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Panasonic range focuses on 1080p and plasma

Panasonic range focuses on 1080p and plasma  Video

Panasonic has unveiled its 2008 range of televisions and home theatre in Sydney with HD recorders and plasmas high on its priority list.

29/05/2008 01:13 PM

Pioneer to outsource plasma, sell LCDs

Pioneer will stop making plasma display panels in an effort to turn around its money-losing business, the Japanese electronics maker has said.

10/03/2008 03:44 PM

Pioneer to halt plasma production?

Pioneer to halt plasma production?

Pioneer Electronics is to cease all production of plasma panels and instead source panels from competitor Matsushita, according to Reuters.

05/03/2008 04:14 PM

Hitachi to pull out of consumer market

Hitachi to pull out of consumer market

Hitachi Australia has announced it is pulling out of the consumer market in Australia in a letter distributed to retailers on Friday night.

21/01/2008 10:44 AM

Samsung introduces 3D plasma

Samsung introduces 3D plasma

Samsung announced a pair of 3D-ready plasma HDTVs at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show.

09/01/2008 09:20 AM

Panasonic to unveil 150-inch plasma TV

Panasonic is expected to unveil a 150-inch plasma television at the Consumer Electronics Show this week.

07/01/2008 10:55 AM

Teaching plasma to follow LCD's lead

The energy-hog televisions are losing ground to their cheaper counterparts. But developers hope that will change with improved technologies.

19/10/2007 11:32 AM

Flat screens to go green or be banned

Flat screen television manufacturers will have to become greener after the release of a government discussion paper suggested many plasma and some LCD TVs could be banned for being energy hungry.

10/10/2007 04:49 PM

Pioneer's new home theatre range

Pioneer's new home theatre range  Video

Pioneer has announced its new audiovisual lineup for 2007 which includes the new ultra-black Kuro televisions, DVD recorders and receivers.

21/09/2007 05:11 PM

Getting a charge out of plasma TV

Larry Weber has been a leading force behind the big-screen TV tech. Now he's trying to tame its power consumption.

18/06/2007 09:56 PM

Prices to plunge with demand for plasma TVs?

Plasma panels are losing flat-screen battle to LCDs, research shows. If history has a say, more price cuts are on the way.

31/01/2007 02:57 PM

CES 2007: Philips plasma with 2,200 diamonds

To celebrate shipping 1 million of its "Ambilight" TVs, Philips took the millionth one of the line and inserted 2,200 diamonds from the DeBeers Company into the bezel.

10/01/2007 02:02 PM

Panasonic to pump up plasma production

Panasonic to pump up plasma production

Panasonic is betting its future on the proliferation of plasma TVs by investing 180 billion yen (AU$2 billion) in a new plasma display panel (PDP) plant that will double its current production capacity.

10/10/2006 05:09 PM

Panasonic to emphasise cameras, plasmas

Some say plasma is dead, but sales continue to climb for Panasonic, its CEO says.

10/01/2006 12:34 PM

50-inch Pioneer plasma provides 1080p

1080p native resolution promises to deliver every detail of 1080i, the highest-resolution HDTV format, but until now it was only available in DLP and LCoS rear-projection HDTVs and flat-panel LCD HDTVs. Now 1080p is coming to plasma.

06/01/2006 11:31 AM

50-inch Philips 50PF9731D: blinded by the (Ambi)light

Philips is continuing to develop the Ambilight technology in its plasma and LCD lines.

05/01/2006 02:14 PM

Sony: We're staying in plasma TV market

Sony Electronics has issued a statement refuting reports that it's getting out of the plasma TV business.

30/12/2004 01:10 PM

Sony launches Plasma WEGA MX

Sony adds two Plasma TVs to its lineup.

26/07/2004 12:52 PM

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