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Sony will finally introduce Blu-ray players compliant with the Profile 1.1 and 2.0 specification of the hi-def format this summer. The Profile 1.1 BDP-S350, which will have a US street price of 400 dollars, comes with a LAN connector, but it will not be compatible with BD Live straight out of a box. Buyers will […]

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South Korea is the latest country to announce a transition from analogue to digital TV services, and like the UK it’ll switch in 2012. However there are fears that viewers who don’t already receive their TV via satellite or cable are ill-prepared for the December 31 cutoff. To help, 60.8 billion won will be spent […]

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Pioneer will drop its 42inch plasma TV line when it begins to sell LCD screens supplied by Sharp later this year. The news is the first Pioneer range change since Sharp purchased a chunk of the ailing plasma maker in 2007. The announcement is expected to be confirmed when the company makes its financial statement […]

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Sony has confirmed that it has signed ‘a non-binding memorandum of intent to establish a joint venture to produce and sell large sized LCD panels and modules’ with rival panel-maker Sharp. Rumours suggest that the company will invest upwards of 100 billion yen in Sharp’s 10th generation LCD panel-making plant in Sakai City, Osaka, due […]

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Is Sony preparing to divorce LCD panel-making partner Samsung? In an effort to maintain supplies of large panels for its booming BRAVIA brand, the corporation is now in talks with Sharp to buy panels. According to a weekend report in the Japanese press, such talks might even extend to a joint venture between the two […]

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