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At CES 2012, 3-D Is Riding Shotgun to “Smart” TVs

Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 6 at 10:48 am PT

3-D isn’t going away — it’s becoming just another check-off feature, as TV sets get “smarter.”

Apple’s iTV Could Have a Sharp Picture

John Paczkowski in News on November 23, 2011 at 4:40 am PT

The Japanese maker of monitor panels is said to be playing a role in the production of the long-rumored Apple television.

Engineers Try to Solve Ultrathin TVs

Evan Ramstad, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 17, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Ro Jae-song, a materials science professor here, has spent the past eight years researching a display technology called OLED, which is now used for some high-end cellphone screens. Mr. Ro does contract research for South Korea’s two big electronics makers, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Co., on a difficult problem: How to build OLED screens big enough for large televisions.

Motorola: Two New Phones at CES?

Eric Savitz, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on December 29, 2009 at 3:39 pm PT

Motorola may be planning to announce a pair of new phones at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, according to Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry.

D7 Tech Demo: What’s in Greg Harper’s Bag?

Oliver J. Chiang in D7 on May 27, 2009 at 1:45 pm PT

In this session of D7, Greg Harper, president of Harpervision and co-founder of Gadgetoff, always sure to bring the novel and the wacky, will present a plethora of gadgets the technophile has collected. Harper says that in total, he brought “$20,000 [worth] of portable tech gadgets” with him. (Note to the Four Seasons Aviara: Increase security.) He’s known for doing these demos, at which he pulls out one interesting product after another from his cornucopia of gadgetry–to the astonishment of the crowd! Papa Harper’s got a brand new bag, and we’re about to find out what’s inside….

Nope, Sony’s Not “Recession-Proof”: Set for $1 Billion Loss?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 13, 2009 at 2:30 am PT

No wonder Howard Stringer couldn’t promise he was “recession-proof” when the Sony CEO spoke at the Consumer Electronics Show last week: Sony is set to record a $1.1 billion loss, according to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. That’s something the company hasn’t seen since Hollywood producers Jon Peters and Peter Gruber managed to incinerate the company’s P&L in the mid-90s.

The Andy Griffiths Show: Blu-Ray R.I.P.

John Paczkowski in News on September 4, 2008 at 5:30 am PT

Blu-ray will be obsolete in five years. That’s not exactly the endorsement the consumer electronics industry needs as it heads into the holiday shopping season. But it’s the one Andy Griffiths, director of consumer electronics at Samsung UK, has given. In an interview with Pocket-lint, Griffiths said longevity isn’t one of Blu-ray’s strong suits.