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Sony has used the Society for Information Display 2007 International Symposium to show a flexible OLED prototype (pictured). The display uses an organic thin-film transistor backplane mounted on a flexible plastic substrate. The 2.5-inch screen has a resolution of 120×160 pixels; an 8-bit gray scale is said to produce 16.8 million colors. There is no [...]

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Toshiba says US HD DVD player sales have grown tenfold in some retail outlets, following the introduction of price cuts and money-back rebates. Jodi Sally, VP of marketing, comments: “We’re thrilled to see that consumers are, by far, choosing Toshiba HD DVD players as their source for high-definition.” The entry-level Toshiba HD-A2 recently had its [...]

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The popularity of combi HD DVD Blu-ray drives for laptop PCs looks likely to increase, following reports that Sharp will introduce an affordable dual-format drive this summer. The unit can play CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray media and is likely to retail for just 100 dollars, when it makes its debut in June.

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Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., a joint venture between Toshiba and Panasonic’s parent, is currently developing the first in-car HD DVD system. The company, which specializes in producing small screen display solutions, says the system will go on sale in 2008, probably under the Alpine brand, and will feature high definition LCD panels and an [...]

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Sony has been accused of patent infringement by US-based Target Technology over the production of Blu-ray discs. Target claims that its US Patent No 7,018,696, which relates to the use of a corrosive-resistant silver-based reflective layer in optical disc replication, has been infringed by Sony DADC, as well as Sony Computer and Sony Pictures. If [...]

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It may have recently dropped out of the media centre PC market, but Hewlett-Packard still has faith in a networked entertainment future. In the US, the leading PC vendor has revealed a new line up of LCD TV screens which will have built-in network connectivity. Speaking at the Society for Information Display 2007 International Symposium, [...]

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Worldwide sales of TV dropped 21 per cent in Q1, according to the latest data from DisplaySearch. Year on year, the cost of plasma and LCD TV screens also plunged, falling 33 and 22 per cent respectively. The microdisplay TV category (rear projection screens built around LCD, SXRD and DLP technology) declined just 10 per [...]

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Warner’s platform neutral policy has seen it post impressive figures for the HD DVD and Blu-ray release of Oscar winning thriller The Departed. Warner now claims to have become the first studio to have sold (rather than given away) 100,000 copies of a high-def disc title: “It’s no accident that Warner is the first to [...]

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