An Israeli company has developed a new technology that allows users to control their television with just a fingertip, even from across the room. ...
01:47 PM, Feb 10, 2013
The Indian government said on Tuesday 24 foreign TV channels have been banned from telecasting in India as they have either not sought permission for downlinking or such permission has not been given. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin told reporters that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, in its December 4 reply in the Lok Sabha, had said that under Indian laws "you require permission for down-linking of TV channels...
10:09 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: Toshiba India has launched what the company claims to be the world's first large-screen glasses-free 3D TV - the RZ1. With a contrast ratio of 9,000,000:1, this 55-inch TV allows a large group of viewers, each facing the screen from a different angle, to share the 3D experience. Priced at Rs 12 lakh, the RZ1 is said to display 2D content at four times of full HD resolution....
04:28 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Seoul: Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top TV brand, said on Thursday its television sales hit a record 5.7 million units in November, helped by strong US sales during the long Thanksgiving weekend. November sales grew 14 per cent from the 5 million units sold in October and Samsung is certain to keep its top global title for all of 2011, the South Korean firm said in a statement. During...
09:58 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Tokyo: Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp said on Monday it will split its television business into three divisions to make operations more accountable as part of efforts to turn around the loss-making business. With the TV business heading for its eight straight annual loss, Sony has begun to ratchet up moves that sources said could include the sale of its nearly 50 percent stake in a liquid-crystal display joint venture...
02:40 PM, Oct 31, 2011
Las Vegas: Being able to watch live TV on the go sounds like an appealing idea. Indeed, Audiovox Corp. says its RCA-branded portable, battery-powered televisions sell well. But there's a problem: people return them at extremely high rates. Why? "If you move, you lose the signal completely," said Audiovox Electronics president Tom Malone. That's because digital TV signals are designed to be received by stationary antennas. If the antenna starts...
01:27 PM, Jan 11, 2011
Bangalore: Panasonic Corp will open up for free its technology for Internet-enabled televisions as it looks to create a rival group to the Sony Corp and Google Inc alliance, the Nikkei reported. Sony unveiled its Internet televisions, which use the Google platform, last October. Panasonic will approach TV manufacturers in Japan, China and Taiwan about using its Ajax-CE software, which helps display online content on TV screens, the business daily...
11:35 AM, Jan 06, 2011
Las Vegas: Toshiba Corp will begin selling large-screen glasses-free 3D television sets in fiscal 2011 and plans to start marketing the groundbreaking devices beyond its home turf of Japan, executives said on Tuesday. The Japanese conglomerate also announced an ambitious target for a one-third increase in its TV unit sales for the financial year starting in April, to 20 million. Toshiba, whose products range from household appliances to nuclear power...
11:26 AM, Jan 06, 2011
Las Vegas: Cisco Systems plans to unveil a television set-top box that combines elements of Web video services with live, on-demand and recorded TV, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, the Journal said on Tuesday that Cisco would sell the hybrid boxes to cable operators like Comcast, helping them to fight off competitors offering online video services, such as Google and Apple. Cisco...
11:38 AM, Jan 05, 2011
New York: Apple Inc expects sales of Apple TV to top 1 million units this week, showing that the device is gaining traction in bringing the Web to TV. Apple also said on Tuesday that iTunes users are now renting and buying more than 400,000 TV shows and more than 150,000 movies per day. "One million is a real benchmark," said Daniel Ernst, an analyst with Hudson Square Research. "To...
12:14 PM, Dec 22, 2010
London: Avoid 3D TVs as they can disorient the brain, causing eye strain, headaches, nausea and sickness, scientists warn. And the closer one is to the screen, the worse one feels, making 3D TVs more problematic than cinema screens. Studies show that in up to 20 percent of the viewers it could even induce physical sickness, the Daily Mail reported, quoting the New Scientist. In one experiment, researchers at Eindhoven...
07:04 PM, Dec 17, 2010
New York: Fancy new features like 3D screens and Internet connectivity have failed to inspire US television shoppers, dashing a hoped-for recovery in the global consumer electronics industry. TV manufacturers such as Sony Corp, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Sharp Corp are learning that features such as razor-thin LED TVs are just not enough to stage a comeback in the United States. On Tuesday, Best Buy Co Inc Chief Executive...
03:22 PM, Dec 15, 2010
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10:41 AM, Aug 02, 2010
Canon has decided to freeze plans to develop flat panel televisions based on the SED technology. ...
10:11 AM, May 25, 2010
A nominal 5 per cent customs duty has been imposed on set-top boxes. ...
12:54 PM, Jul 06, 2009
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