your moment. main off the pack is the LED-backlit 42PFL9803 FlatTV (pictured), a 42-inch set with 128 segments of LED for a purpor…
Philips’ 8mm thin 32-inch LCD turns the screws on Sony
that you saw what a 9.9-mm thin LCD from Sony looks like. Now it’s Philips’ turn to drop jaw. Albeit just a concept compared to Sony’s ZX1, that 8-mm thin, 32-inch LCD with LED backlighting is done with the engineering and now waits for the suits to bring it to market. Two thin strips of Philips…
Video: Sony’s 200Hz MotionFlow Bravia Z4500 tricks kids into sitting even closer to the TV
The wraps are off and we’ve had a chance to get eyes on with Sony’s new Bravia Z4500 1080p LCD. While Japan unveiled the world’s first MotionFlow 240Hz set, that is similar, just 40 frames per moment slower. That didn’t stop Sony from making the claim that the Z4500, “provides the smoothest and cr…
Sharp debuts super slim XS1 LCD, D65E display lineup and BD-HP21H Blu-ray player
Thin is in at IFA 2008, and Sharp’s LCD lineup leads off with the super-skinny XS1 Aquos series LCD. A 23mm thick 1080p 52- or 65-inch panel packing 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 100Hz motion processing and detachable speaker system, halves it’s previous 5cm best from May of that year. Old school fat…
Toshiba expands the Regza family with RV, XV series 1080p LCDs
IFA’s apparently given Toshiba just the opportunity essential to refresh its line of Regza LCDs, for those without the Resolution+ itch with a few new sizes and features. The existing entry-level XV line of 1080p LCDs gets 46- and 52-inch models, plus a gloss black design that helps it fit in at…
Toshiba’s new ZF LCDs include Cell-based Resolution+ upscaling
As expected, Toshiba is offering a new (supposed) world’s first here at IFA: a true upscaling TV, finally getting rid of the middle man for upconverting those SD sources. The new ZF Series LCDs include Cell processors and Toshiba’s domestic grown Resolution+ technology, which does similar edge a…
Panasonic IFA 2008 plasma prototypes: super thin, super green, super big
Panasonic’s welcoming you to the future of plasma HDTV, starting along with the stunning 150-inch 4K plasma, that is, surprisingly suitable bigger than its old 103-inch model (shocking, we know) main to the debut of three “super thin” plasma prototypes measuring 24.7mm deep in 50-inch and, for w…
Sony’s 1,000,000:1 contrast BRAVIAs launch in Japan October 10
Sony’s XBR6 / XBR7 / XBR8 models are still waiting in the wings for their U.S. debut, but along with HDTVs that push the extremes in thin and fast, the company announced these more conventional models it’s deemed “the highest quality BRAVIA HDTVs in history.” The XR1 (read: XBR8) series will fea…
Sony’s shrouded BRAVIA Z4500 LCD with 200Hz Motionflow
We’re super short on info here, but it looks like Sony is about to intro a new Z4500 LCD TV with a “world’s first” of 200Hz Motionflow — yeah, you could’ve gleaned all that from reading the headline, but it’s just so much more awesome down here. Stay tuned.
Gallery: Sony’s shrouded BRAVIA Z4…
iPhone 3G vs. Sony’s 40-inch ZX1 LCD television… Fight!
var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Sony_s_40_inch_ZX1_TV_is_thinner_than_iPhone_3G’; We knew Sony’s new 40-inch Bravia Edge LED ZX1 was thin, 9.9-mm thin in fact (at least at the top section). But man, we didn’t expect it to prepare the iPhone 3G slipping around the insides of our pockets loo…
