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Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi's Japan Display merger begins production
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Japan Display, the merger between Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi's small and medium-sized touchscreen LCD manufacturing divisions, began operations on April 1st. The relationship between the three companies was announced in August last year, before being formalized in November. Each of the manufacturers has a 10 percent stake in the new firm, with the remaining 70 percent held by the largely government-funded Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ). Including the 200 billion yen (around $2.4 billion) investment by INCJ, Japan Display currently holds 230 billion yen (just over $2.8 billion) in capital.
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Hitachi to halt domestic production of Wooo LCD and plasma TVs, Mitsubishi to axe optical discs?
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Hitachi's line of domestically produced Wooo TVs is coming to an end, now that the manufacturer has confirmed plans to close a major plant in central Japan. In an announcement issued today, Hitachi said it will shutter its factory in Gifu, where some 100,000 LCD and plasma TVs are produced each month. Citing industry-wide price competition as the deciding factor, the company went on to clarify that the facility will shut down by September of this year, and that it will instead be used to manufacture projectors and chips. Hitachi will, however, continue to offer non-Wooo TVs manufactured by non-Japanese contractors. Japan's Asahi Shimbun, meanwhile, is reporting that Mitsubishi has decided to...
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Hitachi moves LCD TV production away from Japan
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Hitachi and many of the other LCD TV firms in the tech world are having a hard time making the money the segment once turned. The problem is that the purchase of TVs is sagging, and the industry is still recovering in the wake of the price fixing fines that totaled hundreds of millions of dollars. Hitachi has announced today that it will be moving its LCD TV production outside of Japan.
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Hitachi Unveils BZ-1 Projector
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Hitachi unveiled today their latest interactive projector, the BZ-1. This device is designed specifically for corporate environments. The specifications are limited, but we do know it has 2500 ANSI lumens and a WXGA (1280 x 800) resolution. The device comes with all the features required to turn any whiteboard into an interactive display. The projector also has a short throw lens that allows it to create images measuring 80 inches from a distance of only 1.8 feet from the screen. “We recognize that simple, intuitive operation is a key to success in the corporate market,” said John Glad, product manager, Hitachi America, Ltd., Digital Media Division, Business Solutions Group. “The BZ-1 is not...
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Hitachi Announces CP-RX94 Projector
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This device features 2600 ANSI lumens, a 2000:1 contrast ratio, and XGA (1024 x 768) resolution. The main feature with this device is its Intelligent Eco technology. This feature is able to detect the brightness in the room and adjust the projector’s brightness accordingly. This will help prolong the lamp life and help cut down power consumption. Other key features include a built-in speaker, closed captioning, security features, and more. Hitachi has priced the CP-RX94 at just under $460.
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Hitachi releases 1TB platter hard drives
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Japanese technology company Hitachi has followed in the footsteps of rival Seagate with the announcement that it's squeezed an entire terabyte of storage onto a single 3.5-inch hard drive platter.
The new disks are targeted at desktop PCs and storage-based TVs and digital video recorders, and feature only a single 1TB platter in order to reduce power consumption and reduce the chances of the drives failing.
The Deskstar 7K1000.D and Deskstar 5K1000.B are designed for "power-friendly consumer and commercial desktop computers", and ship with a SATA 6Gbps interface.
The Deskstar 7K1000.D includes eighth-generation power management and HiVERT technology to ensure a low voltage draw and spins at ...
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Sony, Hitachi, Toshiba to merge display businesses
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Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba have agreed to merge their small and medium-size display businesses into a joint venture, that will have a government-backed investment company, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, as the largest shareholder.
The move comes as Japan tries to protect its companies from the rising Yen and competition from other Asian players.
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Hitachi intros trio of new Wireless 3LCD projectors
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Hitachi announced in the USA tree new Networked and Wireless 3LCD Projectors, the CP-WX3014WN, CP-X3014WN and CP-X4014WN.
Designed for the education these projectors, once connected to your network, can be controlled remotely as well as getting basic diagnostic information thanks to Hitachi’s PJMan software.
The CP-WX3014WN, CP-X3014WN and CP-X4014WN feature Crestron RoomView software, providing a custom configurable interface to monitor, manage, and control every device in every room remotely from any computer. Built-in network connectivity provides instant status and remote technical support.
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Hitachi Unveils P50-GP08 HDTV
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Hitachi announced today their latest 3DTV, the P50-GP08. This 50 inch screen features full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, a 5000000:1 contrast ratio, and plasma technology. The main features though include the 3D capability and a removable 500GB hard drive. This allows users to upload and record their favorite program without having to be connected to an external source. However, if you need, the P50-GP08 does come with 4 HDMI ports as well as an array of additional connection options. As if all that isn’t enough, Hitachi also announced that this TV can be controlled by your iPhone or iPad with the help of the Wooo remote app. Hitachi plans to release the P50-GP08 at the end of the month for a...
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Hitachi To Stop TV Production By Year-End
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It’s been a tough year for TV manufacturers, with the sector reporting major losses across the board, especially among the Japanese TV manufacturers. Sony recently announced restructuring its money-losing TV business, and now just a day after, Hitachi has announced that it, too, will be making some changes, which include shutting down its TV production operations in Japan before the end of the year.
Margins have dropped tremendously for Japanese TV manufacturers who not only experienced hurdles during the earthquake and tsunami disaster earlier this year, but also face a now ever strengthening Japanese Yen that eats away at export profits. Its currency strength has been a result of investor ...
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Hitachi Releases CP-X2514WN Projector
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Hitachi announced recently the release of their latest medium-sized projector, the CP-X2514WN. This projector is designed for boardrooms and classroom and can display 2700 ANSI lumens, a native XGA (1024 x 768) resolution, and a 3000:1 contrast ratio. One of the main features with this model though is that it has wireless capabilities. This means that the projector can be mounted onto the ceiling and the user won’t have to run cables in order to connect it to a laptop or PC.
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Hitachi Releases CP-A300N Projector
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Hitachi announced recently that their CP-A300N projector is now available for retail. The device is one of their new short throw projectors, and uses a reflective mirror to display images as large as ...
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Hitachi Releases iPJ-AW250N Projector
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Hitachi is proud to announce today the release of their latest interactive projectors, the iPJ-AW250N. This device features 2500 ANSI lumens, a 2000:1 contrast ratio
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Toshiba and Hitachi LCD plants damaged, will shut down for a month
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You can't have a 9.0 magnitude earthquake without breaking a few factories, particularly ones that produce fragile liquid crystal screens, and this week Toshiba, Hitachi and Panasonic are each reporti...
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Hitachi To Offer Super-Advanced Smartphone LCD Display
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Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Displays yesterday announced [JP] that it has developed a new LCD display for smartphones whose quality reaches the “limit of what is discernible to the human eye”. And a lo...
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