All over America, marketing departments of the major TV manufacturers are trying to answer the same question. They are all curious if people will be excited enough about the new features being announced like 3D to go out and to spend more to either replace their existing HDTV or upgrade from a regular CRT and get a HDTV.
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The easy way to explain it is to say that these televisions are not actually in fact 480Hz. What they are referring to is an artificial increase in the refresh rate to help provide smoother video. This is accomplished by tricking the eyes to see quick glimpses of images.
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After all of the announcements, one this has become resoundingly clear: 2010 will be full of new, and not so new technologies being added into televisions. Below is a list of what things will be changing from 2009 to 2010 models of HDTVs.
More LED backlighting – Based on sales of LED HDTVs and the margins they provide a lot more models are being announced in 2010. They allow the manufacturers to charge a premium while providing a better picture when compared to regular LCD HDTVs as well as allowing the television to be thinner. Only a handful of televisions were featured with this technology in 2009 with Samsung being the clear leader. This time around LG, Sharp, Sony and Vizio are going to be challenging Samsung to bring the most compelling value to customers. (more…)
Sony, Sharp Join Forces To Produces Their Own LED HDTVs
November 18th, 2009
Chance Stevens Sony and Sharp just can’t let Samsung enjoy itself. The two companies have come out to reiterate that they will be working together on some exciting backlight technologies. The goal is to share the costs to innovate and research in this department with the goal being televisions which are brighter, use less energy, and are able to be thinner.
It may be until mid-2011 before any benefits are seen from this partnership but using CCFL backlighting is a thing of the past with newer LCD television using as many LED backlights as possible. This kind of development means that the price point on these televisions should get closer to $1,000 as more and more manufacturers join in with their own product lines.
Source: Reuters
Samsung UN46B8500 LED HDTV Gets Looked At
October 21st, 2009
Chance Stevens The Samsung UN46B8500 is another in the long line of Samsung LED HDTVs the company has released this year. It features 4 HDMI inputs, 240Hz picture refresh rate, 1080p picture and 7,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.
By connecting to the web you’ll be able to get access to a bunch of internet content including video from Yahoo Weather, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo News, YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, RallyCast, eBay Daily Deals, and Blockbuster On Demand.
Also if you carry your pictures and video files on a USB stick you can use the USB 2.0 ports in order to access the information on it.
Right now through the end of October, Vanns.com is selling the Samsung UN46B8500 for $3,239. You’ll also get a free Blu-ray player and wall mount.
You can learn more at Vanns.com.
[Source: AVRev]
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