OK... So Walmart has been enticing me for days to come and buy their Sanyo 26" HDTV. On their internet site they also offered 12 months interest free charge if over $250. That was the last straw. I had to get it. $448 plus about 10% state tax.
This is it. Even though it's only 26 inch, it's great. I hooked up my rabbit ears and was able to get dozens of digital channels. soon it will be bye bye to Time Warner. The beauty of digital TV is that there is either no picture or a fabulous picture regardless of what antennae you use for the source. That should be obvious since it is digital there cannot be a bad picture as for instance snow, ghost, fading in and out etc. I was even able to get ch18 which I did not know they are already broadcasting digital. And what a fabulous clear picture. I can't rely on it yet. My rabbit ears are very cheap $10 ones. So the reliability is low. I will eventually get a more expensive outdoor antennae to rig up on my balcony and then I will see how it does in bad weather. If I can rely on it to get perfect channel 18 24/7 then it's out with Time Warner Cable forever. I played both TVs on the same channel for comparison.... whew....it's like the difference between VHS and DVD. So you can see how I would go for it. This is the best $500 ever so far. Some time next year when the prices are way down I will upgrade to a 32 inch. And the thing only weighs 26 lbs. I can lift it with one hand. It also has a PC input option so when I get my 32 in next year this will replace my monitor with a TV size picture. It comes with wall hang up holes as well as a stand. I have read that wall hanging is bad for the neck as you are always looking up rather than straight ahead.
I already ordered a Panasonic digital DVD recorder with HDMI output (this TV has 2 HDMI inputs) so I now have the basic units for the digital changeover next Feb. I am prepared. That is what happens when you have been a boy scout. lol
Denon Sells 5 Feet of Cable for $500
By Rachel Cericola
Got $500 in your piggybank? Crack that thing open and let�fs get some cable!
Denon is currently hawking its AK-DL1 Denon Link cable. The product is sold in a 1.5-meter (59 inches) bundle, for the cool, completely insane price of $499.
The company says it�fs made of high-purity copper wire and high-performance connection parts. It could have fairy dust and ground-up unicorn horns, but we don�ft care. Denon says that the product was designed for the �gaudio enthusiast.�h Network World says this description is �gDenonese for �esucker.�f�h Ha!
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject:
Matsushita seen sizing up OLED TV market
Tue Jun 24, 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co (6752.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is finalizing plans to mass-produce 37-inch organic light-emitting diode TVs in three years, aiming to overtake rivals in the next-generation flat-TV race, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper said that Matsushita would be the first to mass-produce OLED TVs of over 30 inches, and that the company aimed to challenge Samsung Electronics (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) for the top share in the global flat-TV market.
The paper also said Matsushita would likely start selling the OLED TVs for around 150,000 yen ($1,390).
Matsushita spokesman Akira Kadota said the company was considering the commercialization of OLED TVs in the future, but it had not decided on any details including the launch timing or size.
Unlike LCDs, OLED panels do not need backlighting, making them slimmer and more energy efficient. But makers need to clear hurdles such as cutting production costs and maximizing screen size in order to begin mass-producing OLEDs.
Sony last November started selling the world's first OLED TVs with an 11-inch screen.
Matsushita President Fumio Ohtsubo said in January it would be a while before Matsushita could launch OLED TVs. Although Matsushita was planning to launch large-sized OLED TVs, demand for that type of OLED TV would probably not take off until around 2015, he said.
The Sankei report said Matsushita would start a production line exclusively for OLEDs at its new LCD panel factory that is being built in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan.
Matsushita, the world's No. 1 plasma TV maker, will also set up an OLED production line at the IPS Alpha Technology factory in Chiba Prefecture, the paper said. Matsushita owns a 30 percent stake in IPS Alpha, which makes large LCD panels.
Shares of Matsushita, which will change its name to Panasonic Corp on October 1, shed 0.8 percent to 2,370 yen as of 0027 GMT, while the broader Nikkei 225 index .N225 declined 0.3 percent.
(Reporting by Sachi Izumi and Mariko Katsumura; Editing by Chris Gallagher)
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:55 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
I was thinking more like three or four...
Well another article that I read said Matsushita was going to start producing the 37" OLEDs in 2011 so I figured it would take a bit to catch on w/ consumers.
Well another article that I read said Matsushita was going to start producing the 37" OLEDs in 2011 so I figured it would take a bit to catch on w/ consumers.
By then, LCDs will be the norm and the OLEDs will have prices around where the LCDs are today...
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
Well another article that I read said Matsushita was going to start producing the 37" OLEDs in 2011 so I figured it would take a bit to catch on w/ consumers.
I'm sticking with old reliable, you guys can go nuts trying to figure out that new-fangled technology.
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