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Panasonic’s 50-inch 1080p 3D Plasma On Track For 2010
10:30PM Danny Allen | When we put on active shutter-glasses and tried Panasonic’s 103-inch 3D Plasma concept, we liked that the image flickered less than competing 3D systems from Sony and JVC. Now Panasonic has a 50-inch prototype, and hopes to sell it next-year. More »
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10:25AM Nick Broughall | According to a report by Glenn Milne of the Herald Sun, the Aussie Government is considering a ‘recycling tax’ on TVs and PCs, which would be used to help pay the costs of recycling old hardware. More »
K-Rudd & Co Considering Tax On TVs and PCs To Pay For Recycling
10:25AM Nick Broughall | According to a report by Glenn Milne of the Herald Sun, the Aussie Government is considering a ‘recycling tax’ on TVs and PCs, which would be used to help pay the costs of recycling old hardware. More »
Deals
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Holy Crap! You know that promotion we told you about last month where Samsung were giving away a smaller 22-inch LCD if you picked up a 40-inch or above model? Well, they’ve exhausted that allotment. They’ve sold 15,000 TVs and most of the bonus 22-inch bonus sets have been redeemed. Who said we were in a recession? More »
What GFC? Samsung Sells 15,000 40-Inch TVs In Less Than A Month
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Holy Crap! You know that promotion we told you about last month where Samsung were giving away a smaller 22-inch LCD if you picked up a 40-inch or above model? Well, they’ve exhausted that allotment. They’ve sold 15,000 TVs and most of the bonus 22-inch bonus sets have been redeemed. Who said we were in a recession? More »
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11:04AM Nick Broughall | Considering LG launched its first HDTV with a build in hard drive years ago, I’m surprised we haven’t seen other companies offering the same feature. Maybe it was just that they hadn’t come up with a cool name for it, like ‘Time Machine’. More »
LG’s ‘Time Machine’ Plasma Don’t Actually Travel Through Time
11:04AM Nick Broughall | Considering LG launched its first HDTV with a build in hard drive years ago, I’m surprised we haven’t seen other companies offering the same feature. Maybe it was just that they hadn’t come up with a cool name for it, like ‘Time Machine’. More »
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Panasonic 103-Inch HDTV Reduced to a Mere $US50,000
12:14AM Brian Lam | The $US70,000 Panasonic 103-inch TH-103PF10UK Plasma has been slashed to a price we can all afford: $US50,000. See? The recession is your friend. [Pana] More »
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Shinoda’s Curvy Display is 1mm Thick, Does 720p
7:56PM John Herrman | Last time we saw one of Shinoda’s ever-growing 1mm-thick flexible displays, its squat figure and sorry 960×360 resolution weren’t exactly blowing minds. But this version—essentially two of the prior models, stacked—does HD. Yes. More »
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Samsung 850 PAVV Plasma Measures 50 Inches Across, 2.9cm Thick
12:10AM Mark Wilson | Samsung’s latest 50-inch plasma isn’t just super thin. It uses 40% less energy than the previous generation and supports USB 2.0 devices. More »
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9:09AM Nick Broughall | On top of the fantastic giant remote that Panasonic showed off yesterday at their big media event, they also unveiled the new Z1 series plasma, which uses a tech called WiHD for wireless HDMI connections capable of transmitting a full 1080p signal across a room. More »
Panasonic’s 1-Inch Thick Z1 Plasma Streams Wireless 1080p Signals
9:09AM Nick Broughall | On top of the fantastic giant remote that Panasonic showed off yesterday at their big media event, they also unveiled the new Z1 series plasma, which uses a tech called WiHD for wireless HDMI connections capable of transmitting a full 1080p signal across a room. More »
Gadgets
5:23PM Nick Broughall | Panasonic had a big event today, and Giz AU was there. I’ll tell you all about the new range of plasmas they were showing off tomorrow, but thought I’d show you this awesome giant remote control. The best part about it? It was actually used to control the TV behind it. More »
Panasonic’s Giant Remote Actually Works
5:23PM Nick Broughall | Panasonic had a big event today, and Giz AU was there. I’ll tell you all about the new range of plasmas they were showing off tomorrow, but thought I’d show you this awesome giant remote control. The best part about it? It was actually used to control the TV behind it. More »
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