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Plasma HDTV Sales Soar, LCD Sales Steady, Sony Loses

2:20PM Dan Nosowitz | HDGuru has some notes from the now-concluded second quarter HDTV sales, and they show some interesting movement: With dirt-cheap prices, high end plasmas (42-50 inches) surged almost 40%, though LCD sales merely held steady. The big loser? Sony. More »
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Vizio Adds Twitter And Facebook Widgets

11:06AM Don Nguyen | Vizio is readying TVs that bring some of the most popular websites including Facebook, Twitter, and eBay to new sets equipped with 802.11n Wi-Fi (on top of already announced offerings). [Vizio] More »
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Vizio Enters LED TV Wars: $2199 55-Inch VF551XVT Due In September

5:20AM Matt Buchanan | Vizio’s feeling confident enough about their VF551XVT 55-inch LED-backlit TV they’re showing it off against Samsung sets now (though these kind of fights are rarely fair) and offering some harder specs. More »
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Vizio Unveils a Whopping 31 New HDTVs

10:40PM Dan Nosowitz | Vizio’s been awfully busy since we last heard from them, updating three product lines with a total of 31 new HDTVs. The XVT series are more high-end, the M series is more about style, and the E is eco-friendly. More »
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Vizio Blocked From Importing TVs into the US

12:00PM Adrian Covert | Despite the U.S. Patent and Trademark Commission ruling in favour of Vizio over an antitrust and unfair competition lawsuit, the U.S. International Trade Commission reversed that decision and blocked all import shipments of Vizio displays. More »
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So Who’s Selling the Most Flat Panels in America?

2:20AM Mark Wilson | Samsung. They’re still on top, leading the US flat panel market with 20% of the market share. But Sony, who used to be in second place, has been pushed to third. The culprit? Vizio. More »
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Vizio Drops Out of Plasma TVs

8:16AM Wilson Rothman | In what may well be related incidents, Vizio has joined Pioneer in backing out of the plasma business. More »
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CES Day One: Our Top 10

11:46AM John Mahoney | Today, with the floor open, is the first real day of CES. By now we’ve seen a good deal of gear from the big companies, and here’s the best so far. More »
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Vizio VBR100 Blu-ray Player: Pretty, $US200, But Don’t Buy It

8:07AM Matt Buchanan | I almost expect Vizio to drop the price on its $US200 VBR100 Blu-ray player to $150 at launch, but since it’s not BD-Live 2.0 spec as it stands, you shouldn’t buy it. More »
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Vizio VF551XVT: 55-Inch LED-Backlit LCD With 240Hz for $US2000

8:06AM Matt Buchanan | LED backlighting in LCDs is the new 1080p—what everyone wants, but usually too damn expensive for the average person. Vizio’s VF551XVT is 55 inches of LED-backlit glory with 240Hz for $US2000. More »