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Toshiba’s TV-making pull-out is bad news, not good, for Japan’s surviving manufacturers
And then there were three: Toshiba’s announcement that it’s to stop making TVs and instead licence out its brand means only Panasonic, Sharp and Sony are left carrying the Japanese flag in a market sector the country once dominated – but for how long? If you think Toshiba’s decision to stop making TVs for export […]
The place where bass sells TVs
Indonesian TV buyers can’t stand weedy sound – they want their tellies bombastic! Today’s missive from the ‘Who knew…?’ department here at Words and Music comes to you courtesy of Indonesian electronics company Polytron, which has a range of TVs selling under the Bazzoke banner – and they’re designed for serious bass. In market sector […]
Now America’s Consumer Electronics Association seeks to define Ultra High Definition TV. Meanwhile, in the real world…
Having had a crack at defining hi-res audio, now the CEA wants to boss the spec of next-gen TVs. Ain’t gonna hold back those rushing to popularise 4K, though… Only a couple of weeks ago, I expressed my dismay at the clunky – and confusing – Master Quality definitions hatched up by, among others, America’s […]
OLED TV could be turning into the plasma of the future – and not in a good way
With crumbling alliances, tumbling prices and the threat of incoming Chinese TVs, what was heralded as the display technology of the future could already be heading for footnote in history status The last month of 2013 hasn’t been a good one for OLED TV technology. Not only has one of only two OLED TVs on […]
Pioneer’s getting back into the TV business – well, almost…
The announcement, reported in trade magazine ERT, that Pioneer TVs will soon be back in Dixons stores, could just show the way forward for the big Japanese names Pioneer was a – umm – pioneer for the Japanese TV business when it launched its Kuro range back in the Spring of 2007, it embarked on […]
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